Originally Posted by
TejanoTrackie
Not if I am an experienced rider who doesn't need to be fitted, and knows how to assemble, adjust, maintain and repair my bikes. I have in fact referred several friends to good local bike shops in my area, but none of them carry bikes like State. So if my friend wants to get something of that type that also represents good value, I'll definitely choose BD over State.
BD is a good value if you want to assemble your own bike, tune your own bike, true your own wheels...mail parts back to bd for warranty, etc.
I think lots of people value their time and want someone else to do that for them. That is the advantage of buying at an lbs. What works for you does not work for the other 99.9 percent that do not work on their own bikes besides easy stuff likes flats etc.
And the kilo tt has pretty generic parts. The kilo tt pro seems to be the one with some name brand parts according to their site. But that is 449....