great frame good shimano componets and manitou fork

low end richey stem bars headset pedals seatpost and saddle

the bike is great. the frame and fork and the shimano stuff speak for themselves. but REI saved money by puttin the cheap low end richey products on i have taken those off and replaced it with high end stuff like time atac pedals, thomson post, selle saddle, raceface headset and stem and titec bars, now i got a killer bike.