thank you guys for the quick response, I'm going on up to my LBS this morning right after I respond to you guys. I've only ever ridden a road bike ONCE in my life and while it was akward up until the start of this year I hadn't actually been on a bike in over 10 years because of a wreck I'd had that had scrapped off a few layers of skin off the right side of my face. concrete vs face, concrete wins every time. I'm sure I can adapt to a road bike easily, I've got a park I can really practice on and get a feel for before heading back onto the road. I know I'm gonna need a 54 -55cm bike, I know for a fact my inseam is 30. So I'm gonna take you's guys suggestion and see what they got. I'm also making sure to ask the guy down in Houston what the size of the bike frame is, cause I know if I get there and its too small or too large then It'll be a waste of time and gas money.

But you'd figure that Dallas would have a great amount of deals for bike but honestly over the last 2 year's like 4 bike shops have closed down, its almost easier to find a good deal by trolling through all the pawn shops so I dunno how well the LBS is going to be. Dallas is still converting a lot of roads to have Bike paths and drivers still not used to Bike's being on the road. They gotten better and there haven't been any fatalities that I know of but the roads not friendly.