Alright so two more questions, sorry to bump this thread up, but I am looking at bikes, and wondering how well a trek 7000 or 7100 will hold up, this bike is mainly going to be used on a paved road, and occasionally on a packed down gravel path (though the road hasn been redone in awhile)...my dad rides, and he swears by trek, if you know of an thing else below 450 that will work for me, let me know. my mom took my hard rock to the bike shop (im stuck at school) and as it hasnt been ridden in two years it needs about 200 dollars in work before i can buy components for it, so i figure i might as well look into a new bike (below are links to the bikes)
http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes...h/hybrid/7000/
http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes...h/hybrid/7100/