well you could always do what some of us do and that's hire on at a bike shop part time, put in your 90 days and pro-deal a bike for cheep. It also doesn't hurt to go in to your local bike shops and read the boards and meet people, sometimes they have goodies stashed in their garage that they forget about and all it takes is a little prompting for them to remember. I got a SWEET lemond alp de huez for 150$ from a guy who had it hanging from the ceiling in his garage