Thank you ladies!

Emily, do you know about how much faster you were on the slicks?

PITA husband's reply when I proposed slicks to him this morning (just for ME mind you) was that we have "mountain" bikes and I'm going to get strong and learn to love riding single track.

I keep trying to explain to him that my aversion to MTB riding has NOTHING to do with the challenge of going UP the hills. Yes, eventually I can conquer getting up just about anything, I'm sure. The challenge is getting back DOWN those same hills! I can't traverse on single track like I can when I'm skiing. (and getting off and walking down those slopes isn't much less spooky for me!!)

Yup, I'm perseveriing on this -- I can tell I'm a roadie at heart, so perhaps I shall have to point out the OTHER solution to my need for more speed -- a second bike!

Karen in Boise