I've been pretty much on a steady course since I got into this - relatively racy road bikes, 1981-1991, that's the menagerie in my living room (and the bed room, the shed, the furnace room, and my girlfriend's parents shed 5000km away). I do have the sense, however, that a change in direction is going to mark any possible new acquisition. Just not yet sure of direction. A cross bike or touring bike is very much on my mind at the moment, and I'm thinking more or less of something contemporary (maybe just one of those Surly products, though a Ritchey Breakaway cross bike would be a dream). Some 1990s and even newer North American made race machines have caught my attention (though I still focus on those made of metal - and can't really justify another 'fast' bike without cutting a couple loose). Still, I predict that my road time this fall will be split largely between my 1980s Proctor race bike (which has room for 28s, but isn't exactly relaxed) and my 1990 Marinoni Special (stout SP tubes and a rather tight wheelbase...and it just got back to me after 8 months away).