Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

To start this review off, this was a Prime item and it took a week to get to me. Lately I've been having the issue of Amazon not fulfilling 2 day shipping (usually 3-7 day delivery). This was a Xmas gift for my GF. Who is 5'4. The bike came in a fairly large box and packaged decently well. The box had a couple large holes blown into it most likely from transit. When I unboxed it a lot of the vital parts of the bike (chain, derailleurs, wheel spokes, etc.) Didn't have any protection on them like bubble wrap which caused an issue after I assembled the bike and I will get to that in this review. The bike went together easy with some basic hand tools. After inflating the front and back tires and bolting them on the forks I gave it a spin in the air and noticed the front and rear wheel had a very slight link in them. Not a huge deal but still noticeable to eye. This did become an issue though with the V-breaks because the slight warp on the wheel would catch on the brake pad even with adjusting the position on the brakes. On to the biggest problem, was the derailleurs. The big hole puncture in the box was right in line with the rear derailleur. I don't know what pierced the box but whatever it was caused the rear derailleur to slightly bend which caused the chain to make noise while pedalling. I though I could adjust the H and L screws on the limiter to fix it but ultimately had to bend it back in place. Adjusting this made the front derailleur to be out of whack with the rear derailleur. So I had to adjust that as well. On top of adjusting the shifter cable tensions. Total time adjusting the derailleurs and chain path was about 3 to 4 hours. Also, I had to remove the rear derailleur guard because that was not letting me shift on to the first 3 casset gears. Overall opinion of this bike is mixed. For the price it's a complete bike with a nice finish. The front shocks seem cosmetic and not all that functional but the bike works! I see myself upgrading most the mechanical parts in the near future though. Especially the derailleurs (they are garbage quality!) Don't plan on taking this thing on any jumps or crazy trails until you address and replace some of the stuff on this bike. UPDATE! AS OF JULY 15: Moved to 1 star rating...This bike went into my scrap metal pile. Started make a weird sound and then after 2 days of a weird sound the freewheel hub seized up and the bike would no longer pedal correctly or even shift gears. Due to covid19 bike shops would take a month to fix it, and due to Amazon's bad shipping times, it would take too long to get the parts to fix. The parts and specialty tool to fix would be about $50 which is almost half the price of the bike itself. I went and bought an actual quality bike from a reputable company. I suggest you save yourself the headache and do the same.