Well, today sure made me think about going car-less. I had an early Dr. appt. 20 miles the opposite direction of work, so I started to drive, but the brakes made a weird clunking noise with every tire revolution. They didn't do that the last time I drove, 2 weeks ago. So I wound up missing the appt., leaving the house 20 minutes later than usual and biked to work. I took the shortest route I know and rode hard the whole way. I got there with 5 minutes to spare, as usual I was the first one there. So now I'm going to get to spend enough for a new bike to keep the old melon going so I have a back up for really bad winter weather. Year-round 75-85F/24-29C, that would be perfect, especially if it only rained at night, and there was about 13 hrs of daylight, no cars that went more than 35mph, my legs never cramped, and the roads were perfectly paved. See, I'm very easy to please.