Mongoose Men's Elroy Adventure Bike 700C Wheel Bicycle, Blue, 54cm frame size

I am fairly serious cyclist I wanted a touring bike look at lots of options decided to use this bike as project.I imported the bike to Australia for modification arrived in standard bike box packaging well packed and additional protection to protect the frame with film frame. Assembly of the bike is qucik and simple if you know bikes bars pedals and front rack nice snug fit purpose designed for the frame.The bike is pretty much good to go gears were right first time albeit a little tweak on the front mech. The discs need attention on set up and I guess this where you may need to visit your loacl bike shop if your not mechanical with bikes.Warning this bike is not light but what do you expect for the price and if you just want a bike out the box for tracks / touring ii would recommend for the price. This is a project so the wheels drive train brakes will be replaced with lighter more expensive parts but what attracted me to this bike was the frame set lots of bosses for mounting cages etc. and the finish is nice the top bar bag is ok fr a day ride but serious touring use you would need to change it well secured to the frame by fram mounts looking at the descrition on amazon there's a bit of info missing so for anyone intrested her is some addtional:It's one size 54 cm but lots of adjustment extra long seat post.tyres are fairly basic Chinese 40 mm but functionalbrake is std size you can replace easily if you want to use shimano type hollow chainsetgears are bottom line shimano but really good for the price pointshifters are Microshift not shimano take a bit of getting used to but very functional and positive.Saddle is plastic coated by very comfortable and ni branding touches.The front rack looks bomb proof and is well welded and powder coated.

Like the title says, for the price this bike cost me I was expecting it to be less capable. I have been unable to find any bike in this price range that has even some of the features of the Mongoose Elroy. The plus sized tires were my biggest priority but to get STI shifters as well as disc brakes was just icing on the cake. I will be the first to admit that both of these components are by no means high end, but they work and are standard enough that I could easily replace them both with better versions down the road. The frame is well made and should easily support 45c+ tires which is ultimately what attracted me to this bike. I intend to use it as a training bike and as something I can just explore my area with. It's a heavy bike which is to be expected, and it does require some tinkering to really dial in the components. I gave it a 4 star because of this, the front disc brake is being finicky and as a result it's not working at it best. I am planning to work on that so it should hopefully become a non issue in the future, but for anyone looking at this bike it's something to be aware of. Aside from that it is an impressively capable bike, especially for this price. The nearest competitor I could find to this bike is the Aventon Kijote which, while it does appear to be a bit nicer, is well over $100 more expensive than the Mongoose if not more.If you are looking for your first adventure/gravel bike I would say the money spent on this bike won't dissapoint you. For a nicer bike Mongoose does in fact make much higher end models which are themselves competitive for their price range. If getting top of the line is not the goal, this bike is worth the price it's listed at.

Just to note: I’m a bike mechanic and did everything myself. I recommend you take the bike to a bike mechanic for tuning, installation, and fitting.The bike can be easily assembled and ready to go out of the box, but if you want a problem free ride ASAP, just take it to a professional.Now with that disclaimer out of the way, let’s get to the good stuff.Great bike, but it is overpriced for the parts it contains.I also purchased my wife a Schwinn from Walmart for $200, it has the same operating parts as the $500 Mongoose. That was disappointing. I pretty much bought this bike for the frame and fork.Perfect for beginners to learn and knock around without worrying about it.I had no problem with the tires. I put around 40psi to start, rode around, then filled to 58psi. Next day too the bike with kids in tow on a short 16 mile ride.I had extra parts lying around so I swapped it bike to 10 speeds (cassette, derailleur, shifters) installed different seat.The brakes take some time to break in so you’ll have to ignore the sounds from them while riding and stopping. This is normal.I am 5’9” and the bike fits perfect. (Again, I know how to properly set up bike fit)I can think of zero issues with the bike out of the box that can’t be easily handled with a professional assembly, tuning and fitting.I gave the bike 3 stars because of how overpriced it is compared to the equal level $200 Walmart Schwinn. For $500, the bike could have more speeds (at least 10) better brakes, and shifters.Note, there’s no need to change anything, but I’m a bike snob (other bike is a “look tri bike”) so I did.

I love this bike, I wanted it as a project bike and may still change our the components. I'll certainly put the best I can on when they need replaced. There were a number of question marks I was concerned about with this bike. The lack of gears being the main one. It has 14 but they are configured in a way that actually makes it easy on the legs going uphill and in the lower gears it still has enough bite going downhill. From the time I've had it about a month now I've only added a rear rack but do think it would benefit from having new tires, but you're probably going to replace them fairly early on anyway. Or at least I know I do. This bike will have fairly good mileage in it and is absolutely comparable to bikes that are much more expensive. It's really well built and is a really smooth ride. Some people have said that they had issues with the brakes but the best solution is to take it to your local bike shop and I'm pretty sure they will fix it quickly enough.