Originally Posted by
Co1Ev
Cheap ass components, sweat shop labour, all of that good **** that you'd expect to find with budget bikes wrapped up in nice shiny packaging. That being said their higher end models are decent, but not really worth the amount that they're sold for.
I hear this about a lot of bikes here, but I'm not really sure what to make of it, since I don't see lots of suggestions for bikes in the same price range besides a couple on BD. Ideally I'd like to buy a used bike that is a bit of a beater but with an OK frame, and replace components with slightly nicer pieces as they break. But I typically find that people are asking the same or even more for a used semi-crappy brand like State or Republic than they go for new. And if they've upgraded the components on it to justify that price they're not saying.