Originally Posted by
golfer007
Roll, great and tremendously valid points nonetheless. However I almost feel as if getting a bike such as the Super Strada with the marginally better wheels and components will make me be happy with it for longer (if not forever) than something like the Gravity Liberty.
Or I could get the Gravity Liberty X now for $599 and get shoes and possibly even a Carbon seat post and better saddle a bit down the road and be completely fine. I don't know which way I want to go just yet and I certainly have some time to decide and (more importantly) to save.
Golfer, from experience. It doesn't matter what wheels the bike comes with, once you get a couple hundred miles you will be upgrading to suit your needs.
I'd go with the rival bike and be done with it. The wheels and stem and bars are so insignificant being you won't know how they feel anyway.