How many bikes do you have???

[OakLeaf]

Really only two. My old racer is collecting dust - it's geared way too tall for my old legs. With a six-speed freewheel and a standard double up front, I'd have to spread the dropouts and replace the entire drivetrain and the rear wheel to get shorter gears. For what that would cost, I could have a whole 'nother bike.

I've got the '07 Cannondale Synapse road bike and an '03 Trek Navigator that lives down south for the short commutes (<6 miles) I have there.

I need a commuter for up north. I'm thinking of a metal frame road bike, that I could hang a rear rack on, rather than a full-fledged heavy tourer. Friend of mine about my size just got a new Seven... I'm going to ask her what she plans to do with her Ruby.