Congrats on the beautiful new bike. You are going to love riding her/him. I have had my Giant Avail alliance since this spring and I love it. Its so comfortable compared to my old bike. I have to admitt that I started out thinking I was going to put it away on layaway like you but after about a day I had DH put it on a credit card. Now Im working on paying it off. LOL. Now if the rain would just stop here in Maine I could get out and ride it.