bike demo prophet & rush

In the pursuit of the perfect bike, I demo'ed a new Cannondale Prophet 4 this past weekend. I currently own a Cannondale Jekyll that has seen better days and plan to upgrade to a new bike this summer. I have narrowed the search down to either the Prophet 5 or the Rush 5. I have researched tons of bikes and due to cost, component spec and many other factors I know I want a Cannondale in this price range. My riding style falls somewhere between the Scalpel-Cannondale's cross country race bike- and the Judge-Cannondale's downhiller. The Prophet and the Rush fill in the gap between these extremes.

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