Originally Posted by
rydabent
Except for weight, the bikes from Target and Wal-Mart look to be quite modern. And yes a lot are aluminium. I think all lot of bashing these bikes come from the snobbery that we see from the fully kitted racer boys. Not everyone can afford a $3000 racing bike. The bikes from the super stores will work quite well for a lot of pople.
There's more bikes than $3k bikes and Wal-mart bikes. In fact, every bike shop in Lincoln is packed with them, almost exclusively. They'll carry about 6 bikes in the $3k and up range, and a hundred below that.
False dichotomy much.