Ok, I have a question about $500ish bikes. I am looking at the Trek 4500 and 4500 disc. I have been reading, mostly posted by Raiyn, that when bikes like this have disc brakes it takes away from other components. This seems completely logical, but when looking at the specs b/t the 4500 and the disc version, you'll see that there is no other difference in components, don't believe me? check it out:

http://www2.trekbikes.com/Bikes/Moun...inum/Index.php

So, is that line of thought just a relic of mountain biking history? Or am I missing something?

Also, can anyone tell me what is wrong with the Judy TT RockShox? Considering I have always just had crappy bikes, beat them up and then bought another one. I just graduated college and I want to get back into biking, so, for a newbie, why should the Judy TT fork be avoided? My Trek 830 Mountain XC from 1999 or 98 has some crap a$$ RST shocks, so surely the Judy TTs are a drastic improvement...

Anyone know when Trek starts rolling out 2006's? I saw that specialized started to...