Originally Posted by epic.legacy

I respectfully disagree... there's so much more to communication than just reading perfectly stated questions....Now we are having an exchange that may not have otherwise happened, and that's a good thing. That's the whole point of forums...

... Though this will be my first major purchase for a bike, all I wanted was some input from my fellow bikers. I'm only one person and can see only so much... I only wanted some perspective, to be opened up to other bikes that I may not have thought about to begin with...