Ok....final update to this thread: I am now officially a Bent Rider. Got the bike home some time ago, but had a major issue with doctor prescribed medications screwing up my blood sugar levels and have been in bed for a couple of weeks....

I did take it out for a few minutes the day it came home and found it to be very twitchy and scary to ride. But it was no more scary than when I first stepped up to a quality road bike from a 27 year old version. Rain, weather and health have kept me off of it until today. I put on my helmet and gloves and went to figure the beast out. Our road is 3/10 of a mile long and there is never any traffic on it. Except today. Of course.

My elderly neighbor almost ran over me from behind and then asked what was wrong with my bike. Then some guy who made a wrong turn blazed past me at close quarters. Then a pickup truck came through....it was all of a sudden like the Daytona 500! But I kept practicing starting, stopping and just riding and I am 70% improved. I now understand what "Bent Legs" are, because I don't have them. I don't think I can get them on eBay either. I now look forward to riding this new creature, and my back doesn't hurt at all so far. The Prime Directive seems to have been achieved. I figure to ride it a short time each day, increasing the length of time each day; while still riding my other bike to keep my exercise program going until I can rotate this in as my main bicycle. I look forward to being used to it so I can start going on club rides and cycling events in the area!

Thank you to everybody who answered my stupid questions in this thread. Thanks to my buddies at Adventure Cycling in Winter Springs- they don't sell Bents (yet) for working out the kinks and making this ride smooth as butter. Thanks to my wife for not being upset at yet another broken piece of junk I have drug home to fix.

I'll start other stupid threads for the next questions I stumble on to. To anybody reading this years from now....just get a Bent and get started!