I knew that I was going to catch some flack over this review on this or any bike forum. But to me it is worth it to see so many of you guys going over it like you have. I have stated my reasons for getting the Denali. I have bought used bikes in the past and will buy some in the future. And I have been looking on E-bay for a nice used bike. And I have bought new high dollar bikes as well.

Any ways, on with the review log.

What I did to fix the chain kick back problem was to pull the cable a little tighter, by means of the cable adjuster on the rear derailer. That's all.

As far as the breaks go. I had to adjust the pads because they where all only hitting the breaking surface by 50% or less. Meaning (that like in the picture) their where all over the place. And the rear break is a little off center. Because the, spring in the break caliper, is weak on the left side. It does not rub but only clears the left side by 2mm and by 4mm on the right side. I like to have 2.5mm clearance on both sides of the breaking surface. That way I a lot of stopping power when I touch the breaks. The front pads are set to 2mm on either side. So i did not fix them I just adjusted them. By pulling the cables tighter in the calipers.

I did go over the whole bike when I first got it home and lubed every bearing in the bike with white lithium grease. I also went through and tighten every nut and bolt on the bike. most where not that tight.

The most problems I have had with the bike are the MTB rear shifter. It does not stay in tune very long. The last time I had to adjust the rear derailer was due to cable starch and had nothing to due with the shifter. So maybe the shifter is starting to break in. We will see.

I have now put 335.95 miles on the Denali. I only put 7.04 miles on the bike today doing the commute. Tomorrow I'm off and am planning at least 30 miles to see if the shifter/derailer is going to drift any more. I had found (with any new bike) that it's takes about 300 to 450 miles to get it to a point where you won’t have to keep adjusting everything. So I think that I am getting the Denali to that point now. We will see.

Today on the commute (coming and going) to work, I had no problems at all with the shifter or derailer.

And like I said before if I can't ride fast I stay home. So it took 13.01 minutes to go the 3.52 to get to work and 13.40 to get home. Which gave me a average ride time of 16.41 mph on city roads. I was running 20 to 22 mph into a 8 mph headwind but had to many stops to get the average speed up to my normal average speed of 18.7 mph.