Nope, you understood perfectly. I hate to bother everyone with "which bike" questions, but here goes once again. I went back to the LBS, they have an '04 Trek 6700 that would cost me $480 with trade and a '04 4500 which would cost $250 with trade. Neither has disc brakes, they both have rockshox forks (the 6700 has the pilot the 4500 has the Judy. I rode the 6700 briefly (I was wearing dress-type shoes so didn't get to hit it hard
Is the 6700 something I'll keep and be happy with for a long while? As much fun as trading bikes in each year is, my wife will kill me.
I plan to go back and ride them both, but would appreciate your imput once again.