Originally Posted by
ara35
I am 23 years old. I commute 10 miles each way, so atleast 100 miles a week. Plus i look to do some riding on the weekends. I am looking more for a "race" bike then a comfortable bike. I really wanna just fly and be able to take down trails and hills. I hope this helps.
Just saw a trek 1.2 in a window on my way back from lunch and looked good. going to try as much as i can and see what works for me.
Whoa, trails and road bike don't really go together so you should elaborate. If your commuting, you may want to consider a flat bar roadie. I have the giant rapid 3 which does not have a carbon fork but it is also only $550. It has lots of clearance so you could easily put 32 or 35c tires on it and actually navigate mild trails. It's geometry is also very close to that of the defy so you could always convert it to a drop bar later and upgrade components. It's quite a fast bike.