Originally Posted by
Spasticteapot
I'd avoid bikesdirect. They cut corners, and when things go wrong, you're SOL.
For the price of a new bikesdirect bike, you can buy a much nicer used bike and the required tools to fix it when it eventually goes wrong (which it will.)
I just bought a BD bike and all of the corners look fine and uncut. Granted, I bought a higher-end road bike so maybe the aforementioned corner cutting occurs on the lower-end stuff? Regardless, whatever you buy, make sure you love it and will be happy with it. Otherwise, you'll have buyers remorse right out of the gate.