Originally Posted by
ianwbz
Well I do see your points, however this is not exactly the case. I am giving the bike to a friend who wanted it, and is paying me back in full (since it is 3 days used). Also this is MY first bike but I have been riding a friends old trek 720 hybrid bike for over a year. So while this was way better than that I would like to invest my money into something that I will keep in the long run. I might go with the Wabi lightning if nothing else. pretty clean.
Its clear from all that time riding your friends Trek you learned a lot about biking, too. You're so well informed that you let a bunch of strangers on the internet convince you how to spend 4-$500 dollars 4 different ways in 3 days.
I guess I'm probably coming off unnecessarily dickish. If you rode for a year and know you love it the Wabi is definitely a nice bike. But if you're so worried about this hill that you feel its necessary to go $400 over your original bikes budget to make it up, maybe you should just buy a geared bike from craigslist. Then you can ignore the weight and downshift.