i jokingly told hubby we needed mountain bikes cuz the roads around here have been so bad sinde the rain... (rocks larger than baseballs strewn across the road... sand up to 6" deep in places... other places just a LOT of sand ) and no sign of the lazybutt city getting the sweeper out to take care of them!

well.. that's all it took for hubby to start looking at mountain bikes (he had been out on a borrowed one with his buddies and enjoyed it... so had been talking about wanting one)

i really don't see myself liking to go down dirt trails.. (i'm a bit prissy if you haven't figured it out).... but i wouldn't mind giving it a try.. and there are a LOT of trails in the national part that would be fun to do on a mountain bike!)

so far i've only looked at specialized but then came here to ask... i don't get the difference between rockhopper and hardrock (except the color)

this one is kinda pretty in the blue:

http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkM...sBikesHardrock

i'm not all into the pink like the majority of you all are.. but i told hubby i wouldn't mind having a pink mountain bike! maybe some of the other sites will have one??????????

so anyways... after all my wordiness.... if you mountain biker ladies could just give me some input... OH.. and i don't want to spend a lot of money cuz i don't even know if i'll like it!!