The only reason Holly is over here is so she can stalk me since the demise of the Go Ahead Ask Pcad thread in foo. Good grief now I'm finding our she doesn't even own a road bike.

At least you realize you are a relative newbie. So many post here thinking they are "it", yet have no clue how to change a flat. For that matter, you are conversing with people that go for bike rides in rain, and think it is OK. (Myself included)

^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I was kind of wondering what an in line skater was doing on a cycling site but I guess things could be stranger...... oh I see they are.

And a newb with over 500 posts? sup wid dat?

What happened to the Go Ahead Ask Pcad Anything thread? You finally ran out of answers?

I never had any answers.

+5000

So what was the point to the thread in the first place? Oh, right, Foo.

Holly BD is bikes direct. they have some pretty amazing deals but are a online retailer only. As long as you go in with the right expectations they are pretty much unparrelled. The deal I had In mind at competative cyclist was the BMC roadracer but that is only available in medium up so it may not help you. I am eagerly awaiting my team machine SLT01 :) if you can srping for it I obviously felt it was a good enough deal to spend my money on.

On the bikes direct front they have about 3 house brands and old stock kestrals (real brand) I would be looking at the following deals for a very very nice bike that you would not need to upgrade anytime soon.

http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...voke_sl_09.htm

http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...p_cf_rival.htm

http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...alforce_10.htm

The issue will be you will be able to notice the difference between a $700 bike shop bike and a $1200 one (components wise and need for adjustment and whatnot), and once you hit the $1200 for alu with 105 levelish components many people rationalize the online Carbon fiber options with rival or ultegra for the extra $400.

best of luck on your bike search.

PS pcad, now that the mods killed the "ask..." threads do you think they anticipated all of Foo to migrate to the 33? It will certainly help our post counts ;)

Go ahead, ask the moderators.

Hey Razor,

Not to be an ******* about it.. but stop making one post into 4.

$2,000 for roller blades? Oy.

Rode out west this afternoon. Stopped a cemetery with veterans memorials. Here's one for a Michigan soldier (and his Civil War regiment) who won a medal of honor nearby.

http://web.knoxnews.com/images/civil...ellstation.jpg

(Not my photo)

Don't tell the dopes in P&R. They think we're all racists down here.

Working well.

I thought you knew I owned a crappy old bike and just rode a little. I've been wanting to buy a new bike for a while now but other things like skates,wheels, bearings, stuff like that kept getting bought.
Everyone I've spoken with says cycling is a great crosstraining tool for skating and probably vice versa so I want to get into it more and that means a "real" bike.

I'm more than a relative newbie. I'm a total, complete, uninformed newbie. But that's okay. I'm also a fast learner.

Rain doesn't scare me.