Originally Posted by
AlTheKiller
I can't speak for who you quoted, but we've done some work on these bikes recently and I would absolutely not advise it. aside from basic things like ridiculously heavy tubing that they shaped in horrible ways just for appearances, and basic ****ty components, the thing was unsafe until we swapped out certain things on it. it had split handlebars for one thing... road drops that are cut in half and held together by one tiny bolt of questionable quality. yikes!
do yourself a favor and find something simple. whenever ****ty bike companies try to do things like shape aluminum tubing or "innovate" in any way, it's a bad thing. leave that to great companies like Giant, and just build a tried and true road frame already...
Now let's not derail the thread with a Denali argument please. Let's just say we disagree about that and leave it there. All right?
Originally Posted by
e0richt
so you would recommend a gmc denali as a cheap commuter?
Somewhat modified it's my go-to beater bike and at 31 pounds evidently lighter than many of the commuter setups here.