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Bikes: Gunnar Crosshairs, Giant Trance, Felt Breed, Marin SS MTB, Felt Pyre BMX bike, oldschool GT trials bike
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Likely the problems come from the build, regardless of brand it is quite common for new bikes to come with bearings poorly adjusted, the occasional bolt loose, etc. It is the job of who builds it to go through, check and adjust these things. Hub bearings are especially bad, I get maybe 1 in 20 adjusted properly from the factory so make sure to check those or you could trash your hubs earlier than hoped if you have not checked them already.
On the grip shift thing, you can get them to feel good when new but they will never be super durable, most grip shifts use nothing but plastic on the internals. I am with you, not a fan there.