It makes ya wonder- you see people on here saying that they found some great 3 year-old quality name-brand bike, used, on CL for three or four hundred bucks.....but it seems that we can look for a year and never find such a deal...and much less in the size we need! Same with Ebay. All the bikes I see lately on Ebay are so ridiculously over-priced, it's not funny! I always like to look at the Kleins on Ebay....but jeez.....I've been seeing the same few ones, listed over and over again for months, 'cause they're so over-priced. (Sure glad that I nabbed mine when I did on a far-away CL.... Was hesitant to pay what I thought was top dollar...but now I'm glad I did!)

Hang in there- one that'll suit your needs is bound to pop up sooner or later. Or just get something like this, so's you can get out there and start riding (It was my first bike....put 3K miles on it in a year....and it's still going strong) http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/..._al_xi_sc2.htm (It's almost as heavy as that touring bike...but it rolls nice- even here in the hills. It has that nice road-bike feel.)