Another newbie from SF Bay Area
 

Hi, I'm new to the forum, and new to touring. I haven't owned a bicycle in 6 years, but am looking to buy one in the next few days. I've been lurking for a few weeks, and just now registered. For some reason, all the searches that led me here from google were to pages from 2004 and earlier, so I had no idea that this forum was currently active until I dug a little deeper...