yeah, I just bought one actually. My LBS got me a 2005 Trek 1000. Since I am a poor college student to be, that's what I could afford. I know the low end Shimano components aren't the best, but they work. Oh, and here's a cool thing. This year even the 1000 has a carbon fork on it. So every Trek road bike has a carbon fork as far as I know. To varying degrees of quality of course, but still it's a plus.