I'm trying to get a road bike..

I know some of you guys know about road bikes, and I wonder how much did you guys spend a bike? I went to the local bicycle shop to buy road bike, but it was extremely pricey!! The cheapest one was around 600$$ So I decided to check some road bikes in cragslist and I found this one road bike for 180$ I think I'm going to buy that bike but I dont know anything about bike at all!! Can anyone give me general information about road bikes and how much I should spend on road bikes? Thanks!

that depends what you want to do with the bike. Just casual riding? Triathlon? or Tour de france? j/k but if you want to do some serious competition stuff, expensive investment for a light bike will make a difference and be worth it.

However, if you are kinda casual rider, I would say get a used one, a decent light frame and upgrade the rest of the components as it breaks.

I grew up riding a old road bike and it was super light and way faster than my mountain bike. I am currently waiting for GT Avalanche 2.0 mountain bike to be released september so I can shell out 650 dollar on it

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Invest in a good roadbike and you won't go wrong. $180 seems too cheap. $300 range may get you some good ones.

I have an incredibly lightweight Diamondback. Schwinn makes the best road bikes but maybe too expensive.

How about checking out some models on bikesdirect and having your local shop assemble?

Whaaa! I'm looking for a roadbike (more of a racer actually) also, so I am submitting an info request from members with knowledge on this subject, TIA.