Originally Posted by
Rustyoldbikes
Two bike frames can be built on the same assembly line and LOOK identical, but be very different in quality...the same factory builds frames it sells to "Brand A" for $100 each and sells a SIMILAR LOOKING low-grade frame to "Brand W" for $20...the frames look alike...but they are NOT the same quality.
Bikes are like anything else...you get precisely what you pay for. If you pay $600 for a bike, you will get a $600 bike. But, if someone tells you they are selling you a bike worth $1,000 for just $600, they assume you are stupid...don't get played.
I still think your way off, i'm pretty sure that those BD bikes have been proven to be killer deals, the frames are good quality frames, and the parts are all name brand and proven good, what more do you want?
If there were tons of cracked or bent BD frame stories floating around i'd be on your side, but everyone says they ride great and hold up awesome.
Perhaps your just trying to justify that you payed 1000$ for a bike you could have got for 600$?