Tour de France Packleader Road Bicycle ( Red/White/Black, 45-cm)

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Price: $208.17    

Product Feature

• Color_ Red
• *Frame Alloy
• *Fork Steel 1" Threaded
• *Shifters Shimano Sl-Sy20A Stem Mounted Lever Shifter
• *Stem Quilled Road Stem/ Steel

Product Description

Come in first with the Packleader. This alloy framed bike offers 16 fast speeds, versatility, and reliability with a Shimano A050 drive train, double walled alloy rims, and many more features.*Crank set Dotek Steel Double 52/48 170mm Length*Wheels 700c Double Walled Alloy Rim/ Steel Hubs 36h*Tires Wanda 700c/25*derailleurs Shimano A050*Handlebars Steel 60cm Classic Road Drop*Seat post Alloy 27.2 300 mm*Saddle Vader Saddle / CroMo Rails*Pedals Steel Cage 9/16" with PP bodySpeeds 12

Tour de France Packleader Road Bicycle ( Red/White/Black, 45-cm) Review

I was not exactly expecting a pro bike at this price, but I was certainly hoping for something more than low-end supermarket quality. This bike should not cost more than a hundred bucks, even that only if you get different tires.

=== A few specific gripes ===

- WRONG SIZE: By 45, 51, 56 cm they mean 18", 20", 22" NOT 20.5", 23", 25.5" as 2.2cm=1" would suggest

- C**P Tires: The tires are the cheapest of the cheap that you can possibly find anywhere, on any road or hybrid bike or any sort of bike in any price range. I wonder if they special ordered the tires asking for c**p!!! These tires are thin, uneven, doesn't mount well, and the beads keep popping out of the rim upon inflation. I'd suggest anyone getting this bike should just buy a different pair of tires upfront without even bothering to try the ones it comes with. I bought a pair of these as replacement -
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0030CLXT2/

- Poor Assembly: The partial assembly was worse than no assembly. The wheels were not at all tuned. It seems a kid just put together a bunch of spokes and rims without paying any attention to wire tension. And the derailleur was completely out of place: not even close. You'll need someone who *really* knows bikes to get this assembled. The generic instruction booklet that came with the bike was not even specific to this bike with many confusing and/or wrong instructions.

- Poor Build: The frame and pedal molding is very rough, even MTBs in Target or Walmart in the eighty bucks range have better build and finish. The bike *feels* way cheaper than it looks and costs

- Seat Stains: The white seat stains very, very easily. In fact, it got stained in package from the red-ink print on the plastic bag it was wrapped in

- Brake and gear: The multi-piece brakes are more complicated to adjust than it should be, and off the handle-bar shifters require taking hands off every time to shift

=== Still, a few good things ===

- Size: If you are looking for a small, light, hybrid bike with alloy frame (as I was), then this is one of the very few options in the market that will fit your requirement yet not blow your budget

- Wheel: The double walled wheels are of decent quality. Once you have adjusted the spoke tension, there shouldn't be any complaints about that.

- Seat: Apart from staining, the seat is comfortable and durable

=== Conclusion ===

Buy this bike only if you are looking for a small, light, hybrid bike with alloy frame; either have a friend who knows bikes or you have access to a bike store; and are willing to spend another twenty bucks or so to get new tires up-front.

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