I had set a goal of 10,000 miles before I could look at a new bike. Since I went with a mid-range bike, (Trek 2100), I don't need to be in a big hurry for a new one......but of course that doesn't stop me from looking and wishing. I keep saying that I'm going to push that mileage total down to 5,000, but that would mean next season already.

Last fall I had a issue with a old fractured vertebrae that had healed incorrectly. I asked the sports medicine doc I went to if perhaps he needed to write me a prescription to give to my husband for a full carbon fiber bike for the long-term health of my back. He just smiled...he wasn't going for it. Darn.