Oh Tracy I'm drooling over the Pink Chris King headset and hubs!!!!

Running Mommy:

Lot's of good responses. See if you can beg, borrow, rent bikes to try out. I'm 5'2" (even after the lumbar traction I had today--darn!). I started on a cheap 14" Diamondback hardtail, then top of the line ebay 14" Giant Trance (loved it but sometimes fought to keep the front down while climbing), and now have a 15" Trek Fuel EX 9.0. She is a little big for me but that's the smallest carbon frame available. Hey I can't complain she was free! I rode her on Monday and ooh I like it. WSD does NOT work for me (I demo'ed the Trek, Specialized, and Gary Fishers. I vote for full sus. But I loved mountain biking even on the boat anchor hardtail.

BTW you may feel dirty but I feel clean clean clean since I started swimming 8 weeks ago (back injury) and now think I might need to shoot for a sprint next season. Now that I can swim (my first straight freestyle mile was last week) all I need is the 5k. Never was a runner, but never swam more than 2 laps without dying either. I'm lurking your board.