Oh! good point I see that now. Thanks for the ranking!! No LBS seems to stock the comp, only the sport.... so I''ll just test ride the sport and pretend it has a carbon fork that seems like the biggest difference between the two codas

The fairfax does seem like the best buy! I just keep going back and forth between Jamis v Marin, steel v aluminum, carbon fork v normal......
I WILL ride both tomorrow and make a final decision!

The other thing (probably irrelevant) is I could ride the coda sport out of the door but the fairfax I'll test ride at REI and then order online and take it into a LBS for assembly. Not sure if i'll get the same level of service bringing in a box of parts as opposed to buying a new bike from my LBS but I'm thinking that should not be a consideration in my purchase, right?