>>1308993>shitty exposed cablesThis is just such an insane thing to be concerned about on ugly low end casual bikes. It doesn't matter at all. And it's a feature of higher end bikes. It's more expensive to do it that way.
And you CAN get a much the same Trek hybrid with a rigid fork, it's pic related.
And having a cheap crank is because it's a cheap bike. If you want a hollowtech double or single crank, you're just not in the right pricerange, higher spec models of the same thing do have one. And there's nothing stopping you from simply upgrading it later. It's not that hard. It's only gonna be like ~$100 to get a better crank on it later.
Your shit just does not make any sense.
