I am switching over to road biking after many years riding mountain so I have been doing research in terms of what I should buy. I have read many forums suggesting the use of LBS versus buying online and I have come to a point where I need external advice. Since I am pretty big, 6'4 245, the LBS suggested I go with a AL frame, I told them i didn't want to spend a ton of money and the guy suggested a few bikes in the 700-900 range. The bike that he was pushing on me was the scott 50 which he basically told me was a good frame with POS components. Needless to say I wasn't too impressed and it didn't really make me want to buy it. I then checked out a few more bikes like the Giant OCR1 but the price kept rising slowly and I don't want to spend too much money.
Through one of my searches I have come to the Motobecane Grand Sprint which seems to have excellent components. I have read both good and bad reviews on this bike but for $900 it seems like I am getting a much better bicycle than I would be getting at a LBS. I have also read all that stuff about shopping locally and supporting their business but frankly I want the best bang for my buck. Is there any reason why (besides not being able to test ride the bike) I should not purchase the Motobecane Grand Sprint?
Here is a link to the stats:
http://www.motobecane.com/MBUSAgrs07.html
Thanks
Through one of my searches I have come to the Motobecane Grand Sprint which seems to have excellent components. I have read both good and bad reviews on this bike but for $900 it seems like I am getting a much better bicycle than I would be getting at a LBS. I have also read all that stuff about shopping locally and supporting their business but frankly I want the best bang for my buck. Is there any reason why (besides not being able to test ride the bike) I should not purchase the Motobecane Grand Sprint?
Here is a link to the stats:
http://www.motobecane.com/MBUSAgrs07.html
Thanks