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Old 11-21-22, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by veganbikes
What has been said is largely true but don't put a ton of money into the bike it is a wally mart special and uses pretty poor components all over it. It was not designed to last and you could be chasing problems all over eventually which can be quite expensive vs what the bike is worth. Fine to keep it running but don't go too crazy as a full overhaul on a new bike is never something I want to do but would be pretty well required on something like this as many assemblers have never seen or heard of grease or their wallymart doesn't provide any so why bother.
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