The more I read the more excited I get that I may have blindly stumbled on a great bike for myself at a great price. I've read some posts in some of the other bike forums as well and to a man (or woman) everyone raves about the Sequoia...even a few that have similar back problems. There were even some posters that were lamenting about not getting the Elite because of the price and had to settle for the baseline Sequoia instead. The 2006 baseline lists for $770.