Originally Posted by
lazyeye
I just bought one and did 33ish miles on it yesterday. I'm a pretty s*** rider, I have asthma and suck at hills and into the wind, and my other bike is a road bike on 23 tires...
What it does well:
The geometry is comfortable for three hours (I'm 6' tall and bought the Medium)
The gearing combo climbs well
It handled dirt and gravel as well as I expected
Its pretty light (I don't have a number for you)
Disc Brakes are good
What I don't like:
The pedals were seized on. I had to cut them off then use a torque wrench. Might be the LBS' fault or the factory's.
The seat is probably fine for racing but sucks for long rides (go figure)
The Front Derailer doesn't like going small chainring to big chainring. Might just be an adjustment/break in issue. If I followed rule #90 it wouldn't be an issue
Good short review - sounds like it was what you expected? The gearing issue could be a break-in problem...I'll have to Google Rule #90. The pedals are a bit of an odd deal but that's one reason for buying from my LBS - I'll just have them mount some Shimano MTB pedals on it I already have and I agree about the saddle just from my short test ride....think that's a definite upgrade I would want to make...