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I have a line of credit at Home Depot-no one else will even think of giving me credit. For some reason I did a search for mountain bikes, to my surprise, they have them. Fortunately, when I found one that I thought I liked(had to be better than a 24" Pacific Wanderer right?)I did a seach for reviews. I thought you might find this humorous.
do not purchase this bike
"This bike was a good price and on sale and had good reviews so i thought i would buy it. In the words of my brother the worst purchase i ever made. The bike came very poorly put together. The back tire came so crooked that a professional bike shop couldn't even fix it. because of that it occilates so bad that the brakes are almost useless because if i tighten them it rubs and makes it impossible to ride if i don't then they are to lose to stop the bike in a hurry. Which is fine for just riding around town but almost killed myself when mountain biking. The crank shaft fell off while i was mountain biking half way through so i had to push it the 3 miles back to the car and it was only my 3rd use 1st time using the bike in the mountains. Also the bike is very heavy which is the least of all the problems."
Do not buy if you care for your life.
"I wish I could have given this bike 5 negative stars. The second day that I bought this bike, there was a weird creaking noise. It took me 3 days to figure out it was coming from the rear suspension. I greased, cleaned , did everything I could but the creaking wouldn't go away. I took it to the local bike repair shop and he said this was because of the cheap components. There was nothing anyone can do. So I continued using the bike even though the creaking sound was embarrassing me on the trail. Imagine everyone on the trail looking at you while you are biking.
After 2 months, yesterday, the front brakes came off. The 'U' shaped thing on the brakes just broke into half and fell off on the street (along with the brake cables) while I was on the bike. And this morning, while I was on my way to work, the left pedal, along with the pedal rod and the shank came off and I injured my leg (I leg scraped against the concrete trail ground). There were people on the trail telling me how lucky I was not to have fallen off while cycling as the injuries would have been much more serious.
I bought this bike specifically from Dick's because I wanted to avoid the cheap stuff that other giant superstores sell. I trusted Dick's not to carry any cheap quality sporting goods but obviously, I was wrong.
So, here is the bottom line: DO NOT BUY this bike unless you want to get seriously injured. It is just not worth it. I spent a LOT of money for this bike and I need to ask either Dick's of Polaris for a refund. If you like cycling so much, spend another couple of hundred bucks or so and go for a bike from the local store where you almost always find great service and a good value for the money."
do not purchase this bike
"This bike was a good price and on sale and had good reviews so i thought i would buy it. In the words of my brother the worst purchase i ever made. The bike came very poorly put together. The back tire came so crooked that a professional bike shop couldn't even fix it. because of that it occilates so bad that the brakes are almost useless because if i tighten them it rubs and makes it impossible to ride if i don't then they are to lose to stop the bike in a hurry. Which is fine for just riding around town but almost killed myself when mountain biking. The crank shaft fell off while i was mountain biking half way through so i had to push it the 3 miles back to the car and it was only my 3rd use 1st time using the bike in the mountains. Also the bike is very heavy which is the least of all the problems."
Do not buy if you care for your life.
"I wish I could have given this bike 5 negative stars. The second day that I bought this bike, there was a weird creaking noise. It took me 3 days to figure out it was coming from the rear suspension. I greased, cleaned , did everything I could but the creaking wouldn't go away. I took it to the local bike repair shop and he said this was because of the cheap components. There was nothing anyone can do. So I continued using the bike even though the creaking sound was embarrassing me on the trail. Imagine everyone on the trail looking at you while you are biking.
After 2 months, yesterday, the front brakes came off. The 'U' shaped thing on the brakes just broke into half and fell off on the street (along with the brake cables) while I was on the bike. And this morning, while I was on my way to work, the left pedal, along with the pedal rod and the shank came off and I injured my leg (I leg scraped against the concrete trail ground). There were people on the trail telling me how lucky I was not to have fallen off while cycling as the injuries would have been much more serious.
I bought this bike specifically from Dick's because I wanted to avoid the cheap stuff that other giant superstores sell. I trusted Dick's not to carry any cheap quality sporting goods but obviously, I was wrong.
So, here is the bottom line: DO NOT BUY this bike unless you want to get seriously injured. It is just not worth it. I spent a LOT of money for this bike and I need to ask either Dick's of Polaris for a refund. If you like cycling so much, spend another couple of hundred bucks or so and go for a bike from the local store where you almost always find great service and a good value for the money."
