Originally Posted by CigTech
See I have been in bike stores and seen many people come in look around and then leave. Saying that that bikes cost way to much.
Yep. I did this a couple of years ago when I was looking to get a bike. I figured ther had to be something in the 300-400 dollar range that I could pick up and start riding on. Boy was I surprised when the cheapest road bikes (which were well outnumbered by the mountain bikes) were 750$ or so. Fortunately I was able to get a great deal on my Univega on ebay and was able to start riding that way.
Which really makes me wonder why there are so few bikes in that price range. It seems like it would be full of potential buyers.