What a great ride this morning! Not only was the weather ideal and I feel re-charged, but I'm back on my old commuter bike. It's my old Nashbar, steel frame mountain Frankin-bike that I built 2 or 3 years ago and began commuting with. I bought it back from a friend who rarely used it and converted it last night to it's original specs (clipless pedals, seat, lights). Not only is it cheap and reliable, but the geometry is great for commuting as well as long distance and loaded touring. I had to stop 3 times to fine tune the seat hight/angle but the rest was like old times. The Surly is a great ride but I could never get the setup right. The geometry and/or setup made for a fast, versital ride, but something was always uncomfortable. I tweaked my left knee and struggled with a groing strain/sprang that only seemed to affect me on that bike. After 3 front-end, 2 or 3 saddle, and 2 drive train changes, I figured it was time to give it up-I'll move over the parts that I can and probably sell the rest. Anyway, I feel so good on the old bike that I'll probably extend my commuting into December as the weather allows (I thought I'd have to give it up at the end of October to rest my knee).