Nevermind, this was a fail to read moment, I went back to the link and I was looking at packaged GROSS WEIGHT!

yes I will go to the corner and hide my head in shame now

BUT on a side note I would choose the flash, sure it costs alot more but because it has better parts overall like the brakes and tires and rear and front derailler (Tiagara vs the department store model tourneys) as well as a wider gear range since you will be riding with others and you might go on a fast drafting spin on a straight flat and hit high speeds or climb some wicked hills depending on where you live I think it's better to have the option to be able to get a good cadence going than be stuck with the 7 gears.

Even the crankset on the flash I see you can remove and upgrade the chainrings to different sizes should the need come when it wears out or you just want to tune it better to your needs. WHILE on the hunter it's those cheap one piece cranks when it's time to replace you have to replace and pretty much junk the entire unit and you will have no options to modify the front without the entire removal of the crankset.

That's how I'm thinking since you said you will be doing group rides with this and depending on the group of peeps you are with it would be nice to have options to "tweak" things as you ride with them long term on this bike.