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(More customer reviews)My hobby is rebuilding and riding bicycles (over 120 at my house), so when I was in Target and saw the 700c wheels, paired spokes and suspension I knew I had to try one. After a couple of additional visits to Target to measure seat post length, handlebar rise and stand over height, I bought one.
As with most department store bicycles, they are assembled but not tuned or tweaked. I trued the wheels, inflated the tires and installed an alloy kickstand because the original one was scratched.A quick toe-in adjustment of the front brake pads cured a squeal, and after adding a water bottle, rear rack, installing sportier grips, and removing unwanted tags and stickers, I was ready to ride.
After a 42 mile test ride I was impressed with the smooth ride and pleased with its good looks. It pedals and rides lighter than I thought it would.Adjusted properly, the shifters worked great, and the brakes provided excellent stopping power with surprisingly light force. The seat is comfortable, and at full up adjustment of the stem, I'm not hunched over bad at all. I'm nearly 6 ft & 180 lbs. A couple of problem areas - the freewheel was noisy. Back pedaling or shifting gears helped briefly, but as I have done with other bikes, I installed a quieter Sunrace freewheel. The other problem felt like a loose bottom bracket or pedal. A couple of adjustments on the BB didn't do much, and I later found out that the pedals had not been tightened into the crank arms. I now have a quiet bike, but am having a hard time finding spare tubes in that tire size with 48mm Schrader valves as it came with or even 48/60mm Presta valves. I might have to go with shorter Prestas and use valve extensions and adapters for the Schrader rim holes. What a pain!
Overall I am pleased with my purchase. Department store bikes are priced low because they use lower end parts and do not have dealer tweaking and adjusting. Things will be wrong with them. But once in a while there's a model that is worth the effort. For me, this is one of them.
9/23/07 Tube update - Quality has a 700c x 35-43 tube with a 48mm Presta valve, two of which I ordered from my local bike shop, and Performance.com has a 700c x 35-38 tube with the same length Presta valve. With a set of the rim hole adapters (Stem Savers), I'm all set.
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