New to me bike...
 

If I wanted to buy a bike- Price Range- 1400-1600- The catch- I don't want a Trek, Specialized, Giant, Litespeed. Recommend Something- I ride a 54-

LeMond Sarthe:

http://www.lemondbikes.com/images/20...ium/sarthe.jpg


or LeMond Versailles:

http://www.lemondbikes.com/images/20...versailles.jpg

Lemonds... please convince me.. i'm not against them too much, but Lemond himself just says to many wacky things to make me want to buy his products all that quickly-

They aren't his products - they are Treks by another name.

When you say "new to me" - do you mean a previously owned bike?

A gorgeous 2 year old Vanilla just sold on Ebay for $1300+. Pretty close to your size too. Somebody got a very good deal.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

55/Rad

55/Rad is a rat bastard isn't he?

He says "look a this bargain Vanilla" and then he says "oh, but you can't have it because someone else already bought it at a great price." What a rat bastard.

(Wow, that is a lot of bike for $1300.)

I know nothing about that company- I guess since lemonds are Treks- then they are out- Teach me a little about vanilla's- I'm not against buying used- I'm open to suggestions...

This link should give you a good overview.

Vanillas are custom hand made and very much in demand. The wait from order to delivery is now around 18 months.

The point really was - you can get a lot of bike for less buying used - but only if you know what you want and where to look. If this is your first, I'd recommend working with a local shop that you trust.

55/Rad