Thanks for the information Tim. I've been learning a lot about cycling lately. I'm starting to take interest in those cool Human Powered Vehicles (Google HPV and you get something WAY different) as they look like they'd be great in different types of weather.
The proposed deadline of 'end of May' is coming soon, I'm pretty excited!
Oh and by the way BarrysWorld: I went to the bikedump you found and it was
amazing! They helped me fix a few things and now my bike SO much easier to pedal.