Well, I spent most of yesterday test riding bikes at our local bike shop. They had a great selection and I rode everything they had that fit. I was surprised by one bike that I hadn't heard much about - a Burley McKenzie. The frame is steel with carbon forks. I fell in love with this bike and the icing on the cake is that it happened to be a custom color - an awesome purple that color changes to green and has flecks of sparkly fushia. I am ready to ride, but that will have to wait until tomorrow as today is all rain, rain, rain. Tomorrow will be sunny and 58 degrees so we are going to ride the W&OD out of Purcelville in Virginia and hopefully will make it into D.C. and back. Thanks for all the comments on choosing a bike - I concentrated on fit and frame quality and feel I made a good choice.