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IMHO Cwikone, your bikesdirect list needs to be eliminated one way or another, first.

Otherwise, after test-riding all of the other bicycles, where does that leave your bikesdirect bikes? ....There's no way to test-ride them...

You're not going to value the advice of others over your self-experienced comfort level while test-riding a bike. That would not be too prudent in my opinion.

Therefore, I would suggest that you either select from bikesdirect right now and forget about the more local bikes, or just test-ride all of the local bikes and forget about bikesdirect.

Since I am a chromoly steel enthusiast, I will substantially shorten your list by making the following recommendations:

1) The Jamis Coda Sport

2) The Jamis Coda Comp

3) Marin Muirwoods 29'er

Good Luck!

- Slim

PS.

The Jamis Coda Series

The Jamis Coda is an award-winning hybrid bicycle. It won Bicycling Magazine's Editor's Choice Award for the Best Flatbar hybrid of 2011.
The Jamis Coda is a very agile, reliable, and durable bicycle. I have personally ridden the Coda and it's one of the smoothest riding bicycles that I've ever had the pleasure of riding.

The Jamis Coda can be easily outfitted with both rack and fenders. Though it comes stock with 32mm tires, it can be accommodated with 38mm tires. The Jamis Coda is a universal-all-seasons type of bicycle. Just about the only seasonal modification that I could envision you making, would be to go from wide treaded winter tires to the more narrow slick tire for the remaining seasons.

Since the Jamis Coda Series is made of chromoly steel, you shouldn't consider cash payment as a purchase, you should consider it more, as an investment!