Critique this Road Bike

except for the 'labeling', this is the same identical bike sold at wal-mart as the GMC denali for $150. unless you are 5'9" and of average weight, the bike is a turd. 28 pounds net weight for a road bike is obscene!

ey guys,

I'm a newb when it comes to bike quality, and while I have a mountain bike, I've been thinking of purchasing a road bike. I'm in university and can't afford much, but today I came across this bike at Canadian Tire. It's one of the few road bikes they carry, but aesthetically it's nice, and it's half price at $200.

I'm just wondering why this bike is so cheap, and what you experts have to say about it! It looks good, and is cheap, so what's the catch?

I'm unable to link the page so I'll just post a pic with all the info.

Thanks!
Tony

Tony,

If thats all you can afford and you insist on buying new. Then buy what you are looking at. You said Canadian Tire so im asumming your Canadian. If you live in the GTA try going to Dukes on Queen Street and look at there used bikes. A used bike would be better then what you are looking at.

Mike

Mike1970 said:

ey guys,

I'm a newb when it comes to bike quality, and while I have a mountain bike, I've been thinking of purchasing a road bike. I'm in university and can't afford much, but today I came across this bike at Canadian Tire. It's one of the few road bikes they carry, but aesthetically it's nice, and it's half price at $200.

I'm just wondering why this bike is so cheap, and what you experts have to say about it! It looks good, and is cheap, so what's the catch?

I'm unable to link the page so I'll just post a pic with all the info.

Thanks!
Tony

Tony,

If thats all you can afford and you insist on buying new. Then buy what you are looking at. You said Canadian Tire so im asumming your Canadian. If you live in the GTA try going to Dukes on Queen Street and look at there used bikes. A used bike would be better then what you are looking at.

Mike

you might want to check out ebay, I purchased Dawes bike there that I think is really nice for the money (209.00 price 30 for shipping [might be different shipping for canada...]). Its sold by "chicabike". its a "durable" bike. I have just reached 600 miles on it so far...

Never, ever...ever buy a road bike with a kickstand.😉

bigtony22127 said:

Hey guys,

I'm a newb when it comes to bike quality, and while I have a mountain bike, I've been thinking of purchasing a road bike. I'm in university and can't afford much, but today I came across this bike at Canadian Tire. It's one of the few road bikes they carry, but aesthetically it's nice, and it's half price at $200.

I'm just wondering why this bike is so cheap, and what you experts have to say about it! It looks good, and is cheap, so what's the catch?

I'm unable to link the page so I'll just post a pic with all the info.

Thanks!
Tony

Some strange components. Grip shifters? Nasty. You would be better to get a used bike, probably. Or shop around a little, to see what else is around.

I had a really cheap Raleigh on my trainer and I hated it at first. But once I had the levers changed to Sora, I have started to really quite like it. So my own feeling would be not to get any bike that doesn't have at least Sora, or Ergo shifters, as unusual shifters are just too annoying to live with, for me at least.

Anything with Shimano 2200 / Sora, or all Sora, or all Xenon kit would indicate that it's probably not that bad a budget bike.

KellyT said:

Some strange components. Grip shifters? Nasty. You would be better to get a used bike, probably. Or shop around a little, to see what else is around.

I had a really cheap Raleigh on my trainer and I hated it at first. But once I had the levers changed to Sora, I have started to really quite like it. So my own feeling would be not to get any bike that doesn't have at least Sora, or Ergo shifters, as unusual shifters are just too annoying to live with, for me at least.

Anything with Shimano 2200 / Sora, or all Sora, or all Xenon kit would indicate that it's probably not that bad a budget bike.

actually, I believe that they have a version of this bike with Sora components...
its called the Yukon. I believe it goes for just under 400.00...

bigtony22127 said:

Hey guys,

I'm a newb when it comes to bike quality, and while I have a mountain bike, I've been thinking of purchasing a road bike. I'm in university and can't afford much, but today I came across this bike at Canadian Tire. It's one of the few road bikes they carry, but aesthetically it's nice, and it's half price at $200.

I'm just wondering why this bike is so cheap, and what you experts have to say about it! It looks good, and is cheap, so what's the catch?

I'm unable to link the page so I'll just post a pic with all the info.

Thanks!
Tony

one other thing, I have mentioned this in other threads, if you go to
www.amazon.com and do a global search for "gmc road bike" you will find the
denali listed there with reviews... go check it out... you will also find some schwinn bikes and also the gmc Yukon which seems to have a pretty high rating...