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Old 05-26-2015, 08:46 AM   #2207
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Originally Posted by cracher View Post
What is that rubber boot on the seatpost? Is it suspension?

Yeah, if this is what you get in the $300 range, I would go used as well. Also consider goodlife bikes downtown. $150 gets you something to test the waters, maybe tie you over to when the good sales start in late fall/winter.
So, against most of the advice here I ended up picking that bike up from sport chek. I figure I can take it back if I don't like it. The price was too attractive to me not to at least try it while its on sale.

One question, I gave it a quick spin around the parking lot -- it seems on some gears there is a bit of a rattling/clicking noise, almost like the chain isnt catching properly or something (I don't know the right terminology to describe it). But then other gears are totally fine, smooth and quiet.

Is this a tuning issue? They did a tune up before I left the store but maybe something isn't set correctly?

I'll give it another spin after work tonight to see specifically where its occurring.
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