atombikes...awesome rant. i personally bought the bike with every intention of doing good amount of work on it, for fun and for function. Figure it was cheap enough that if I mess up, no biggie, at least I got an education of out it being a newbie and all.

I am gonna try loosing up some nuts..as suggested. another question, the braking is fine but has rather a loud squeal to it. What would be the likely cause of it? Bear in mind, all stock parts. Thanks for the help.