So i was in the lbs here yesterday and took a look at this nasty blue bike.... oh wait, its the 04 rockhopper. I just bought the 03 rockhopper at the beginning of the summer. So i took a look at it but not too closley, noticed it had a different fork. Anyway, the pricetag on it was 420 bucks... thats 80 bucks cheaper than the 03 rockhopper.

so whats up with this, did specialized downgrade the rockhopper to make it more affordable? And whats with the (IMO) ugly blue