Originally Posted by laynef01
To help a novice classify the brand of bicycles, are these bikes the Chevrolet, Cadillac, Honda or BMW of bicycles?
I would classify Trek as the Chevrolet of bikes. They arent the bikes on the market, but they are a pretty good bike for the price.
One thing that I would splurge on are rapid-fire shifters. IMO, they are a big step up over gripshift.