I know deep down inside cycling, walking, jogging, anything other than driving a vehicle somehow makes more sense to me. It's strange because, even though driving an automobile probably seems more practical to most people, it's not exactly coming naturally to me. Even though I'm absolutely sick of New York City, I'm incredible glad that I live in an environment where a person could realistically, and more than reasonably, get around without a car.

The interesting flip side to that is that I actually want to move out, almost everywhere else it would make sense to own a vehicle. However, chances are, even if I lived somewhere automobile-centric, I'd probably still be in this enthusiastic predicament of what bicycle should I buy. In other words, even if I was driving around, I'd probably still rather be walking/jogging/skating/riding a bicycle.

Hey Slim, why is it important that I try out a 26'er mountain bike? What's the significance exactly of the 26? Is that like the wheel diameter?

I e-mailed the links of the bicycles I am considering to my buddy who's really into cycling. I asked his opinion, and he liked the Felt Brougham, because it seems like it's most likely the lightest and the fastest. It definitely was the lightest, and I really liked that, but more so in the sense of carrying it up flights of stairs and manhandling it rather than going fast (not a huge priority for me at this stage in the game).

Slim, your 3-girlfriend predicament is a dilemma I could only dream about having one day. That's pretty awesome! I'm starting to think that maybe you're the dude I should be taking notes from on girl advice. You are the MAN!

Regarding the lawsuits and court cases that I posted up a couple posts ago, are those things that I should be concerned about?