changes?!?!?
customizing bikes?!?!?!?!
OMG who does that?!?!?!
some kind of nutcase....



seriously, my budget is way constrained. i am thiking about changing the frozen cheap-a** suspension fork from the x-mart schwinn to a rigid, but that is a whole can-o-worms i am not sure i am ready to open. i do the car-free thing, so information on the Trek and longevity is appreciated a whole lot. plus, the Trek is available locally and (hopefully) i can get fitted rather than off the shelf at x-mart.
i have been looking at the windsor stratford, tho.

http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/.../stratford.htm