Originally Posted by
social suicide
Buy the bike that fits you and your style of riding. The 6500 is a solid bike at a great discount. 29ers, 27.5ers and 650B is 75% marketing. Are you pedaling? is your fun meter pegged? No worries. The 6500 at that price won't last long at the store.
Thanks, I'm going to stop by the LBS and see if they can do $1200 cash OTD. If not I'm going to ask them to at least throw in a good u lock. I only have a cable for my FX and know that the 6500 is more likely to be stolen. I also want them to lock the grips, go over all the components and clean up the bike. It looks like it's been tested at least 8-10 times. My LBS does provide free tune ups for the first three years!