Originally Posted by
|3iker
Are you being dense or something? Similarly equipped is in reference to the Shimano groupset.
No, you are talking about
complete bikes here:
Originally Posted by
|3iker
Any bikes no matter where you buy, as long as it's under $2000 will likely have its frame sourced from China or Taiwan. Also the reason why Walmart can sell 105-equipped bikes at such low prices vs. an LBS is just by sheer economics of scale. Makes you wonder the profit behind that CAAD 5 or that Trek 1.5 sitting at your LBS.
If you aren't talking about comparable bikes (frame, drive train, wheels) then who knows what the heck you are saying here!
Originally Posted by
|3iker
However I will not be the least surprise if they are of similar quality.
Conjecture.
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The $600 Walmart Corsa FA bike (now $500) was originally $1000 in
2007!
http://www.bicycleretailer.com/news/newsDetail/268.html
The impication is that it is an Italian frame (I'm guessing it was assembled in Italy).
Seems equivalent to this $700 BD bike.
http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/windsor/fens_IX.htm