I just bought a Felt F65 yesterday, that's why I was looking for message boards today

This is my first road bike. I "upgraded" from a mountain bike that I had bought from a friend for $150. It didn't fit me well, and I never was able to ride very long on it without getting fatigued very quickly.

My usual trip on the mountain bike was 3 miles and it took 20 minutes. The second time out on the Felt I rode 6 miles and it took 25 minutes. When I got back I didn't feel nearly as fatigued as I had on the mountain bike in half the distance!

Don't laugh at the short trips I'm using the bike to get in shape and lose weight. I weight 190 and am only 5'7". I have come down in the past 8 months or so from 250 and I'm feeling a lot better.

Anyway, I love the Felt, I went to the shop wanting to spend about 500-600 and ended up spending 900 on the model I really liked I figure it's an excellent investment and I've blown money on worse things in my life that's for sure.