Great........I'll start looking at 28 & 32 slicks, weight reduction from a skinny tire is what I think I am after, and put the bucks for wheels into the penny jar for a road bike.

I don't want a "race bike", good thing because I can't just "get one".

All I want to do is make the hybrid easier on my old legs with these West Georgia hills until I can get what I should have in the first place.

Thanks, to all........I think I'm on my way.