Originally Posted by
gus6464
For $2500 you could easily get into a nice alu road bike and a good tourer like the Jamis Aurora. Be sure to check out the CAAD9 extensively before you pull the trigger because it has aggressive geometry that you may not want since you are looking for something for group rides. The CAAD9 spouters like to plaster it on every thread without even reading what people are looking for.
Thanks for the heads up. I thought about trying to buy both at once but the touring bike can go on the back-burner cause I got four years till I really need it. I will probably wait a year or two on that one. I hope to test ride a few models over the weekend and then I plan on researching the ones I like. To keep me from purchasing one on site I plan on bringing the wife and kids with me and I plan on leaving the bike hitch home so I would have no way to get it home
