Yup. You can buy a decent road bike for not too much money. Stay away from big box store road bikes. They're heavy, come in only one size, have crappy parts and upgrading them is not worth the low price at which they're sold. Spend a little more and you'll get a good quality bike in the size that fits you that you can always upgrade later. BD has some good values in road bikes and what you're not paying for is bike brand advertising and markup costs.