Hi Mary,

Wow, long post, lots of questions where to begin

Welcome to TE, when you get a chance surf on over to the getting to know you thread. There you'll get to know us and we can get to know a bit more about you.

Sorry about the ex.

Posture, lots of stuff here about bike fit and core fitness (which'll help your sailing too! )

New old bike? Or old new bike? Or both. You can't have too many bikes.

You may want to keep you classic Schwinn, lots of fans here of rebuilding the classic bike as a fixed gear or freewheel...or replace the power train.

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