Just got my first Bikesdirect bike a Motobecane Café Noir, after purchasing 3 bikes at lbs, I am impressed most of all by the welds, much better then my Jamis, the black paint is like laquer, put together easy, but I am a wrench at a bike rescue, so I know everything except disk brake stuff, did not have to adjust anything except seat and brake levers, will need to adjust the rear derailleur to get in the last ring (biggest) hardly wont need that. front wheel had a 3 mm wobble I corrected, also checked all skewers after reading here that some are loose, not mine all nice and tuned. shimano deore , hydraulic disk, $ 690 hard to beat. rides like a charm.