So the mountain bike is out of the picture then, what is your budget? Is 350 the upper limit or a guideline? Are you willing to forsake manufactures support for the sake of saving some money? Are you afraid of doing some wrenching yourself?
Check out this fellow from
bikes direct. Once you assemble it take it to a bike shop for a tune up and presto, new flat bar road bike. If you want to go the mountain bike rout you could save a bit of cash, check out
Windsor Cliff 4500 and the
Dawes Haymaker 1000. These two bikes are budget oriented with surprisingly good specs.
Bau