Originally Posted by vpiuva
Mine creaks and groans every time I go up a big hill (but I'm 205#). Hasn't broken yet in the 3 years I've owned it.
I'm 175, going down (hopefully!), but I don't know, creaks don't sound right to me. No one else bikes creaks when we are going up the hills. Heck, there's a hippo of a guy who rides a serrota up big hills and its dead quiet....