quote:<HR>Originally posted by tuscaloosarunner:
For me, it would have to be btw 500-750. I simply can't/won't spend more than that right now. I'm putting money away on a down payment for a house, etc. so that's got to take priority...<HR>

for 500 - 700 you can get a good full ultegra bike thats maybe 4-5 years old, get a good name like Trek and the resell value is amazing, i bought a trek 2300 in March for 750, did my first tri on it and bought a tri bike, then sold the trek 2300 for 750 in June on craigslist, basically a free bike for 4 months, ofcourse you can do a tri on a hybrid, its the training for the tri on the hybrid that would suck, so i suggest going used, then buy the new bike when you know you are into it