Bike brakes

The bike came with some components that were sub par. The brakes, the brake levers, and the brake hoods were almost to the point of not functioning. Whenever I would press on the brake levers, the bike would stop, but at a surprising slow rate of deceleration. I saw this as a major safety hazard.

In order to fix this problem I began surfing the web to find a solution to my braking problem. The solution that I found that I thought would be the best were Tektro cyclocross brake levers. These are a combination of mountain bike levers and lighter road levers. So I bought them. They were only like twenty dollars. I also bought a front and rear brake from origin 8. These are dual pivot brakes and they are much better than the stock single pivot brakes that came on the bike. I could now brake with ease and even skid and endo. It was like a dream.

Bike assembly

When I received the bike I immediately began to piece it together. I just couldn't hold back.

The bike came in a fairly large box. The bike was already partially assembled. All I had to do was attach the handlebars and the front wheel and the seat and seat tube. This was pretty easy to do. But It took a surprisingly long time seeing as though this was my first real encounter with a disassembled bike. I would say it took a solid hour.

Buying the bike

The bike that I am using as the base bike for the current bike project that I am working on is the cheapest single speed bike that I could find. The cheapest bike that I could find was a bike on Road Bike Outlet's website. It was a white bike that had no affiliation with any of the bike companies. The frame was fabricated by a basic manufacturing company. The final cost of the bike came out to be somewhere around $200. This was really the only bike in my budget so I bought it.