KenNC, thanks for referencing that thread, which also has some great information and photos that I found most useful. There don't seem to be too many of these Ghisallos around, which certainly has me intrigued, especially given the history of mine, which languished for decades in my garage simply because my interest was transitioning to mountain bikes. My other two road bikes suffered the same fate, and they are still hanging unused in my garage to this day! In the meantime, I've been through dozens of mountain bikes, typically wearing the middle gears out from all the pedalling I've done. I'm known locally as "the bike guy", as I live in a smallish town (24,000) and no one else rides regularly around here. I used to do around 4000 miles a year on average, but I haven't used a cycle computer for several years now to know my mileage. But the trend was that I was slowing down as I entered my sixties, and I also started walking daily (picking up trash off the ground along the way to work my lower back) instead of riding. But I'm still riding, and I just attached an old cycle computer with a fresh battery to my current ride (Fisher Marlin) to see how badly I've slacked off. As long as the legs keep working, I will be riding. I once read that the world's oldest woman (120 something), a French lady, rode her bike regularly into her nineties. I'm thinking of following her example.