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>mountain biked a lot as a kid but stopped around high school
>recently remember how fun it is and decide to start again
>everything online says “you have to spend six gorillion on each screw if you want something that wont literally snap in half”
>decide its all bullshit and buy a schwinn hardtail for 500 bucks
>after a few months of rocky downhills and small-medium jumps it now audibly creaks whenever I ride it
this isn‘t something I should be concerned about is it?
>recently remember how fun it is and decide to start again
>everything online says “you have to spend six gorillion on each screw if you want something that wont literally snap in half”
>decide its all bullshit and buy a schwinn hardtail for 500 bucks
>after a few months of rocky downhills and small-medium jumps it now audibly creaks whenever I ride it
this isn‘t something I should be concerned about is it?
