The coolpix line rocks, but.. for me.. I'm kind of jaded. In 2002 I bought one of the high-end Sony's with a Carl Zeiss lens, and I've never upgraded. It takes some of the best digicam pics I've seen from non-SLR's, so I've yet to stray.
The Canon PowerShot lineup is also pretty good, I've been thinking of ordering a older one to take on rides. Currently I use whatever smartphone I am using that week for riding photos, the "flavor of the month" is the Sprint Mogul, which takes awesome pictures. The Sprint Touch it replaced took.. BAD pictures to put it mildly! Treo 755p which was before that also did very well.
Anyway, that's what I do. YMMV!