Originally Posted by
Metieval
because It's almost a walmart bike..... LOL
you can't have manufacturing tolerances (aka quality) and also be cheap. 1 of them has to hit the road. and the price tag has cheap written all over it.
https://www.raleighusa.com/merit-1
this costs $510. A friend's wife has the women's version which costs the same. It has an alloy fork instead of carbon like the bike you linked. Ay the same time though, it's less expensive.
she has ridden it for a couple years now. Not a die hard roadie, but based on rides its easily over 2k of miles
the wheelsets are inexpensive for both this bike and the one you linked.
it isnt at all almost a Wal-Mart bike. It isnt even close to almost a Wal-Mart bike.