I'm looking to purchase my first road bike and I want to spend $2500
or less for the complete bike.  I don't want a hybid style bike.  I
want a versatile bike for fitness (I
need to loose some weight), training for events (centuries, etc),
and possibly road racing in the future.  I know much depends on
personal preference when choosing a bike, but it would help to have
the field narrowed down a bit.

Thanks,

Chris Lang

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Clarification of Question by cjlang-ga on 17 Jul 2006 17:36 PDT

I'm in San Diego, California (USA)

Tell us where you are based it helps,  there are some fine bikes only
avialable in some countires..

I'm in the United States, San Diego California to be exact.

probably the best place for you to go is Nytro in San Diego, check out
nytro.com, personally, I would go for either Trek madone or
Specialized Tarmac.

Good luck

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll look into both of those options.