The GMC Denali 700C 21-Speed Road Bike is built around a lightweight aluminum road bike frame. You’ll stop on a dime with the alloy calipers and brake levers, and the high-profile alloy Vitesse racing rims look as good as they perform. The Shimano derailleur and Shimano Revo shifts make it easy to change gears quickly and smoothly, and the high-performance 700c tires are up to the challenge of rigorous street racing. Lastly, this road bike will help you stay hydrated with the included alloy water bottle cage. I finally bought this bike after several months of heming and hawing and pricing bikes at Performance Bicycle and other “brick and mortar” stores. I finally settled on this bike for one important reason: the price. It’s extremely affordable. The $200 price tag was PHENOMENALLY cheaper than even the most “entry level” Fuji or Schwinn in Performance’s stock, and those were usually single-geared messenger bikes that would not have survived the hilly Georgia terrain I intended to ride on. The price is great for someone looking to get into biking at a very basic level. I currently ride it in a small, very flat are of Fort Worth, Texas, and it’s absolutely perfect. The gears shift smoothly, the bike rides like a cloud, and the pedals are easily adapted to hold toe clips so you get more power when riding.

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How then do the owners of cycling teams earn a profit or do the team sponsors provide enough funds to cover all expenses plus something for the owners. As you mention, team sponsors and financiers (like Garmin-Cervélo’s benefactor Doug Ellis) cover the team’s financial needs. Once riders and staff are paid, travel expenses are covered, and team vehicles are purchased and maintained, there is usually very little, if anything, left in the team coffers. Pro cycling is different than most other sports in that there are no entrance fees for spectators to attend events and very few televised races therefore little or no money coming in for the teams. In truth pro cycling teams DON’T make a profit. Alas, it’s almost time for us Midwesterners to throw our bikes up on the trainers for the majority of our winter training, but I still plan to make it outside for rides as often as possible. But that’s a moot point as the teams don’t see any money from television.

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