Originally Posted by fender1
What are the chances that something relevant comes from this test?
I ride a 1978 Trek. I paid $153 shipped to my home via e-bay.
What I fail to see when comparing any well built used bike to the Denali is, where is the value of the "cheap" bike? I understand Cig needed a bike in a short time frame but his "test" is meaningless in my mind as very few people on this forum would purchase this bike and the average person who does is:
A. Not putting up that kind of milage.
B. Not spending the time, money or have the expertice to repair as needed.
c. Would replace as soon as things started to get difficult to maintain, with a bike of similar quality.
So i guess I wonder what the point is? I see plenty of aluminum framed road bikes on e-bay that go between $100-$200. Sorry if I am comig off as a jerk, but the outcome have very little pratical real world application. Entertainement value, plenty.
Ok, let me ask you a few questions.
1) does your 1978 bike work as well when it was new as it does now?
2) are you absolutely certain that your old bike works better than the new denali?
3) did you replace the BB, grease, etc, that simply will degenerate in quality with age?
4) is your bike new?
ok.. cig's review is a good review. why? it tells us WHY the Denali suck or why it does not with experience and reason that is justified. (unlike someone) There are actually quite a few people who have purchased or intend to purchase this bike on this forum. We are, the poeple who dont want to cough up $600+ for a new bike, dont want to search or get a used bike, are interested in the denali. why? 1) its cheap. 2) if cig's experience proves that it is useable with adjustment (breaks - wow) then we might seriously considering buying it. Now if the bike breaks a derailer and such, we would havce to reconsider. if you arent interested in the bike or the review and have no thought that you can back up with actual data, errr.. get lost?
now if you had said, i see no reason why this bike is of interest because: reason # 1, reason # 2, etc (instead of your opinion # 1, opinion # 2, etc). then we might be interested to hear you. Now if you are a bike god and poeple respect your opinions, because your opinions are backed up with reasons we may not understand, etc. ..
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Cig: Did you have to do major adjustment to the derailers? How bad are the derailers after your usage so far? How does the derailer compare to other bikes you have experience?