Originally Posted by
Califmike2003
After a lot of research a lot of reading I found the bike I'm buying.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F282384924460
Very good guy is 100% positive review I've read about this brand of bike it's very good there's no issues of people having broken frames or nothing it just seems like a really good bike that you can no way get here in America for that price and has Shimano Sora groupset which is decent not the best but you could always upgraded but for $1,000 I don't think you can beat it and it's sick looking.
And he offers free shipping back if you don't like it that's pretty hard to beat.
dude, I get wanting things to look good. but too much focus on looks can be not a good deal
so you think it is better to buy from ebay from seller with only 147 feedbacks (even if they are 100%) who is located in hong kong where at best returns or issues will be difficult vs a brick and mortar shop in the US and a bike backed by a shop and a brand?
and fitting is important
graphics are easy, quality is not. as an example the rei bike has a ton better components than the bike you listed 11 speed 105 vs 9 speed sora representing a way better value
carbon frame and wheels are not automatically better
you can get pretty similar for $1000 from trek and specialized for comparison
trek domane al 3 $1119 Sora
https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/b...?colorCode=red
specialized allez sport $1000 sora
https://www.specialized.com/us/en/al...=237220-154238
you choice..... and I am pretty much at end of comments.... post pic s of what you end up with