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Had this bike for around a week now. It's not fantastic but it does the job. It's a mountain bike but it's got fairly small 26x1.90 tyres on it. No suspension (tried to do serious off roading, never again) so it's fairly light. Good gears, good brakes although the pads might need replaced soon. I've got all of my accessories on it, lights etc. I had a water bottle cage on it but it clipped my shorts, snapped and forced my leg in to the back of the pedal. Ouch! It's a good bike for commuting as my commute's only a few miles. Thinking of putting some semi slicks on it, not sure if it's worth spending the money yet. I'm also considering adding a suspension seatpost, Halfords are selling one for £20.
The gears needed a bit of adjusting, gave them a good clean and re oiled them and they're working fine now. Brakes needed tightening too, the back wheel is buckled so that just gives me more reason on why I should replace the wheels for thinner ones.
All in all, good bike by my standards. Not advanced in any way, everyone here has a better bike but like I said earlier, it does the job.
Here's a few pictures, click the images to make them bigger):
While I'm here, is anyone else in Scotland feeling the heat? It's been 22 degrees+ over the past few days with it being 29 yesterday and this is supposed to last 2 weeks! Right now it's 19:40 and it's still 21 degrees.
The gears needed a bit of adjusting, gave them a good clean and re oiled them and they're working fine now. Brakes needed tightening too, the back wheel is buckled so that just gives me more reason on why I should replace the wheels for thinner ones.
All in all, good bike by my standards. Not advanced in any way, everyone here has a better bike but like I said earlier, it does the job.
Here's a few pictures, click the images to make them bigger):
While I'm here, is anyone else in Scotland feeling the heat? It's been 22 degrees+ over the past few days with it being 29 yesterday and this is supposed to last 2 weeks! Right now it's 19:40 and it's still 21 degrees.