Originally Posted by steve001
What happened? Or am I just confused over the american pricings? I would have figured I could get a complete sora built bike for like 500 dollars and a 105 for 900ish?
I think you're expectations are unreasonable. Margins on the low end are thinner than at the top. Most places here in Ottawa sell Sora-equipped bikes for @$850 and 105-equipped bikes for several hundreds of $$ above that. Sure, they go on sale: I purchased by Sora Trek 1000 late in 04 for $700. Although Sora is at the bottom of the food chain in terms of quality, it's still a quality component. Hence it costs $$. Mine has held up very well for over 10,000K. You get what you pay for. If I had to do it over, I'd stretch and buy better because the lesser components don't last as long, ie chain and cassete.
HTH