Originally Posted by
kabex
Hello all, this is my commuter:
It was about $180 new, weighs like 35lbs and uses microshift components (6 speeds)
Very simple and low-end but it gets the job done, about 9 miles round-trip every day, no problems after a few months.
bad news, I was sprinting yesterday out of the saddle and the chain snapped and was flown away with huge force, I smashed my foot against the road @ ~20mph and my groin on the top tube, the bike swerved uncontrollably but I managed not to crash.
No idea why the chain snapped, it seemed ok to me. My left big toe is injured but slowly healing, just swollen to hell.
Oh and yes it's really heavy, they use steel components not even aluminium ones, the frame is probably hi-ten steel of the heaviest variety. Pipe tubing.
I don't care, I've loved it so far except for the chain failure, it's fun and extremely cheap.