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@M_V
FFS everyone needs to chill out on these bikes.
Strange that it tends to be the people who HAVE owned one that defend them and the people that HAVE NOT owned one that attack them.
Not everyone is a forum geek from the word go.
Not everyone knows how to put a bike togother.
Not everyone knows what makes a good second hand bike.
Unipac and Create bikes are cheap and accessible.
They get people out riding.
Im sure everyone that gets one moves on from it soon enough.
A hell of a lot of pretty pricey OTPs come with pretty shit componentry where it matters, ie wheels and cranks.
When my insurance company bought me a Capo - which is a £700 bike - i straightaway changed:
The cranks - they were cheap lasco ones and 175mm
The wheels - semi deep section rims weighed a ton and iv heard bad things about the hardware on the formula hubs
The tyres - well, changed after one ride because a couple small skids had torn them up
The seat and post - the own branded stuff was pretty uncomfortable looking and heavy
The stem - stock stem was too long and bike handled weird
So i had (most of) that stuff sitting about but even if i hadn't i would have wanted to change it anyway and that's on a £700 bike.
The people that go and spend £200 on a unipack/create are far more likely to enjoy cycling and carry it on than people who go and spend £200 on a ton weight full suspension 'mountain bike' from halfords etc and in my book people cycling = good thing.