I'm thinking about buying a 2009 gary fisher hoo koo e koo. I going to use it for xc use only. Mostly smooth offroad tracks, no rough (AM-like) stuff. I will ride some races with it, but I don't have the money for a full-carbon XTR race-bike.. Is this a good alternative? I can buy one at my lbs for 1000 dollars. These are the specs: http://www.fisherbikes.com/bike/model/hoo-koo-e-koo/fullspecs And a pic: Unsecure image, only https images allowed: http://gf-mtb.blog.so-net.ne.jp/_images/blog/_869/gf-mtb/hkek_l.jpg Thanks in advance!