That's great! I feel much the same way...I just went to
SouthWest Bicycles here in Phoenix and they were very helpful, didn't make me feel like a doofus for not being able to explain my dilemma in technical terms, and were friendly. Gotta love that.
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Margie
"Assume a virtue, if you have it not." ~ William Shakespeare
This advice is the reason I'm masquerading as an athletic person.