My opinion of it is pretty much the same as any BD bike. If you like it and it works for you then buy it. But if you tend to keep bikes for a year or so and upgrade it to something else then it's not a wise choice. BD bikes in the DC marketplace at least have to be pretty much given away in order to move them, where a better known brand frequently sells for 75% of it's original cost and sell quickly. Other option obviously is to buy at the BD point where you get a good groupset and later down the road swap out the frameset. Apex isn't really there for that amount of involvement.