Bikes direct...good value?
I have recently become interested in buying a REAL mountain bike as I have only ever had cheap X-mart bikes. I have been doing my research for about a week now and originally had been set on getting a rock hopper from my LBS.
Today I ran across an apparently well know online bike shop called bikesdirect.com. It seems that they have crazy good deals, however I have read both good and bad reviews. The bad ones mostly steaming from their poor costumer service. As a novice I was wondering if I should spend $600 for a rock hopper or invest my money in a bike with much better specs from bikes direct for the same price?
Feel free to post other good rigs in the $500-$600 range as well.