[herr_oberst]

Thanks for the wheel ideas. I have been leaning the Mavic direction, my buddy jyl is a Mavic advocate, for sure.

I have a Force 10 speed gruppo on my Kona Zing Deluxe and I like it just fine, but I did break a shifter last summer and it cost me 200 bucks for a new one, so that made me grumpy. Nothing rebuildable in those brifters at all...

I think hills are where my superpower is, if I have one...Not the fastest rider at the end of the century, but I can usually keep up with the fellas when they turn up the gravity.
Figured the Tarmac with it's shorter stays would help me even more!

I'm 56 and I'll be 57 when I start putting miles on this beauty!