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Other answers provide some good advice on adjusting the Kent to make it a bit better for you. If you want to pursue finding a different bike that is better suited to your needs, start by thinking about what features you want a bike to have first rather than what ‘type’ you want. These days not all bikes fit nicely into well defined types, so providing a list of features to bike store staff will give them a better idea of what to show you. If the bike shop that sold it to you will not take it back, they should make some adjustments for you (If not, put the cost down to experience and find a better bike bike shop). In hindsight I wish I had continued searching in other bike shops and gotten something like a touring bike, which I think would fit my needs a lot better than the Kent comfort bike. I know I didn’t spend a lot on it, but I’m a student and my budget is tight, so buying another bike is something I should consider very carefully.
Presuming they say no, have a conversation about about finding a way to get you onto a bike that suits better. Keeping in mind the total cost of the bike, I do not recommend spending money making it fit better – it will only ever be a comfort bike. My mistake was not looking up this bike before buying it, and not even knowing what a comfort bike was (I just assumed it was a hybrid and did not know it was a comfort bike until I got home and googled it, woops). It’s a good bike, it’s comfortable to ride, stable and does what it’s supposed to do I guess, but it’s definitely not clicking with me. I feel like all the weight, the very upright riding position, suspension, and wide tires are making my pedaling way too inefficient, I can’t go as fast as I want to go.
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The effective top tube length (The tube that goes from the seat to handle bars) appears very short. This gives a very upright riding position which is less than ideal for speed (but good for comfort). Not much can be done to change this – putting the seat back as far as it will go, and lowering the handle bars might help a little. So I went out and bought a used Kent Sierra Madre in good shape for $140 at a local bike shop, which turned out to be a comfort bike.
Some simple repairs are quick and can sometimes be carried out on the spot whilst other repairs can require more time and possibly require a part ordering in. Many people would call the Kent a hybrid, and ‘comfort’ sounds more like a marketing term designed to highlight the suspension. I think you just learned a lesson about what you want out of a bike, so don’t feel to bad – you didn’t buy the wrong bike type by mistake. Play with pressure starting at highest on side wall and lowing it a few PSI at a time till you find a sweat spot of comfort vs rolling resistance. We provide three service packages to suit all types of cyclists.