Originally Posted by
heymatthew
They are what they are. It'll work fine for a while. You may never have a single issue with it. But if you do any serious amount of riding, you're likely to run into issues. Just be prepared to drop a little cash on replacing a few key components from time to time (crank, wheelset, etc.).
so is there a lineup of components that differ in quality, just like with road bikes (shimano, sram, campy)? when it comes to reliability, are you talking about components that actually have brand names, as opposed to just generic bicycle parts in the specs? I'm not doing any tricks with it, just general commuting, and maybe even use the fixie hub. I thought about longer commutes to work (eg 22-27 miles).. it's flat terrain, so I might do that.