[ninty]

Yeah, don't buy a department store bike. Go to a real bike shop. They'll set you up. They know what their talking about.

I have this:

2005 Trek 4500 - $700CDN.

[img]http://www.velos-motos-keller.ch/bilder/fahrraeder/trek/2005/trek_4500_disc_rally-blue_metallic-black.jpg[/img]

I looked at Cannondale, Trek, Norco (only in Canada I think), Specialized, Gary Fisher, Kono, and a couple others. Any of those bikes will serve pretty much anything you could ever want them to do.