Originally Posted by
dsonyay
Maybe... I was just wondering why BD sells much older bikes, and the costs don't seem lowered enough to warrant buying them over newer models from the other place
I've been doing a lot of research into buying my second road bike. I'm getting back into biking after a long time away from riding.
I know what I want, and can figure out the proper frame sizes, assemble myself, oh, and out here in Lafayette La, the sales taxes suck, so whatever the LBS will sell me (at a price likely a lot higher than online), I've got to add another 9.5% in tax. So I'll likely buy online (probably a Kestrel) and gladly pay a shop nearby for the required tuneups when I can't figure it out.
I'm new to BikesDirect's offerings and have read so much good stuff about them.
Also, I'm leaning towards a Nashbar Carbon bike decked out with Ultegra. Today it is down to 1275.00, but I'm just not ready to buy.
I've got a bike loaned out to me while I shop and it is an older Trek 1.2. Not too bad of a bike to get in shape on while figuring out what to buy.
I'm not ruling out used bikes, around here they pop up a lot. I've missed out on a few nice ones, either too big or too small or sold before I could check them out.
I've decided used bikes are like used cars....a year or two old in really good shape, and in what you actually want, can be really good deals. I tend to buy new, in both cars and bikes. But when I was looking around at my LBS for a new road bike the sales guy looks at what I'm looking at/for and comes up with "well if you don't mind used" and offered/sold me an excellent condition year and a half old Cannondale Synapse coming out of their rental/loaner fleet for about half their going price of new. Happy as one of them there clams I was/am.