Originally Posted by
RoadWearier
Yeah. I've not read great things. A couple years ago I bought an fx3 for $150 and it seemed a lot livelier although the brakes were crap. I'm supposed to look at a Kona Esatto tomorrow for $300. Much better bike with CF forks. Only Sora components but probably better than the Claris/Altus combo on this pig
Sora isn't great but is a huge step up from Tourney and a decent step up form Claris and Altus. The Esatto is a road bike but would make a better bike than all of those others.