I have bought a road bike that I keep in Arizona at the in-laws for when I visit, it's an alum frame with 105 on it and I have no complaints, my buddy bought a Motobecane carbon bike from BD for his first bike and with Ultegra on it at the price point he got it was a GREAT bike...I don't think you can go wrong for a first bike from BD...for me it's all about the components, wheels, etc at a good price point...not the name on the bike! If you haven't purchased yet, I highly recommend going no lower than Shimano 105 or maybe SRAM Rival on the component set...SORA and Tiagra are just OK but sound like meat grinders when shifting.
Last edited by JamisJeff; 05-23-13 at 07:56 AM.