Quote Originally Posted by staceysue View Post
Thanks for all the help everybody!

I found a 2006 or 2007 Lemond Reno WSB for $500.00. It's a racing bike. Good price? Good idea? It has aero bars - would that help with the hand numbness? Do you think it would make it the 1 mile on gravel to pavement?

I don't think I want another upright bike. If I'm not going to get a comfort bike, it might as well not be upright. Agree/disagree?

(thanks for the pics of the grips you got, momtohanna)
Hey, it's definitely a good price, you'd be a getting a lot more bike for that much money. IT does have a carbon fork, which should help with some of the hand numbness... Positioning is going to determine the rest of it... I think it's probably a 2006, because lemond didn't make that model in 2007, I think... but trek has taken the lemond archives down and it's hard to tell.
http://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/B...%27s&Type=bike

Aerobars are going to help with your hand numbness... but they may give you private part issues instead... at least when I lean forward to get into aerobars, it puts the weight on the front of my saddle and that can be really uncomfortable on a bad saddle.

You could probably put maybe 700x25 tires on the lemond and run them at 90-100 psi to make the ride a bit more comfortable over gravel...


But you really need to just go test ride that bike and take it over some bumpy stuff and see how you think you're going to like it.

Lemonds I think were known for having a more touring geometry - keeping you more upright with a slack seattube angle... (I don't know what they did with the women's specific bikes) So make sure the top tube isn't too long for you or anything.