Originally Posted by
DiscTruckerMF
all i gotta say if you don't like the premise of the op's thread, don't comment in it. If it's off topic for the forum which it's placed, ask for it to be moved. This is the mtb forum, he posted a hypothetical build and asked other to do so, whats the problem with that? if you have personal beef based off of other interactions whith him, why not just ignore it?
OK - I'll almost agree with you. Except that he didn't post a hypothetical mtb build in the mtb forum. He posted a hybrid build in the mtb forum and called it a mtb. According to the guys at Shimano and the catalogues they publish, Alivio, Acera and Tourney components are all designed for city bikes - NOT for offroad use. That makes his 'build' a city bike.