Originally Posted by CyciumX

I think a lot of folks definitions of quality need to be upgraded... a 900 dollar bike and a 3400 dollar bike are BOTH very good quality.... But I believe most of US on this forum that use road bikes for SPEED would destroy bikes designed to be sold at a retail store like WalMart.

My entire life I've had cheap bikes and they all did the same thing. The wheels wobbled after a while. The Wheel would grind the chainstay after awhile. I would lose speed quicker and they were a ***** to carry up a flight of stairs.... but a low-end model of a BMW is still a class act!