if you dont want to go used or some of the bikes of questionable brand; full ultegra for $1100, id take a look at the trek 1200 and 1500 (i have a 1500), Felt F80 and F70, as well as the Giant OCR1. those were the final 3 choices i narrowed it down to. Just ride everything you can in that price range. you cant go wrong with any of them although the F80 has carbon seat stays which is really cool for the $1000 range.