Originally Posted by DrPete
No. Bicycling's reviews just stink of advertising. Unless 99% of all bikes on the market are the greatest bike ever, in which case they're unbiased and accurate.
One way to find out. In this year's product guide they said the reviewers all loved the Addict but thought the CR1 was too stiff/harsh. We should go back and see what they said about the CR1 when it was new.