Originally Posted by
CJ C
Borobike,
after riding it now for a bit, besides the grip shifters is there anything else that makes you scratch your head? anything that you wish the bike did or didnt do?
Well, the seat and the brakes for sure didn't meet my approval, but those could vary from person to person. Someone else could find the seat comfortable enough or the brakes to have enough stopping power but I didn't. I just received my second set of the Kool-Stop Salmon pads today and the bike has very nice stopping power now, so the problem with the brakes seems to be mostly the pads. The calipers themselves aren't the best out there but they are good enough.
I'm on the fence about the drink holder, but it could just be the shape of my bottle. Today when I went over a good sized bump it knocked my drink out and all my water spilled. I wasn't happy. My bottle is kind of a funky shape though.
I do think it could use another gear up top, but that's mountain bike gearing.
Other than that I have no complaints. It's an easy bike to ride, and very nimble even in the wet. I rarely have to shift out of the third gear set to get up hills, and I'm not in the best of shape.
Originally Posted by
wphamilton
For what it's worth I get that pinging off and on to. It usually lasts just long enough for me to think about replacing the bb, then disappears for months. I think there's some grit or metal shavings causing it.
Thanks for sharing, mine does the exact same thing except it's off and on within the same ride most days. It's annoying enough now to where the bike isn't nearly as enjoyable to ride with the popping as it was for the two rides I made (21 miles total) when it was silent.
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