Originally Posted by
KonAaron Snake
More and more every year...although I've noticed a definite trend away from c and V and towards bikesdirect and other stuff like it. The market seems sort of fractured - you see a lot of over built "utility bikes", a lot of fixed/single speed (mostly newer mid-low end) and you see a lot of roadie CF stuff (usually entry level), but you don't see many intelligent all arounder's in the sports tourer mold.
This isn't surprising, really. Even I have yet to build an intelligent all-arounder; instead I use one of the three partials. Practically every cyclist I personally know in the US doesn't even consider such a bike. They have their road bike and their mountain bike. Period.