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It's worth pointing out that the brake levers might not be Tektro R538's. I bought a 2010 freestyler a few weeks back and it came with R358's. I checked with Charge and they said it was a typo on their site. Haven't checked to see if they've updated their site yet actually...
I would go with the 2009 and get it cheaper personally :) You'll probably end up replacing the parts anyway! The levers kinda suck, as do the brake blocks. I replaced the brake blocs with some cheap Clark's pads (£2 a pair from Chain Reaction). Work a lot better, though still a little ropey stopping my hulk of manlyness (read: fat bastard)