Narrowed down to two bikes - decisions, decisions!

[Koronin]

Both companies make good bikes. I own two Treks (one road bike and one mountain bike) and my husband has two Trek mountain bikes. He also has a Cannondale road bike. Unfortunately that was an impulse purchase and he should have done more research since he has never been able to get comfortable on it. We're actually purchasing two Felt F5s, one for him and one for me. I've been wanting a carbon bike for awhile and when looking we found that the Trek and the Felt road bikes are much more agreeable to him than the Cannondale is. So all of that to say yes I do believe that some people fit certain brands of bikes better than other ones.

[goldfinch]

I see the dealer I bought my bike from is selling their 2011 Quicks for $30 to $50 off of list (though they don't have all sizes anymore). Not a huge amount off but it puts the Quick 4 at $599, Quick 5 at $519 and the Quick 6 at $399. If any of these 2011s are around in the spring you could get a pretty good deal, depending on the dealer.

Another option is to buy a bike and get a trainer to ride it on in the winter. What do you do for exercise in the winter?

That said, what Velo said makes a lot of sense.

[lxb87]

I'm a Spinning instructor with 4 classes a week. That keeps me on a bike plenty.