While yoiu're saving up I would continue scouting Craigslist. I can't sell my wife's virtually brand new (<1000 miles) Giant OCR1 for $700 so I'm just going to keep lowering the price. I'm sure when I hit $500 I'll find a taker: message is that there are some good deals out there. The only reason we're selling the bike is that it simply doesn't fit my wife. We bought our bikes at a mass merchandise BS. Important Lesson: online I'm sure is fine if you know what you want, but I would really recommend a good LBS. Some of the money you save online will get used paying for fit adjustments, new stems, etc. I know I paid more for my wife's new bike at our LBS, but the relationship is important and I need to keep him in business.