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No play that I can feel but further Sheldoning suggested the cranks and taper tend to loosen up as they get acquainted on new bikes and to simply tighten the bolts back up. Which I did, and it worked for five blissful minutes, but one vigorous lap around the block later the creak was back and the bolts were noticeably looser again.

You've had it how long?

Three whole days. I'm assuming something just wasn't on tight enough and is now coming loose but without a crank puller and giant torx-driver looking thing there's not a whole lot I could do about it even if the relevant Sheldon pages didn't scare me shitless.

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Nice color!

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I agree about the saddle though I should mention nothing with a big wide slope in the middle ever works for me and it does seem to be softening up a little bit.

My bike hasn't fallen apart yet and I'm quite pleased with it. I wasn't sure about the 28mm tires (after riding some dreadful hybrids back in the day) but they devour cobblestone like nobody's business.

And now I'm off to take it to a professional trained in the dark arts of bracketomancy because something in the bracket region has begun creaking like a barn door and nothing I can do to it with an allen key seems to be helping.

Hey. It's just me, don't get too excited. I'm a slightly younger Lone Wolf without the budget.

Long-time lurker, first time poster here.

After perusing this fine trainwreck of a thread and agonising over a dozen open evans/crc/wiggle tabs for the past couple days I've made the wholly sensible and logical decision to order one of the cheap Foffa Ones off Wiggle.

'WHY WOULD ANYONE DO THIS!?' you didn't ask?

• I need a bike not a project so it had to be something pre-built.
  
• I'm in the Netherlands. The local used track bike market is basically nonexistent, and the scarcity of decent used OTPs drives their prices through the roof.
  
• It actually comes in grown man size. Did you guys know the largest Charge Plug they make is a 56?
  
• It's in stock (because no one wants it)
  
• It's cheap
  
• Cromo frame rather than hi-ten like a lot of its low-end brethren.
  
• Looks alright for an OTP in this price class (I mean, between this, a 90s-in-a-bad-way Jamis and some monstrosity with a lime green chain and matching 80mm rims..)
  
• I'm fully prepared to ditch the wheelset the minute those Quando hubs give me grief. Then probably get a better frame so I'm not wasting good wheels on a Foffa. Remember this thing is CHEAP, I could give it a brand new set of Ellipses and the total cost still be less than like, a Scott OTG.
  
  

So yeah it should be here in a week or so and I'll be sure to document it falling apart five minutes into its maiden voyage for your schadenfreude.