The one shop that Does carry cannondale is the shop that sells EVERYTHING at full retail, not just special order. I only stopped in there just to check.

I actually really like specialized. Sure their component specs are sometimes a bit low end for the money, but their bikes seem to always fit me and ride awesome.

I used to spend most of my time in the Clydesdale section of the forum, but a lot of those guys are so stuck on drop handle road bikes these days. Let me tell ya I wont ever own a drop handle again unles its as upright as the sirrus. Not to mention v-brakes, this thing will stop on a dime! I was never comfortable with the caliper road brakes. They just didn't have the stopping power I wanted.

I'm about to go out and get the bike ready for a ride through the backroads, gotta switch my computer over off my mountain bike, make sure tires are pumped up, maybe put my clipless pedals on. Ill take my DSLR and snap a few pics while I am at it. I will start a new thread for that