Re: what kind of bike should I get?

dcg wrote:

> My inlaws live in Piedmont Alabama next to the Chief Ladiga bike
> trail.  This trail is described as "relatively flat" with a little bit
> of gravel.  I live in Florida where the roads are "absolutely flat"
> and haven't ridden a bike on a hill - ever.  I've never ridden on
> gravel either.

Hey, haven't you ever ridden up Mount Dora? In any case, in the northern 
part of the state there are a lot of areas with rolling hills, so you 
must be in south Florida.

Try riding the Shark Valley paved path in the Everglades 
("http://www.nps.gov/ever/planyourvisit/svdirections.htm").
Those are 
not hills or speed bumps on the path, and you should steer around them, 
not over them.