Here's my first post, because I couldn't resist. Chalk. I'm a college professor and love the blackboard, but some classrooms don't have them anymore because 'smart boards' and powerpoints are the new thing. I was once team teaching with a colleague who sent our students home because the computer was down, and he couldn't give a lecture without powerpoint. I told him that I could barely give one with. To keep it to cycling. I've always had clunky bikes. I just got a bike which I think the world of, a 2009 Specialized Sirrus Sport. I've seen all the comments about how awful Sora components are, but I think that the thumb click shifting is really smooth and terrific.