To close this out. I ended up buying the Gary Fisher Aragorn posted. I realized I started going down the slippery slope of for $50 I can get this, well $100 more and... I reminded myself I first was looking for a bike in order to do shuttle for kayaking when it is just my family and don't have two cars. I'm also in a mentoring program and my mentee enjoys riding and it is a pain to rent bikes every time and be confined to those areas. Additionally, I have not cycled in over 20 years. I don't know what type of riding I'll actually do.
By buying a cheap bike, I won't mind leaving it in the middle of state park unattended for hours. Plus, I'll be able to figure out if I'll really be mountain biking so my next purchase will be more informed. Then I'll have a beater/loaner/leave in the middle of the woods bike as well.
Of course, right after I purchase, this comes up for sale: Cannondale Caffeine 29er
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1987 930, (Imagine Auto) 3.4L, dual plugged, Electomotive, k27HFS, Tial WG, SC Cams, Kokeln IC, GHL headers, HKS EVC5 boost controller, Bilstein coil overs, Big Reds on Front
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