It's been a while since I posted here. A little background: Age = 60, I do casual riding for enjoyment, exercise & fitness, aiming to get out several times per week & have ridden about 550 miles this year. My current bike is a 1977 Raleigh Record and I'm the original owner.

I've been keeping this bike going and it's in pretty good shape, but I'm getting to the point where I need something where my riding position won't be so bent over (:neck getting OLD), so I'm looking at a hybrid Raleigh Cadent 2. It seems to be right about at my price point at $530, and I've been quite satisfied with my Record over the years. I figure any bike that is 38 years newer is bound to be an improvement! I'll keep the Record for a winter beater.

I've also been wishing that I had a little lower gearing on the low end, and higher on the high end, and it looks like the Cadent would fulfill this need. I like the idea of the disk brakes, as I frequently wheel the bike from a shed through wet grass and the rims get wet.

Does anyone have any experience with the Cadent that they can share? Reviews that I've read have been fairly uniformly favorable.

Thanks.