Originally Posted by Bob Ross

This reminds me (stop me if I've told this one before...pretty sure I have, actually) of the guy I met several years ago on a European cycling tour who rode a gorgeous -- but anonymous -- carbon road bike. I asked him who made his unlabeled frame, and he told me "I got it from BikesDirect. $600!"

I asked if he had any hesitation about riding an inexpensive no-name carbon frame, and his reply was "I figure for $600 I can break this frame, replace it, break that frame, replace that one, replace it again...and I still won't have paid as much as my son did for his Cannondale."

But the ultimate irony was: Three days later on the ride, he broke his frame!