I don't have a bad bike purchase story but I did buy a crank set for my wife's bike I built up that I hated. So I ended up going with Shimano 105. I can't for the life of me remember the cheap crank I bought her for a intro bike.....maybe a Tru-Vativ low end model or something like it.
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