I spent the last week doing a lot of research on prices, touching, feeling, markups and reviews.

I had narrowed it down to a TREKJ till i tripped over a Diamondback at a sporting good store. BACK TO THE INTERNET!

http://www.diamondback.com/2012-overdrive-sport

This got great reviews. The only complaint was that the front fork was a on the heavy side.

The same thing in a trek crossed over the 1000.00 mark. A Trek with a locking fork was almost 900.00