Originally Posted by
veganbikes
They claim on their website it is "on sale from $800" that is what I was making it out to be. The Trek bike isn't of that much quality either, it is an offering that is above a box store yes but not by a hugely significant amount of course at least Trek has warranties and support behind their bike that would make it a few notches more.
Dude, your earlier rant missed the mark. Just accept it and move on. The bike is clearly above big box offerings as the largest bike shop brand in the US offers an identical bike at a higher cost. They are entry level bikes- they wont be super high quality at the price since they are...entry level.
The initial question was if its a good deal or not. You answered by ranting once again about how Motobecane is the name of a brand from decades ago and how a $300 more expensive bike is nicer.
We get it- Motobecane was once a French brand made bikes and a company bought the US name. The Silca name is US owned now, Diamondback is owned by some private equity company, Cannondale is owned by a Dutch holdings company, Raleigh USA is owned by a different Dutch holdings company , Nishiki is owned by the same holdings company as Raleigh USA, etc etc etc.
Every time Silca is mentioned, do you rant about how Silca is no longer the Italian brand it once was and is now just a brand located in the US and doing all sorts of different things from the historic Silca?