My new touring bike!

[redrhodie]

Oh wow! You must be so excited! She's lovely!

Any tours planned yet?

[malkin]

That's a nice looking bike!

You're waiting until MAY!? I'm waiting for a package coming by Media Mail and it is making me crazy impatient!

[Catrin]

I have read quite good things about Sherpa touring bikes on a LHT email list I belong to, congratulations! You have as long to wait as I do for my Gunnar (for different reasons), we can encourage each other to be patient

[maillotpois]

Lovely bike!!! May will be here before you know it!

[Ambikes]

redrhodie: I do have a tour planned for this summer. I talked my DH and all of my in-laws (mom, dad, 2 SILs, and BIL) into touring from Jasper to Banff along the Icefields Parkway this July. I am SUPER excited!!! DH and I have also talked about doing a longer tour (maybe Vancouver, BC to San Diego, CA) when I finish my PhD.

malkin, Catrin, and maillotpois: Thanks! I'm impatient, but trying to look on the bright side of things. May is quite far away, but it's so cold and snowy here that I wouldn't be able to ride a bike right now anyway.

[Tri Girl]

SOOO exciting! That's one beautiful steed!! I'm with you- waiting until May will feel like a kid waiting on Christmas to get here. SO far away!

Have you thought about what kind of panniers/accessories to get? I get so excited seeing others build up their dream bikes- almost like I'm getting one, too (without the bill to go along with it).