Looks nice, not sure if it's a great bike though

Full disclosure: This is my very first road bike, so I don't have a good frame of reference for comparison. Thus far, I'm less than impressed with the bike, although that could be on me. Looks: This bike does look very nice and seems to be decently well made, especially for the price. Unfortunately, it wasn't packed as carefully as it could have been and the wheel frames arrived scratched up. Assembly: Made way more complicated than it needed to be by the giant instruction book, only a small part of which applied to this bike (but as a super fun game, you have to figure out which parts apply). It was actually only a few simple steps to put the bike together but I'm not sure if I put it together correctly. Riding: Something just feels off as I ride it. It could be poor assembly on my part (see above), that I'm not used to riding a road bike (also see above), or maybe it's the bike itself. I've taken it out about 10 times thus far and I'm still not sure. I've named it Death Trap to reflect my confidence in my ability to stay alive on it (here's hoping the bike helmet I purchased from Amazon.com is as good as its reviews suggest). Summation: Good price, looks nice, may cause fear of great bodily harm (but maybe not if you're a better rider than me).

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