Originally Posted by webbach

Lol, true.

Rode in again today. It was sprinkling when I left the house, but cleared up when I parked at the MUP trailhead. Saw a whole bunch of rabbits, a couple yellow finches, and two deer, a doe and a spike horned buck. He kept on leading me out for about quarter mile, and then finally dove into the hedgerow between the path and the Hudson. There was a guy on a vintage fendered drop bar commuter that passed me up just past that, he commented on the deer's passage.

If I get a different bike, it'll be well used. A local guy just listed a 90's Rockhopper for $200, it's 17.5" though, maybe too small for me...I'm 6'. My mental image is that I want something steel with a triple, solid fork and v brakes or cantis, that I can outfit with a rear and front rack, some lights, middling city tires and a trekking bar.