looking to get a new commuting bike...i have a giant iguana i bought in 1988 or so....love it and it has treated me well, but i don't mountain bike anymore and it is slowish for city riding...
still i love to hop curbs and want a flat bar bike...just faster on smaller wheels and less weight
thinking of the canondale bad boy disc
or the Road Warrior, also from cannondale
or the giant FCR
or the big buzz bike from REI:
what bike would you recommend for a 7 mile commute each way, and weekend rides of 20 to 30 miles of bike paths (with some jumping of curbs just because it is in my blood)?
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and with trying to keep the price around a grand... (cannodales are a bit above a grand, the giant is 850 and the buzz is 799....i can usually find a sale on cannodales to get them just under 1000, the giant usually is at list and as a member at rei i can get the buzz for about 700. so it is the cheapest. and it has the disc brake which is nice. the downside is the fork is not carbon and i think it is probably a bit heavier than the others)