Old 05-02-21, 03:36 PM
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mdarnton
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Bikes: nothing to brag about

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I wouldn't buy any cheap bike with 1X. Both frame design and alignment are critical and not everyone can pull that off. I know because I did it, a well-known budget web brand. My LBS guy took one look and said he wasn't surprised I had a problem....the bike design was pushing the limits of what would have worked and a slight flaw in manufacture [unfixable chainline prob with the frame] pushed it over the edge. Otherwise I agree with Mark, above.

I would put the riskiest item on the list for low cost bikes and the one with the most possibility of invisible problems to be an anonymous frame from a bottom-end maker. Anything else on the bike you can unbolt and replace if there's a problem.

I returned the first bike and bought a Trek FX1 disc for about the same price and and happy now. It's a totally solid bike.

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