thank yous all for the bike shop info. i actually wandered into competitive edge in rancho cucamonga yesterday because it is near my work. the guy was fairly nice (kinda treated me like an idiot) but their selection was really small. has anyone been there before? at any rate, it seems like the deal that most of these places sort of assume you don't know a derailer from a spoke until they've seen you in the shop a few times-or you've bought something from them. he said they do tune-ups for two years free. is that a good deal? oh, and there is no story behind my name. i just made it up one day figuring it was something i could always count on there not being a duplicate of out there. i find it annoying when people's names are bob9878765654545 or some such nonsense. anyway. i got bike fever bad. i'm headed to some shop sites to stare at bikes. ooh. ahhh.