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Check out their site news, and you will see that they have pre-built Mark Vs selling for $399. This is a steal. Seeing as the Mark V frame usually sells for $275 or so, and this bike is a complete. You will also like IRO's crash replacement policy. I put about 2000 miles on a set of their wheels before I sold that bike, and the wheels were still straight. I had an Angus, and my wife still has, and enjoys, a Mark V.
The Mark V can handle 28s, and maybe more. 28 was as big as I ran on my Angus.
The frame isn't blank, but it isn't covered in logos either.
With this price drop, the IRO is in the Bikes Direct price range, but looks to be of much better quality than the Bikes Direct bikes I have seen. That being said, I have never ridden a BD bike.