That's kinda what we did for me...though not quite as big as your leap! My Cdale Synapse 5 was more than we originally planned to spend, since it's only my 2nd bike in my entire adult life (previous bike was POS Schwinn mtn bike). But I think my hubby trusted that I am not one of those gals who takes up a sport on a whim and drops it 3 months later (have been running for nearly 4 years and completed 3 marathons...even though I am super slow and suck and a sane woman would have given up long ago, heh). He also looked at the components on the next model or two down and decided that HE wouldn't be happy if I didn't have at least Shimano 105 stuff, heh. Me...I wouldn't likely know the difference.![]()
Kirsten
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'11 Cannondale SuperSix 4 Rival
'12 Salsa Mukluk 3
'14 Seven Mudhoney S Ti/disc/Di2