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Old 11-23-13 | 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by deacon mark
For some reason people just hate them and I cannot figure this out.
And depending on where and with whom the OP rides, this is something to be considered carefully before dropping $3k. If you ride with groups, you will not be taken seriously on a BD bike -- even if you have enough engine to crush other riders. If you mostly ride solo or truly don't care what others think, then there's nothing fundamentally wrong with Motobecane bikes.

As far as the bike goes, BD bikes with high end groupsets seem a bit incongruous. Kind of like kids putting a $2000 set of wheels on a $1500 Honda Civic. Whatever marginal performance advantage you get from the DA9000 is going to be diminished by putting it on what is otherwise a low to mid range bike. The CF Elite with Ultegra is the same frameset for half the price. I'd go that route and put the savings into a wheelset upgrade where you'll get far more bang for the buck than you'll get from DA9000.
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