Originally Posted by
HillRider
Is it? Take the original cost of the bike, then add the cost of the replacement components and the labor to install them and see if the total isn't equal to or more than a decent entry level bike from an LBS.
+1 again. Do that and you end up spending good money and coupling your new parts with wheels, freewheel, crankset, bottom bracket, and cockpit that comes on a _Mart bike, along with the _Mart frame. And you have no real warranty support. Not wise at all.