It's a box of mostly halfway-decent parts and a frame of unknown quality with no evident warranty. One of the biggest and most important differences between *mart bikes and bike shop bikes is professional assembly and adjustment. This bike comes with neither, and if the buyer has no experience and no bike tools the result could be *worse* than a *mart bike.
And it only comes in two sizes.
It's a craps shoot, and I think the odds are probably stacked against you. Even more so if you actually plan to try to do serious technical off-road riding on the bike, which will put you at the mercy of light-duty parts, unknown wheels and frame, and the assembly skills of... who?
And if you're not planning such use, then you really don't need a FS bike anyway, and would do better buying a good hardtail from a bike shop for the same money.
RichC
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Training: 2002 Fuji Roubaix Pro (105 triple)
Commuting/Daytripping: 2001 Airborne Carpe Diem (Ultegra/XTR, touring wheels)
Commuting/Touring: 2000 Novara Randonee (Sora/Tiagra/LX, fenders, lights)