I really wanted to thank you all for all of the good advice and for chopping my research time to at least half if not more. I'm still researching a few things and am sure I have A LOT more to learn, but you guys have given me so very much help and direction. I really wonder where I'd have been if I hadn't come across this board. I just can't imagine.

Not to mention, I didn't look like a complete and total idiot when I went bike shopping because I at least knew what a Shimano Ultegra was because of you guys, and you folks also showed me so many neat ways to girly up my bike too! Technical and beautifying advice, all in one place! You can't get that off a men's biking board, hee hee

Anyhow, I wanted to write more and I actually did several times but some of those posts never posted because of technical difficulties and after rewriting them 3 times and not having them post, I figured...*(&*$# it!

At any rate, I can't write much now either because I've got to get to that homework that I've been putting off while I've been staying up far too late researching and reading about bikes for the last week or so, lol.

But I did want to say thank you all for all the advice that has been forthcoming from all you lovely ladies. I keep wanting to give something back, but so far, all I have to give is a great big THANK YOU!

As for the bike, I'm still waiting to get it, my shedule and the bike shop's schedule (they were closed on Monday unbeknownst to me on Friday) don't seem to be coinciding, but sometime this week, I will become the owner of a brand new shiny bike.

Picture to come!

Love you all~

PT