I think i know myself to much, i will have to get at least 105 stuff, because i owned a entry level mountain bike and it didnt last me 6 months before i wanted better stuff. I guess im going to have to do a lot of research on different bikes to see what bike would be a good fit with at least 105 comps. $1,200 would be the range correct? Are there 105 build kits anywhere? I know that pricepoint had a nice LX build kit for mountain bike(which i bought by the way). I got a good deal, my total build of mountain bike came to around 900 bucks. Would this be a more cost effective way or no?