Originally Posted by
chico1st
so would that mean that the frame on the oxford is decent and the components are bad? or the frame is also worse than the fiori?
I was hoping to use the oxford cause it needs the least work
Like most low end bikes, the frame is a junker. So you have to decide how much time and money are you willing to put into such a bike? The weight of the bike (heavy) should be an obvious tell.
Around here, you can buy good name brand older mountain bikes cheap, really cheap. So there is no reason to get a junky frame. I bought a nice Gary Fisher frame last week for $10. Kind of typical for an incomplete bike (I have several MTB donor bikes, so needed a good to really good frame with good paint).