I'll make you more psyched, the new bike is going to be lavender! Not particularly purple, unfortunately, but a sort of brushed-steel colour with a pale purple tint.

I took pictures of Elanor but never really got around to putting them online. I will probably put pictures of both online together.

I don't know what you mean by gears in the hub. I repair/change flats myself, and Ace doesn't charge for just using their compressed air tank to fill the tires, so I haven't (knock on wood) had to go to them for a flat yet. Reminder that I need more patches though...

~Sor