Welcome to here, Prof.
Do not be overly swayed by the neoteny of single-speed-ism. Ten million fubar-ed knees in the 'Over-50' forum cannot be wrong. (It's a small sample and I made up the stats to falsely bolster my argument, but you catch my drift. )
Be happy! Gears will come, eventually. Compare and contrast.
Last edited by snafu21; 08-15-10 at 03:30 AM.