i live and die by road**************** (and photoreview.com). It's really hard for me to test ride anything because frankly where i live cycling is very small. I have a schwinn dealership and a trek dealership. I'll look into your suggestions.

All this is very apreciated folks. I am starting a photo buisness this year (selling prints to parents from little league games) i expect to make $2,000+ from that...plus my regular job with the paper, and the classic college job throwing pizza dough in the air (which actually pays well as i've been there for 6 years). Point is, i was hoping to have a bit of money going into school this year, but at this rate i'm just going to be paying off debts. One might say i need to get my priorities straight but my bike is a huge priority.