Originally Posted by
Daddy Wags
5. On my list of possible bikes to consider are the Surly Pacer near the $1200 level and the Jamis Quest up at the $1700 level.
John
My brother just bought a Pacer frameset from the LBS. They swapped his old group from a 9 sp Trek 1200 and added cables, casings, stem, headset, chain an bar tape to the build. He wound up saving $400 over a complete Pacer. Not only that they gave him free tune ups for a year and %20 off the parts he bought.
The Surly seems to have a more relaxed geometry than the Trek IMO.