Originally Posted by
gusmore
For the money on that bike, you're only paying for having the color combinations....
...And? Having a wide variety of colors to choose from is an important factor in the bike-purchasing process for some people.
Originally Posted by ichitz
fwiw, u can have color combos on any bike. You can get a kilo tt and swap stuff out to whatever u like AND it'll ride better
And it would also cost $200-$300 more after you ended up powdercoating the frame and purchasing all the colored components to match.
I really don't get the "function over form" mindset on this sub-forum, especially considering most of the people here are traversing debris-laden urban terrian in and out of traffic on bikes engineered for racing on smooth, flat surfaces.
To the OP: I have no experience with BigShotBikes, but the frames look decent. Hi-ten steel isn't really an issue unless you think that a 5-8 lbs. difference in weight is significant. I ride a hi-ten 24 lbs. bike and it literally feels no different to me than my friend's 18 lbs. cro-mo bike. Then again, I weigh 210 and I'm in decent shape so a 5 lbs. difference is negligible.