I am sure he will understand. I love road cycling and can't believe I forgot how much fun it was. I think it may have been buying a house starting a business and just all around working my but off. Life got better I got married and and started putting my butt back on. If I have to make a unilateral choice it may not make him happy but it needs to be done. How ever the Chinese Schwinn Varsity 700C is working for me now after some aftermarket mods, disassembling it and tuning it. Still need some clip less peddles,,,But,, well refer to the first line. LOL
But I remember the 1990 TREK 1000 I had when I was 19 or 20 and it was so smooth and so easy.