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Top 250 Contributor
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| Overall Rating |
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3
out of 5
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1 1/2 year owner.,
February 11, 2010
By Badbrush
from Newcastle/Manchester
| Quality |
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2
out of 5
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| Value |
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4
out of 5
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| Performance |
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2
out of 5
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Pros: water run of channel on wheel rims, grip shift gears are robust, good paint finish, comfortable seat after worn in
Cons: none standardised brakes, funny size wheels, plastic parts., low standard peddle crank ballbearing, high maintanence.
"As the title suggests i've been riding this bike for 1 year and a half 10 miles every day. I keep it indoors and oil it after every time i ride it in the rain, so i've kept it in good shape.
-The bike is heavy to ride but i've got to say its given me some fantasic leg muscles because of it. Average 14mph for the distances i did.
Most of the parts are plastic so they tend no to fair to well if you need to adjust it after its built. Your fine if you never get a puncher. Its also not so solid to ride and it sometimes feels like the backwheel is shifting or going down.
-I could now become a bike mechanic after owning this. Punchers, none/low clamping brake problem after the first few weeks. Every week i generally have to tighten bolts or shift the brake / gear sways to make sure the chain doesn't rub on the derailer or gears shift suddently. After 5 weeks i made the peddle gears fixed because it took to much time to fix each week. The first break pads last 6 months which was very good but halfords replacement pads don't last anywhere near as long, You will also have to add extra washers to make standard pads fit. The biggest problem I now have is that the peddles crank wobbles in its socket so there is no resistance for a short moment when peddling and then there is. So it makes peddling much harder. I went from using gears 12-15-18 communting to now using gears 8-10-12 which is quite bad.
-4 punchers in a year is a bit silly and this was just going over dislodged tarmac on roads.
-Tires lasted a year before wearing down to bald which was ok as they are low profile anyway but they are a strange size. Ask them to fit 26 inch wheels like most bikes have and some kevlar tires to replace the stock, it wont cost much more and you wont get so many flats
So I fixed the bike and tightend everything up this week for the last time and i'm giving it away because it takes up too much of my to fix each week ....Mmmm i'm getting a super light single speed racer now and 5 times the price.
My conclusion, If you have the money then opt for a better spec bike with standardised parts I would of liked this bike to of last longer but it has saved me a lot of money and kept me fit. I would of bought a better spec bike if i had the money at the time.
also looks very nice once you remove all the stupid vinal stickers as the paint finish is one of its better features, i did that 4 weeks ago."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?
No
Age Group:
Under 25
Gender:
Male
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