Just bought a new bike on Ebay!

[emily_in_nc]

Congrats on the new bike, Emily!

And it's nice to hear you can try a roadie again!

Thanks! My Bike Friday is a road bike, and still I love it, but since I keep it loaded down with racks/fenders for utility rides (and an airhorn for dogs), and it's steel, it's a bit heavier and slower ride. I am craving a go-fast bike again for pure pleasure rides (and hopefully some events in the future) and am hoping that the geometry of this one will keep the pain from becoming a problem. I was using a TENS unit to help with pain on longer Bike Friday rides back in NC and had very good success with it, but I really needed the handlebars on that bike to be a little higher/closer as I found that I was most comfortable on the tops of the bars than on the hoods or drops as I used to prefer. I may eventually buy a different stem from Bike Friday so I can jack the bars up a bit. I never have pain on my beach cruiser or on a mountain bike -- more upright posture and higher handlebars.