thanks for all the responses yall...

@ pedallingatx...ill try to catch you at the next CM...cant do the cruise tomorrow night because my friends in the hospital and its just not the same w/o him...

to everyone else...thanks for all the responses...i actually ended up getting an '09 leader frame with h plus son rims and a truvativ crankset for 800 and was able to part out my raleigh for 500...so it came out to be a good deal.

as for "mashing"...im not gonna lie, i run red lights every now and then but its the kind where its midnight and there's no one out and we're still checking to make sure its clear...i dont ever bomb hills and stuff and then go run the light at the bottom...sorry if the term has a negative connotation on it but i'd rather say "mashing" instead of "going fast" or something else...