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Title: Great Bike Once You Replace the Shifter & Deraileur
Review: Pros: Cheap Bike. Cons: Won't Shift! I got this bike for my 7 year old for Christmas. I put it together in about 30 minutes, but the bike wasn't shifting very well. I am a bike enthusiast and work on my and my wife's road bikes, so I know a bit about adjusting shifting. I put the bike on a stand and got to work. I worked for 2 hours but was never able to get it to shift properly. It was also VERY hard to turn the shifter. After about an hour, the cable would just kink up in the handlebar. I took the bike to my local shop and they could not get it to work much better than I. Rather than deal with returning the bike, I had the shop change the deraileur and handlebar shifter to a SRAM unit. Total cost for this with labor was $[...]. Now it shifts great. If you're looking for an out-of-the-box bike, this ain't it. If you're willing to replace some stuff, it's still cheaper than buying it from a bike shop.
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