The price is good; but, and these are big BUTS!

Let me preface this by saying, I have ridden for many years with a bike club. I have also been a bike mechanic and have worked on all sorts of bikes from high end carbon fiber road bikes, to aluminum frame, chrome-moly, and good old fashion steel bikes.

I have put together many off the rack production bikes. This one by far is the worst.

DESIGN FLAW:
The geometry of the bike is such that the crank arms and pedals place are only 3 inches from the front tire. This 3 inches is WITHOUT your feet in position. For a normal 12 year old child, and I measured this, their shoe front is JUST 1/2 INCH AWAY FROM THE FRONT TIRE!!! This has disaster written all over it. I mean what child can ride in perfect foot position. The only fix for this is toe clip cage. Most 12 year old children can't ride with toe clip cages, or will not use them.

CRAFTSMANSHIP:
Each of the rims for the tires were... Read more

This bicycle has a major design flaw. The front wheel is too close to the pedals. Everytime my daughter (who is only 52" tall) turned the wheel, her feet hit the front tire. Very unnerving for a 9-year-old.

Amazon was great about it. They paid for return shipping and we got a better bike.

Although the bike's initial cost was quite reasonable, it cost me almost that same amount to complete assembly. Around $80 bucks to make sure everything was assembled and calibrated properly. Once done, it's a real cool bike.