Bikes Direct Gravity Liberty CXD - closer look at the good and bad of disc brake cyclocross bike

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1. pit the bike together and ride it bro, and maybe stop by bike shop and by some zip ties
2. Though I am not considering a road or cyclocross bike from BD, but I am considering getting a fat tire mountain bike from them for around $500. While I have every confidence that I can turn a wrench and assemble the bike, I trust my friends at my trusty local bike shop to do it right and make it safe and roadworthy- they have the time, tools, and expertise. With that said, I'll still save a grand over a name brand fat bike, less the cost to assemble the bike. They've taken pretty good care of my Specialized Sirrus since I bought it 3 years ago, but it's time to sell it and move up to something beefier for my commuting needs, haha.
3. Whats the weight 
4. Your are confusing a factory direct bike with a bike store bike. The extra you pay in the bike shop is for expert assembly and adjustment. When buying factory direct you take on the mechanics responsibility for ALL adjustment, that is where the cost savings comes from.
5. Hey bro no bike in a box straight from a factory is going to be well adjusted or finely tuned. A bike shop will hook everything up for you for about $85.00 or less. Grease! Factories don't grease and if they do it will be a tar like grease that you should remove. Brakes, gears, spokes, tires and wires all need to be adjusted. As for the seat, you must remove the water bottle bolts bro. I can see the damn bolts from here man.  You should probably take it to the shop. 
6. I looked on BD and the cxd group set looks lower than my CX which is the base. my bike has shimano claris shifters and front derailleur and shimano sora rear derailleur Also my wheels werent true either but the bike shop I bought it at fixed that and adjusted the front derailleur as it was slightly off.
7. Thank you for the review, teppichkopf, and everyone for the comments.  I ordered a Liberty CDX 50cm a few days ago and just waiting for delivery.  I will make sure to do a very thorough setup and get it dialed in!  I've read a few different people having untrue brake rotors, causing that shimmied braking, but I doubt the seller would give much trouble to replace them if that's the case.
8. I don't know what you expected to get with a bike in a box. This is how you buy factory direct and why the bike costs half what it would in a bike shop. YOU are the mechanic and YOU do all the adjustments. You can't expect a perfectly adjusted bike from a box factory direct.
9. Any word on th weight?
10. With professional assembly and setup, it might be a sort of rideable bike... on a good day :)
11. @Stewart Craig Liberty CXD and Diamondback are made by the Same company Kinesis Industry ;-) Brands also manufactured by Kinesis include Felt Bicycles, GT Bicycles, Schwinn, Jamis, K2, Raleigh, Trek, Kross and Kona. the only differences with a lot of bicycle now a days is stickers and paint scheme. FYI I own two Kinesis bicycles Motobecane Fantom Cross and Gravity Liberty CX and I Love them both.
12. they include a long seatpost so you can cut to length... included throw away pedals need to be broke in... these are all minor issues that would be taken care of in the setup... 
13. Should of went to Kmart and got a Diamondback
14. Good score on getting a upgraded set of wheels.
15. Thanks, I think mine is square, the only issue I had was the wheels were bent and even after taking to the shop for a pro tune they would not true. Luckily they were out of those wheels and actually are sending me a pair (upgrade) they did have in the warehouse so I scored a bit on that. As far as the comfort goes, we shall see. I am use to riding a crossover with flat handlebars and I have noticed my thumb joints getting sore after a couple miles. 
16. Hi David, Did you by any chance have any opinion about the front fork on your bike? Looking to buy this bike or the base version of Specialized Secteur, the difference in price between the two is enough to make me do my homework
17. After a few hundred hard commuter miles I ended up selling mine. I found the carbon fork pretty sub-par. The vibrations left my arms numb a few miles into the ride. I also think the alignment of the disc tabs were off. I could never get the front brake dialed in, always rubbing with the disc. And I know the fork eyelets were definitely out of square pretty bad, but I never out a rack on the front. Maybe I just had a real bad fork. Hopefully you'll have a better fork then I did.
18. The reason I steer clear of used bikes (although great deals out there) is because my nice brand new bike which I paid full retail for to support my local bike shop was stolen at the ripe young age of 3 months. I don't trust anyone selling really nice bikes anymore, it is sad. If I had to do it again I would get one without the disk brakes. The kind they put on this model is Tektro and they have a long throw-meaning you have to pull the handle almost all the way back to get them to engage. 
19. Yea it is feather light. I bought a 54cm (L), and it only weighed around 23 lbs. One of my tires isn't true and the discs were a bit off. I managed to bend the discs true, but I haven't gotten to the tire yet. Good to know they'll replace it if I can't fix it!
20. Just bought one. I am used to mtn bikes and my last bike was a Raleigh Misceo crossover. This bike seems feather light compared to that one. I had every issue that he mentions above including having to have one wheel replaced (which they did) because it could not be trued up. They blame the shipper of course. The cable throw on the rear brakes is very long and no matter how you adjust it still you have to pull the brake lever really far before it engages the brakes. However, the price is great.