Good thoughts. I am thinking of listing this as is on CL to see what I can get out of it. The bikes I am looking at (in the $900-$1100 range) all have much better components then what I have now and I don’t think taking components off my Diamondback would get me anything better. Still, I wonder if just upgrading the drive train to Deore level components will give me a better ride that I could "learn" on for a couple of years and then really step up and buy a higher level bike.