A reasonale priced road bike. This road bike is reasonably priced. It took me about 45 minutes to put the bike together. The bike weights about 29lb. For a road bike, Lamborghini Rapido Road Bike is not light.
I have compared this bike to some other bikes within the same price range. The Schwinn prelude and GMC denali road bike. Both bikes mount the shifter on the handle bar. I was not very comfortable with this setting initially. But I do not want to spend another $150 to get something like Shimano sora. Actually, in my opinion, the GMC denali is almost idententical to Rapido except paint, shifter, rear derailleur. After all, both bikes have 21 speed. But GMC is $100 less.
The front tire was flat when I pumped air into it. It turned out the tube has a hole. After I patched the hole, another hole showed up. I had to contact the Kent international. Their support line was easy to access. I had several phone calls with them. The new tires came in fast. However, the replacement tire was 700CX40. My bike has 700CX28. That is a disappointment. Kent claims the replacement tires will work. They may be right. But I want narrow tires.
After riding the bike for more than 100 miles, I would appreciate a lighter frame, alumium handle bar and different tires. So far, I have achieved 14 mile/hour avg speed, 33.4 m/h top speed. The chain fell off twice. It seems that the chain has to stay in 3rd, or 4th cog in order to shift to the largest chainring. Otherwise, the chain will be stuck between the chainring and plastic cover. For exercise purpose, I have learned to live with it. I will be extra careful when I purchase next bike.
Finally, I noticed something about the freewheel. Yes, it has the 7 speed mountain bike screw on freewheel Shimano MF TZ21. Almost all the current mountain bikes have the casssette instead of the freewheel. It is not very easy to get the replacement part. My plan was to replace the 14-28 freewheel to 11-28 to speed up. I could not find any because Shimano stopped the 11-28 freewheel production more than a decade ago. Now only 13-28 is available. With less than 10% speed improvement, I will save the money for my next bike.
Little Red Dream. I love this bike! though when I first recieved it out of the box, the alignment was a bit off with the back wheel and the breaks needed some adjustment. Had to take it in for a mild tune up but after that it’s better than new. I get so many compliments on my snazy new ride, and although heavy for a road bike, i still can keep up with my Canondale riding friends!
RAPIDO IS SMOOTH. WELL, I BOUGHT THIS BIKE FOR THE WORK OUT, I NEED IT. I’M NOT PLANNING ON TAKING ON LANCE ARMSTRONG. HE HAS A 26+ THOUSAND DOLLAR BIKE AND 20 YEARS OF TRAINING. RAPIDO IS SMOOTH, IF YOU HAVE EVER OWNED A BIKE YOU CAN DO ALL ADJUSTMENTS YOUR SELF, ie., CHAIN, SEAT, AND SO ON. GEAR SHIFTING WILL BE ROUGH. IT IS THE WAY IT COMES OUT OF THE BOX. YOU HAVE TO ADJUST THE GEARS AND BRAKES YOURSELF. I DID AND NOW IT IS SMOOTH. RAPIDO CAN EASYLY BE WORTH MORE MONEY. I THINK IT SHOULD BE. DON’T BE FOOLED. THE REASON THE OTHER BIKES COST MORE IS BECAUSE THEY SLAP ON A NAME OF SOMEONE WHO HAS WON A RACE OR TWO. YOU CAN TAYLOR THIS BIKE THE WAY YOU LIKE WITH THE EXTRA MONEY YOU SAVED. I THINK IT IS FINE THE WAY IT IS. MY FRIND TOLD ME I SHOULD GET STARTED WITH A BIKE THAT COST OVER $600. OR MORE. HA, HA. I GET MY WORK OUT JUST THE SAME. I AM LOVING THE MORNING RIDES IN TOWN. CAN’T WAIT TO GET A BIKE RACK FOR THE CAR AND TAKE IT TO HWY 1 ALONG THE COAST. NOW I HAVE A REASON TO WAKE UP EARLY IN THE MORNINGS.