Well, thanks, girls. I am not sure what I'm going to do. I love the idea of riding, and I love how I feel after I ride, but the rides are so full of what I'm not doing right (not gearing up at the right time, not gearing down at the right time, not staying close enough to the shoulder, worrying too much about the huge SUV's that seem to want to feel the paint on my bike), that I start out worrying about every little thing that I'm *going* to do. (And, of course, I DO understand that not fully clearing before crossing is not a little thing.) I realize that this whole thing is going to sound like I'm blaming him for my own inability to be consistant, and that after 2 1/2 seasons of riding I should be getting better and not worse.