OK...hearing good stuff so far!

Bikeless I'm glad you found a solution! We probably make more experienced cyclists shudder when they pass us sometimes, huh? I can only imagine what the guys around here think about me on my mt bike, huffin and puffin, going half their speed while they zoom by on their lil road bikes! So I may just put a pair of thicker slicks on my mt bike till I figure out which road/cyclocross/whatever bike I want! Thanks!

Trek, man that's a nice looking bike! I don't think I wanna know the price...lol. I'm not at all versed in the components and all that good stuff, so I don't know what all the technical stuff means! I have to learn not to go by the looks or color...hehe. I would love to try my hand at an organized ride or 3 as well! I think if I didn't really have that in mind I wouldn't worry so much about what bike I could get!

Knotted, I checked out the Kona site and bookmarked it! I saw a few bikes that I liked that will definately be in my price range once I decide to go for it! Thank you for suggesting it...I like the style of the ones I looked at!

Kim