Originally Posted by
AndyV
Thing with this bike is almost everything on it is lower end stuff. What seems good is the frame which comes with a life time guarantee, so that might prompt a slow change for upgrades. Get the essentials done first.
Surprised how low quality the bike sounds. That is Decathlon's mid price folding bike and was expecting it to be a good step up from their base models although saying that its a very nice looking frame so perhaps that is where the bulk of the money went. If you spin the rear wheel and the freewheel wobble is excessive then you may want to upgrade the wheel. Many of the cheaper hubs have poor inaccurate machining of the threads into the freewheel hub which can cause such wobble and mean setting the derailleur needs a tighter tolerance, add to that the basic tourney derailleur and you have many factors that can make shifting poor before you even add in a slight bend to the axle. The tourney derailleur is not great performing when wet and dirty. A upgrade to a Altus or Acera derailleur taken from Shimano's mountain bike range can improve reliability and resistance to the elements.
For me I tend to upgrade to mean less maintenance in the future and smoother operation, many others upgrade for speed or bling from the outset. However the real necessary upgrades will be revealed as you ride the bike.