...or you could try a 'bent. I'm on a RANS F5 highracer these days, and can ride as long and hard as I want, and the only part of me that gets sore is my legs. Recovery seems to be quicker too - over three successive weekends recently, I rode a 200km brevet, a 1200km grand randonnee, and a 300km brevet, (all in the mountains) finishing solidly in the middle of the pack on each one. I seriously doubt I could've done that on my df brevet bike, much though I love it.

One word of advice - if you do decide to give 'bents a shot, go for something performance oriented: skip the Sun EZ's, most Taiwanese 'bents, trikes, and generally anything over 30lb. Nothing's more frustrating than trying to go fast on a "slug".

SP