Originally Posted by podman
i also have major disputes with your belief that you can report a faulty condition on your bike and explain the actions needed to fix the problem and in doing so enable others to purchase the same model without the worry of faulty construction. a mechanically savvy individual should see where this logic fails.
this is just one area of your review that works to invalidate your findings as a whole.
I have to agree with you. The entire concept of his review is fundamentally flawed. How can you make a proper review, let alone a
positive one, of a product in which you have to replace half the parts?
Cig, the moment you touched the bike with a wrench it was no longer a Denali. What do people pay for at a LBS? Assurance of quality and quality assembly. If we take a look at the $350 GMC Yukon for example (the one with 7 speed STI), it would be a terrible, terrible piece of advice not to pony up the extra $150 for a proper entry level bike from a bike shop. The amount of time and money someone needs to put into the Denali is just absurd for anyone, especially the majority who know nothing about wrenching. It's just an unrealistic idea that the Denali could be worth it.
*rides away on $200, used, mint condition road bike*