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You'll be happy with the Trek... they're a solid bike. I think you'd probably have had to pay another couple hundred to get into the Deore LX level... and a LOT more for XT or XTR. Admittedly I havn't bought a bike in about 7 years but my LX equipped Diamond Back ran $800 and it was also a year old. Don't sweat it though, for your intended use you'll never have a problem with the Trek/Alivio setup. I rode every day with guys who had the lower end Shimano stuff and it was pretty solid (and we rode some pretty ugly single track)
It's a pretty addictive sport... and expensive once you're really into it, I spent at least as much on upgrades and repairs as I origonally spent on the bike [img]smile.gif[/img] , and won't even get into the hospital bills.
Oh yea... give the seat a few weeks, it takes a while for your butt to get used to the abuse... but it will.
[ 06-17-2002, 07:08 PM: Message edited by: Thoran ]
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