Originally Posted by
noglider
Now that you put it that way, it looks decent to me. The 6-speed cassette or freewheel is pathetic, but I'll give it a pass. The fact that it has brifters (brake lever shifters) is a big plus. It's great to have the shifters right under your fingers. You end up shifting more often.
Another way to look at it is that it's only £150 ($150) more than my bike.
And for that money one gets an 18-speed Microshift brifter system.
edit: Maybe it's not a bad value after all.