Originally Posted by solipsist716

Should I sell/part out my Leader, keep my Trek and use the funds to pay some bills and eventually build up a sscx bike? I've been dying to get into cross and this gets two birds stoned at once.

ideally I'd like to end up with a Felt breed (LBS is a felt dealer), or an AC Nature Boy or Nature Boy Zona. The Zona is around the same price but the stock components are nicer than the breed.