That's funny, it's my wallpaper too!:D
Rode it about 15 miles today at Rock Bridge State Park. It's a blast!

It's a sweet looking bike. It's your fault I want one. Part of it is the
eerily clear digital picture you took of it. Oh well. SOMEDAY!

Hunter,
But on this one I Will totally disagree with you, I will just cite you a simple example, On My fave, LBS. I bought a Dura Ace Brakeset for C$140.00, but when I asked a another Bike shop near my house, the store Clerk or Owner quoted a price for C$260.00, my fave LBS, I think only make about $20.00 on that Item , but the bike store near my house will probably make like double or triple the profit, So I beleive this bike shop owner are in bussiness coz' they make a lot of profit on the parts they sell, and not on the repairs that they do

Dirtgrinder: this is all your fault. I want one of those things.

I brought my current hardtail into the lbs for repairs (I pretzelled
the derailleur and bent the frame. Oops).

In the meantime, I noticed they had the NRS series there.

The NRS3 (non-disc) is only $949! Good grief - I can deal with V brakes instead of discs. But I ride a 16" frame and they only had an 18". I ride a 20" road frame so it might not be too bad but
it was the silver/black color which I wasn't too thrilled about.

They also had the XT equipped hardtail for the same price.

They had the high-end dual-suspender with discs in yellow, but
that was the real spendy one ($3,000?).

So, we'll see. But I gotta replace that other bike - it's just not built to take what I'm dishing out.

Now you've done it. I tried the NRS3 out last night.

You've reduced me to picking pennies up off the street. It's
one more cent to ride nirvana.

Weirdly enough, the NRS3 is the exact same price as the
hardtail XTC SE2. Decisions decisions but that dually ride
is so fine.

Get the NRS 3 alien. One of my buddies just got a full suspension and he loves it. In fact he goes faster on it than his hardtail, and he can ride twice as far. He used to dropout after 1 lap, now he hardly stops before starting the 2nd. When I get a new bike I will probably get a full suspension. In fact, I've been looking at the NRS 3 myslef.