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Got specs? They are out of stock according to the link above, and no specs. Redline's own website doesn't even list them, perhaps they are no longer in production?

My old road bike is a Redline, it was a good low-end road bike. And though I've upgraded just about everything but the fork, frame, and bars (I've put almost 20,000 miles on it), I still consider it a great purchase. I don't see road bikes on Redline's website either, perhaps they are refocusing on their core synergies, or some other business nonsense.

Heavy alone does not make a bike bad. Some of the mid-range steel framed fat bikes run in the neighborhood of 40lbs and are still very fun to ride. Durability and quality of function are more important in my book. My fatty came with SRAM X5 shifters, I bought new XT shifters to replace them with before I even received the bike. But I thought I'd give them a try, and the X5's have worked great. I still have the XT's NIB.