I've had my hybrid just over a month.. already want a road bike!

[wackyjacky1]

wackyjacky1 - your moustache bars and bar end shifters look nice. What was involved in changing your bars and shifters out? Did you do it yourself or have it done at a LBS?

Had it done at the LBS where I bought my bike. I shopped around for the parts (handlebars, brake levers, bar-end shifters) and once I had gathered everything, I brought them to the shop and they put it on for me.

I definitely daydream about acquiring a sweet road bike, but at the moment I just can't justify the cost based on my current skill/fitness level. I'll get there someday, but in the meantime I adore my 7.2FX; it's my "everything" bike. But those flat bars had to go -- they were h#ll on my hands and wrists!

[sarahspins]

Well I've been poking around (yay google), and it seems that even with paying my LBS to do the installing, if I gather all the parts, it looks like it will be pretty reasonable to get more comfortable bars on my bike... much less than spending money now on a used road bike, and I can still save for a road bike if that is the direction I see myself going in later