Its a nice bike, however it says, compare to $1200 trek bikes... So, they sent with resin pedals on a bike for a person 6 Foot tall, *aka* a heavy person, one broke on the 2nd ride, the boy fell off and got hurt a little bit yet not bad, but its just that the pedal snapped in 2 days from only standing on it and riding on the pavement. It says professional bike on the listing or something like that. I do not think any pro rider would be happy with this bike, as it says competition ready in the claim also. The bike itself is nice, but its not a $1200 valu. The $429 dollar bike price is more like compared to a 500 dollar bike in reality. The support is sending us more plastic based pedals and I would have told them to just keep them. I just cant trust more plastic based pedals now after this. I read many nice reviews about the company, I just do not think this set up was really all what they claim. It should say compare to a 750 dollar bike maybe and thats pushing it. He likes the bike, I just don't understand the weak azz pedals they send under a compare to a $1200 bike claim. The shifters are ok, but again, they are really not comparable to a trek or giant at $1200, I am just being honest. The brakes are ok, but the schwinn from walmart had much better brakes for much less money. *we had to return due to the plastic parts inside the tube/fork area. It was a fine bike besides that. I think the bike direct bike is very nice though its just not all the high end components you would think it would be per the claim.