[MENTION=9839]saddlesores[/MENTION]
- well, i re-read it. on my budget, a LHT ($1300) is not cheap! my touring bike was a gifted Specialized RockHopper. I've replaced everything but the headset and bottom bracket over time, but with used parts or Origin8 stuff.

- but since the OP did make the second comment I copied, he could very well just get a Wal-Mart bike and not bother locking it up. Feel free to take me to task on missing that.

I think my reading skills are fine, by the way. Even though English is my second language. ( I grew up in Kentucky and learnt American! )