Originally Posted by
RShantz
From reading your comment above & making some assumptions, I'd keep what you have for a while w/o upgrading and see if you really are hooked on cycling. If so, get the $4-5k bike - if not, you didn't lose anything. I'm afraid you may be the type (like me) that just keeps upgrading until you get the best/really good quality. Those middle steps can get expensive.
I'm not really a latest & greatest kind of guy with anything. Once I find something I really like, I keep it for a long time. It just sometimes takes bit of time and effort to settle into that equilibrium. Maybe I will start with some tires and progress from there. I would like to try some 28c tires to see how they work.