Originally Posted by SDRider
In other news, I have 1300 miles on my steel LeMond Zurich (w/a used 9spd Campy Chorus group and Open Pro/Record wheels) I built up in March with no problems to report. Well, I've had to lube the chain a few times and replace the tires once but otherwise it's been trouble free and it weighs a good bit less than the bike in question here (slightly under 20lbs with pedals and cages).
Way to be an elitist asshat (oops, that's not pc, is it?)
Budget bikes are a whole different ball game and if you think that only $600+ bikes deserve to be on the road you're fool.
The thing is, you can't know the Lemond will be under you ass 10 years from now. It may get stolen, you may crash it and have to write frame+fork off. You also can't be sure that Cigtech won't clock up 20,000 miles before the denali falls apart.
Bottom line is, he's been an overall nice guy and you have not.