Originally Posted by lsberrios1

Tier 1 = High end Custom builders
English Bikes
Parlee
Linksey
Crumpton
Storck

Tier 2 = "made in Italy" or "swiss made" bikes
BMC
Pinarello
Colnago
Willier
Lemond
Merckx
Look
Cinelli

Tier 3 = THE BIG BOYS
Specialized
Giant
Trek
Ridley
Orbea
Cervelo
Bianchi

Tier 4 = Big box bikes or open mold derivations
Felt
Cannondale
Scott
Boardman
Merida
Argon
Kestrel

Tier 5 = bang for the buck
Fuji
Diamondback

Tier 6 = Cheap bikes that are OK
Windsor
Motobecane
Gravity
Novara

Tier 7 = crap
GMC
Schwinn
Huffy
Royce Union