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Originally Posted by GrilledSteezeSandwich  How much does a Trek 6 run..I think I'm buying a bike tomorrow and not a piece of shit Mongoose..lol |
You want a great bike at a budget cost, check out
www.Ibexbikes.com. This is where I got my bike from. They sell direct and cut out the middle man (the bike shop) and on average you will save 30% to 60% of a comparable bike found in a bike shop. Bike shops mark up bikes up to 50% what they pay for them. I paid a little over $1000 for my bike, and I couldn't touch anything close to it quality wise in a bike shop for less than $1800. The exact frame on my bike is also sold by a boutique brand (Azonic) for almost as much as my complete bike did. The only difference is lable on the frame.
Also check out
http://forums.mtbr.com/forumdisplay.php?f=105 if you want to get some feed back from a bunch of happy Ibex owners. The owner of the company hangs out there as well.
edit: if you don't want to buy a bike online site unseen I would check out Jamis bikes. They will be more expensive than Ibex (by quite a bit), but Jamis is know for making great bikes at a fair price. Jamis bikes are ussually much cheaper than a similarly equiped bike by one of the bigger names.