Originally Posted by
DIMcyclist
If you're not careful, Waterfords can run you a pretty penny- they're
very nice bikes. A friend of mine in the Bay Area lost track of his budget with a Waterford ST14 and it ended up costing him fully as much as a fully decked-out Riv (or a Breadwinner for that matter). He loves it, but it cost him almost as much as his Subaru (granted, he did buy the car used).
Actually if a person wanted a new bike they could get a better deal with Mercian...at least I did, I haven't looked at their prices lately, but with Mercian you can select the tubeset and every option you can think of for the frame.