Quote Originally Posted by SaNdEe View Post
A storm is rolling in, so I may get cut off -

You are awesome - planning and dreaming!
I've spoken with road riders at work but other than riding my old mountain bike (a Schwinn Mesa GSX) on the road with my DH (well, OK off-road also), I haven't gotten as far as planning a road bike purchase/ride. There are groups that ride every afternoon here in hot humid dangerous Central FL - but I'm super intimidated. I haven't been on a road bike in over 12 years. I'm not a yuppie. I'm afraid of getting hit by the mirror of a big truck. Excuses, I know . . .

I'm also returning to riding after a long break. I look forward to reading about your adventures!

Keep looking, there are so many used bikes for sale and sometimes just as you've about given up - something perfect appears.
Heh, at least you have a bike at the moment

I'm hoping I can get hubby involved, but... he's as slow to commit to things as I am hasty, so it's still a crapshoot if he'll get interested enough join in.

I'm a little intimidated about trying to ride on the roads closer to home with little/no shoulder and all of the curves and hills in our area, but.... I figure I'll start on some bike trails and in subdivisions and branch out from there. I'll get road nerves built up eventually, I'm going to have to! I'm actually more spooked by the idea of trailriding on a mtnbike... I'm terrified I'd endo down a trail, or smack into a tree with my luck. I had a much better sense of invincibility as a teen

I am keeping my eyes on used listings, and might actually be able to talk my mom into letting me have a long term loan of her hybrid that's been parked in the garage for... well, years, probably. It would require buying a rack to haul it back from our trip to MI, but I'll need to invest in one of those at some point anyway.