Originally Posted by fender1
I perdict that bike will perform fine as it is being maitained by someone who is skilled and detail oriented. My point as to the validity was that one camp has already decided the bike will fail. The other camp is more focused on cig's right to conduct the test and defendng it. My question is who here will be purchasing/ consider purchasing the bike based on the review? That to me is the valid point of the review.
As stated on 10-26-2006 and again I ask, who will be ponying up for the Denali or who already has?
Good point and even better question. I will not be "ponying up" for a Denali anytime soon. Reasons: as it has been said, I can upgrade an older bike I get at the thrift store for much cheaper, and I don't have to deal with all of the cheapness of a walmart bike. I think this has been an awesome thread that has essentially shown that someone with good bicycle mechanical skills can keep one of these on the road for quite a while- contrary to what many of us walmart bike haters might have thought. However, despite my probable ability to keep a Denali on the road, I'm not going to spend $140 on one and then have to upgrade it as well. Despite all of this, I still applaud Cig on his thread and diligence in following through with this project. Keep us up to speed on how the bike turns out with some decent components- prove us wrong.