Hey creakyknees, on my last tuesday nite ride I fell doing a wheel stand and messed up my knee badly, since then the weather has been rotten, but I really appreciate your words of wisdom. the old peugot needs some work and I have a new project that blows me away. after I recover and have a good bike to ride maybe I wont do so badly.I really need to find the casual cyclists since I am truly a has been. the Peugot needs a new front derailluer and my project bike needs some kind of rear derailleur that was meant to be hung from a deraileur hanger drop out with an allen key bolt. also some small parts for cantilever breaks or center pull ones. so that i can hook up the brakes I took off a thrown away bike, then a drive chain and hook up all cables and I should have a nice mountain bike, I have another aluminum frame mountain bike that has a sprung front fork and rear triangle. I find these things in the trash!