Okay, so here is what I have decided after today--I rode my sweet queen Ti bike in to work today, and enjoyed each and every pedal stroke, even with the pack on my back! I am going to buy a cross frame and build myself a bike--I have the crank, bottom bracket, seat, pedals, nice wheels, handlebars, and just need to decide on brakes and buy a mt. bike cassette to go with the double crank set. So, don't want to spend tooo much, (although I got a 10% raise today!!!), but want a steel frame, reliable commuter for my 20 mile round trip. Any suggestions--
(decided I just COULD NOT ride that heavy heavy dog of a bike, as much as I used to like it--spoiled by speed, I guess--and the whole point is to relieve stress, not add, right????)
