Originally posted by diamondback
If your running the tour-de-france skip these bikes but as a real bike for real people on a real budget their better than adequate.
I suppose it depends on what you mean by "real people." For one thing, the OCR3 is not a Sora-equipped bike, it's a sub-Sora-equipped bike. About half the components are truly horrible Tektro products. The stem is a finnicky, weak, adjustable job. The frame is stiff and it's also heavy. A medium OCR3 weighs in at about 26 lbs.
Yes, this is a starter bike. It is a very-beginner's starter bike. Perhaps it's ideal for someone who does two or three 30 km rides a week. But I don't think that's "real people." Real people do 150-250 km a week, with occasional 75 km rides. This bike is simply not suited to that, any more than a $300 MTB is suited to epic rides in the dirt.
It's a cheap bike, and ifg someone is looking for a
cheap bike, then I suppose it's adequate. If someone's looking to do some real road rididng, then I'd say he's better off spending $200-$300 more and buying a bike that he can actually ride.