Hello to all replied and cared and readl. I'm very sorry it took me a long time to post back.

I'm reporting back from my research. I have to say here that finding a perfect bike is a lot harder than what I thought. It seems that all the bikes I had tried felt very similar to each other. Trek FX was lighter but its gears did not shift smooth like Giant Escape. Now, when I said lighter, I meant 1 oz lighter (Trek FX 26lb & Giant Escape 27lb). I think I like the Giant Escape better. Haro "something" was similar to weight but its brake was superior (I mean it stoppped in shorter distances and surprisingly, I liked it).

However, I need to try following bikes.

Diamond Insight
Jamis Coda
Fuji (no idea)
Avanti inc 1.O (it looks to me australian, no dealer in the states)

The dealers for these bikes are in 40-65 miles.

Specialized Sirrus was not in stock for me to try.

Thank you again all.