Thanks for all the advice and encouragement so far. I am hot on the track of a used Tour Easy right now but haven't yet heard back from the owner.
I am glad to hear that one can swap back and forth to diamonds and bents...I was wondering about that.
If I can, I am just going to buy a used bent to figure out whether this is for me or not. Seems to me that is the best way to learn and if doesn't work out then I can resell and not lose too much.
We have a lot of hills around here and I worry about being able to keep up (which is already a problem).
There seem to be more SWB than LWB's for sale...Should I go for one of those if the Tour Easy falls through or are they harder to learn?