Yesterday I posted about feeling a shimmy in the front end of my bike. It wasn't the panniers. My frame is completely busted! It's cracked all the way around where the top bar meets the post. I'm just lucky it happened so close to home!

I'm now looking for a new commuter bike, and I'm leaning toward this one:

http://www.gtbicycles.com/bikes/urba...our-putty-gray

A friend of mine works at a shop and could get it for me for a VERY sizable discount, bringing it down to $550-$600, but I pretty much have to let him know tomorrow, before he goes out of town.

Thoughts?