Well, I received the blessing from the Mrs to look for a road bike to compliment my Kaitai.
I know hybrids are found to be wanting but I just won't say anything bad about that bike...

I digress... Looking online at all the local choices I have is so much FUN!
Right now, I've 3 models that interest me -though one is a real dark horse
Of those 3, one is really in my budget -well, what I consider my budget- the other 2 are a bit of a stretch. We have the Lemond Reno, the Cannondale Synapse and -tada- the Giant OCR3. [edit]Oh yeah, also maybe the Specialized Allez Triple

Amazing that I would consider a brand I hadn't even really heard of until this past year but right now, one LBS has '05, '06, and '07 models of the OCR3. I don't know if there were any significant changes between those 3 years but the little extra discount on the older ones is appealing. The only niggle I have is -and it's a common one amongst us old folks- I wish those front chainrings were a couple of teeth smaller across the board. How much difference can that really make?

All I have to do now is find the time to take one out for a test spin.