Originally Posted by muckymucky

BD basically owns the Mercier brand and as the name implies they only sell it to you direct, no resellers.
the bike tho is genetically the same frame as a KHS Flite 100 that you may be able to get from dealers around town but usually costs way more. (not direct)
craiglist isnt a bad place to search

boy i didnt even know they had the black in matte but i guess they do and its popular enough to be low stock
the bikesdirect rep uses this forum, someone get him the user name i forget. try PMing him to see how long til its back in stock, or ever will be ;D good luck.