Congrats and enjoy:-) Threebikesmcginty, funnily I was in France for a couple of weeks and noticed 2 or 3 Raleigh road bikes (being ridden by serious looking French cyclists who were probably frowning at my yank bike pretending to be French with its Allez logo :-) ) Stood out for me as was reading Laurent Fignon's book on holiday and think his team were connected to Raleigh? Anyway, I digress, enjoy the new bike; sounds like you got a good deal and most importantly a cycle that will inspire you to get out.