Originally Posted by
frankstoneline
I know your OP suggests you want to buy a completely built bike, but if you are willing to spend a half hour reading and a couple hours of shop work you could very easily put together a beautiful bike which will provide you with EXACTLY what you need.
Exactly. With your $1K limit, in Chicago you have enough shops at your disposal to just build exactly what you want from the start. I know you say you are leaning away from that but its definitely something you should look into too.
If you do so go to Yojimbo's and talk to Marcus.