So im a rookie, looking at getting my first non Chinese big box store bike. Mainly for commuting but for weekend rail trails. Im looking exclusivly at Trek (cc reasons..) and im pretty much sold on the crossrip elite. Question is the reviews I see peoples main issue is the low level components, deraillers and shifters specifically. My question is, what makes them so bad? For the beginning casual/fitness rider atleast is there really a big difference in components I will notice? I understand the point of if you are going to spend X amount why not spend a bit more and upgrade, but im already upgrading from -$200 bikes and 1200 is a huge amount imo already.