Originally Posted by
phatkat
The bikes were at dicks sporting goods I do plan on going to my LBS first but I figure that they will try to sell me in the 600 to 800 price range and I just dont have it to spend. I figure if I would buy one from dicks and then upgrade it as needed.
i bought a db wildwood from a chain sporting goods store. i was riding 15-30 miles/day 5 or 6 days per week. had to replace the wheelset under warranty. the chain store wouldn't do anything about it so i had to take it to an lbs that sold db's. also, the bb was bad. chain store bike tech couldn't fix it. had to replace it at 4 months. seat post went bad, etc. i had spent about half the price of the bike on parts and decided to upgrade. i got a leftover trek 7300 for about $125 more than the db.
for the $, the db was ok. i regret not buying it from an lbs. however, i wouldn't buy it for a bike you plan on putting a lot of miles on.