shifting is crap because it has some terrible shimano tourney shifters. The choice of shifters was restricted due to the 6 speed freewheel
creaking sound comes from an ancient loose bearing BB and warped chainrings. Teeth are 52/42 which is just wrong on a bike like this
very heavy, partly because of 531ATB tubing, but also because of a surprisingly heavy cockpit and an unused rear pannier rack. These things probably added 2kg.
Problems I identified: