And usually better paint and graphics. BD bikes look like butt and not in that good way that I like.

you have a lot of gal to call mike out in an open forum and agree that if you have a hone to pick you pm him directly. If people are satisfied with the quality of the bikes & with the names being brought out and rights to use them on the bikes then so be it. Be it manufactured @ the original company's plant or @ another plant, if it bares the same, then it is one. That is like saying a fender squire is not a fender because it is made in Mexico. Or as Epiphone is not a Gibson since the Gibson company bought them out

mike aint on this board foo

and besides better graphics u get crazy things like warranties and gaurantees and ****, BD will jack u up like that for that ****, use search

oh, ok I coulda swore that bikesdirect_com was mike...

It is. The troll-foo is strong with this one.

O M G

https://www.bikeforums.net/general-cycling-discussion/321638-purchased-new-bike-bd-will-share-experience.html

i used dah search with "bikesdirect" and "fraud" lol, lookit this thread where the po fool got jacked hard by BD

While Mercier was a French bicycle company years ago, I am aware and fine with the idea that an entrepreneur in Texas purchased the defunct name and is breathing life into it once again. The product I purchased has been good quality considering the low cost.

lol lol i iz waz making fun but dammmm i read that thread, BD better have changed cause they straight robbed that dude


i gess being as one born every minute they need not change lol

They made it right. You lose. In subsequent posts, he says he wants a BD bike for his wife. It seems he need to do a bit more research prior to buying online. You lose.

squiers are made in indonesia, china, or korea. but that doesn't make them bad.

u didn't read teh thread at all, they didn't make it right, they gave an excuse but that doesnt make up for ****, and only a excuse after getting called out on a forum so lame check it;

the loser wants to buy one for his wife because he is either a shllll or a loser is clear

1 BD sent loser wong color, wong size and wrong components on bike

2 loser calls, BD sez YOUR FAULT! cause thats the only reason anyone would be responsible for shipping an error both ways...thts fuked up.

3 BD convinces loser to actually PAY FOR ANOTEHR BIKE rather than just replace thier mess up, loser did it, i hope alla u aint so dumb

4 BD still sent wrong components, sent cheaper components, seversl hundred $$ worth

5 (losers fault) bike didnt work with loser assembly, loser had to go all over town to get his ride done right but mainly cause he was a cheapassskate

6 BD sees forum and sends loser an excuse. thats it, no $$ no discount no apology no nothing, just "duh, we suck, you shoulda known" and they out

7 after riding on a bike that was nightmare to get from BD and finally getting it set up, the guy sees the light and now buys from his local dealers, gets his bike serviced by pros. he still claims BD was a good value but thats a hole he dug, he clearl got ripped off and made the best of it. now if he buys from BD he knows to get fitted first at a shop, and have a pro assemble, the last update from the original poster gives no indication he will buy from BD for his woman.

you lose? yeah you do.

BD --tried-- to rip him for shipping when they ****ed up, and DID rip him for a few hundred bucks in parts, and only offered up an excuse that didnt fly, dude was clearly embarrassed about getting shafted and he turned the other cheek when he shouldnt have but good on him anyway

end of story

Stop typing like that you idiot.



OP= jaysilent, obviously.



The act of buying brand names and putting out your own products under their name is a very very common thing in America. This business model is used in almost every industry there is.

Get over it or live with it.

FTL

we quit talkig about BD deceptive advertising and moved on to the bad service and bad attitude

As i already said, better graphics don't amount to hundreds of dollars more for the same bike. Paint I can see but for most people who don't treat their bike as a show piece and actually ride it, paint chips are the least of the reason for buying a bike.

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Hey man, to each their own. There's alot of reasons to buy or not to buy a BD bike, and the position that "everyone who doesn't see how awesome a deal BD is is wrong" is just as silly as saying they're crap because they're cheap.

Me personally, I don't like the styling of the bikes. I would never give my money to a company that said "you might get a threaded headset, you might get threadless, you won't know until it arrives though". I find Mike's presence on this forum annoying. Most of all I don't like the idea of giving money to a company that designs absolutely nothing new and just remarkets existing designs.

So it's like I said, there's plenty of reasons to buy or not to buy a bikesdirect bike, and it all comes down to individual priorities. FWIW paint that chips easily also exposes metal to rust easily, which is a practical consideration as much as an aesthetic one

OP has a point.

Maybe he should look into getting a Masi.

Oh, wait...

OK, how 'bout a Schwinn...?

Hmm. Maybe not.

Hope OP likes Giant bikes, because outside of top tier bikes from bigger names or custom, they're about the only ones still making bikes in factories they actually own.

So the person who bought the product is happy with it but you Internet forum people who have to win every argument still believe BD screwed him? It leads me to believe that BD has a bad reputation because of people like you, who haven't purchased from them before, go online and scare off newbies by making up information to satisfy your point.

I have bought 2 bikes from BD and I knew exactly what I was getting for my money simply because my LBS is full of pricks who think everything they sale is made of gold! Not to mention talking "Shop" with the mechanics is impossible cause they think you're fishing for repair info. Not every LBS is a good source for bike purchasing and BD is a good alternative regardless what angry kids like you think. The rest of us work for our money, daddy doesn't pay anymore!

Certainly a newbie. I love the ignorance of newcomers...

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well, did anyone in the BFSSFG have any problems with quality of the frames from BD? cause it's the norm around here to take out all the parts and replace them,

I don't know about all the parts. The wheelsets and cranks are usually worth keeping....

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