not all there wrote:
Is it my imagination, or is there a rash of extremely **** road bikes
being touted online at the moment? This Interweb thingy has a lot to
answer for.

You could buy the same thing at any department store for $150 on
special. It's a complete turd. $1450 - for that you'd get at least
Tiagra STI, probably a full groupset from a run of the mill bike shop.
Who are they actually sucking in?

Probably a sample drawn from that population who are adding one to
their number every minute.


BTH
(Was that too abstract?)