Originally Posted by
InTheRain
Yep, I've seen that bike in the toy section at Walmart. I hope you didn't really fall for the "carbon fiber" bit. If you will take a close look at the link you provided and read the description you will see this:
handcrafted carbon fiber wrapped lightweight aluminum road frame is built up with STI 7-speed...
Would you like to tell me how "wrapping an aluminum frame" in "carbon fiber" enhances the performance of this bike? So yeah, go ahead and advise someone to grab up this great deal on a "carbon fiber" bike. It's not the type of thing I would go bragging about if I owned such a bike. It's low grade aluminum and low grade carbon.
I don't think I'll be taking much advice from you in the future if you are recommending this type of bicycle to people. They think they have a carbon fiber bike and the rest of are thinking, "that guy just got hosed."
Where in my post did I recommend that bicycle "to people?" I've merely pointed out that if you refer to hybrids as "toys" because hybrids are sold at Wal-Mart, then you should call road bikes "toys" because road bikes are sold at Wal-Mart. Do you follow that, or should I prepare a diagram?