For the record, I LOVE my Sirrus. I picked it because I didn't feel ready for drop bars, but now if I was on the same budget (mine was about the same as yours) I think I would consider the Specialized Sequoia which can be had for about the same dollars.
I'm reluctant to reccomend K2 anything. They're a ski and snowboard company, not a cycling company so you're bound to be buying a rebranded and marked up bike...
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09-03-2006, 11:40 AM #1
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Aperte mala cm est mulier, tum demum est bona. -- Syrus, Maxims
(When a woman is openly bad, she is at last good.)
Edepol nunc nos tempus est malas peioris fieri. -- Plautus, Miles Gloriosus
(Now is the time for bad girls to become worse still.)
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09-03-2006, 04:08 PM #2
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Thanks all for the responses.
I decided against buying used since I had no idea what I was looking for in terms of frame size etc.
In the end, I bought the K2, which was on sale at $500 (LLBean has the same model on their site for $649, so I knew it wasn't a "fake" sale). It felt great, but then as a complete newbie, I don't really have any idea. All the other road bikes they had in stock were pretty much all over my price limit, so I took risk.
HipGnosis6 - I hope your concerns about the K2 brand will not come back to haunt me!
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