Mountain Bikes for Men, 26/27.5 Inch Sizes, Multiple Speeds, Suspension Available, Fat Tire Option, Sleek Graphics, Disc Brakes Available, Adjustable Comfort Saddle, Durable, Multiple Colors

Good value for the price. Super simple to put together. All you have to to is attached the front tire, handlebars, seat, and pedals. It’s less than an hour’s work unless you are the type who is not mechanically inclined. I’m baffled by som of the comments about assembly. They couldn’t make this any easier. The bike rides great, shifts and stops as it should. The brakes aren't as ‘grabby’ as I might like them to be, but they work fine. This is not a $5000 bicycle. Overall, I’m very satisfied. I’ll definitely add a more comfortable seat because my middle aged groin prefers comfort over efficiency. It’s very hard and not cushy at all. I may also change the grips to something thicker. Those that come with the bike are what I would describe as minimalist. I bought this bike because I need to add in 3-4 hours a week into my heath routine that is either riding or jogging - and I hate jogging. It rides great on pavement and also trails that are not too difficult. I like the extra fat tires when riding on loose ground.

This review is for the Huffy Hardtail Mountain Trail Bike - 26 inch wheels/20 inch frame, Gloss Nickel. I was not much of a biker and have not rode a bike in ten years. When looking for a "bike", was not sure what to get or what to look for when purchasing online (i.e. can't try it out before purchasing). I picked this model mainly because of the low cost ($275.00) and good reviews. Next, I was not even sure how to pick the frame size or wheel size. After some internet reading, the 20-inch frame size was the best option for my 5'10 height and chose the 26-inch wheel size (seemed proportional to the 20-inch frame). My main objective was "joy" riding and not really doing any biking on mountains or off-road biking. The bike came in new - very little assembly. Only had to install the front tire and the handle bar assembly. The packaging include a multi-purpose tool (wrench) and hex wrenches to assembly the bike. Once the bike was assembled, I had two issues: 1. The rubber brake pads were slightly rubbing against the rim. I had to play around with it a bit to adjust the brakes. Was able to adjust them where they were perfect. 2. Now, the hard part. The front derailleur was not working correctly. I could not shift into some of the gears and could also hear slight clicking/tapping when peddling. Very long story short, I had to watch many videos on YouTube on how to adjust the derailleur (i.e. low/high limits, cable tension..etc). Also, without a bike stand to hold up the bike, this becomes a tedious effort. For those of you who have had to do this, you know the pain. So, after many many hours of adjusting the limits and cable tension, got it to where it is 99% better when using the gear shifters (from and back). The bike size fits me perfect. No issues with comfort in riding. I can easily adjust the seat height and handle bars for a better fit. Overall, this is a decent mountain bike for what I need it for. Not looking for anything special. I do enjoy riding it and happy with the purchase. If you are looking for a bike for cruising or joy riding, then a mountain bike is not for you. (mainly because of the treads on the wheels). Couple items to know about: 1. Change out the bike seat ASAP. Too hard and causes pain/rash within 15min of riding. 2. If you remove the front derailleur tension cable, make sure you put it back on the correct way or else the gear lever will not work. It will feel tight and you will not be able to shift any gear. I learned this the hard way after I spent about three hours trying to figure out why I could not shift the gear lever. Finally, I realized my very simple mistake. When you wrap the tension cable around the locking nut, you need to loop it in a clockwise motion, not counter clockwise. - lesson learned. (see attached picture).

I received the bike this past Thursday and assembled without much issue, but when it came to adding air for a little test ride, the rear wheel/tire, no issues. The front tire wouldnt seat tight enough and caused the inner tube to rupture suddenly and catastrophically. I wasnt aware there was an issue, so I ordered a set of replacement inner tubes online since finding 26 x 2.40 proved difficult with Schrader valves nearby. The next day those arrived and I installed a new tube, I noticed the tire was a bit loose on the fitment, but didnt have anything to compare directly to on this model bike. Not knowing it would cause anything, I installed the tube carefully, and the problem repeated. I took the tire off, which again seemed too easy, and noticed the tube was failing in the same area, about 2 or 3 inches from the valve area. I looked for anything sharp in the inside, and did notice the rim spoke guard rubber trim was not seated well, but was exposing spokes on the other side of the rim so why would the tube fail on the opposite side. No matter, I adjusted the guard and ensured that there was nothing sharp that would fail the tube. After reinstalling the tube and tire, I inflated again to the labeled 40PSI (labelled 40 to 45PSI), and it sat again for a bit, while I checked some other bikes (on yet a different pressure gauge to ensure it was not being overinflated). About 3 minutes later, the tire came free from the wheel while sitting on the workbench with a very loud BANG! And now the 3rd tube was destroyed. I purchased yet another guage/inflator online just to be triple sure this is not a failure in my testing equipment, and this was the 3rd inflator used on the last test to confirm accurate inflation. All 3 inflations were with coordinated inflators that ensured there was not an issue in the pressure used. The tire is either too large to seat correctly, or the wheel is too small to seat correctly. Either way, I am out $20 dollars on tubes alone not including the one it shipped with, and purchasing new inflators to confirm the accuracy of the air fills. Not happy and my daughter is even less happy she has nothing to use for her Spring Break off school to enjoy while off. Hopefully Huffy sorts this issue out quickly. Update - After reaching out to Huffy on Saturday, Tuesday they shipped a replacement wheel, tire, and 2 inner tubes for the issues we encountered. Parts are in route, but glad that the manufacturer has supported the failures out of the box. Will update further if the part do not remedy the issue, but expected to resolve at this point. Updated from 2 stars to 4.

I am going to end up returning this bike. Due to tire issue and no response from customer service. Put everything together with only a minor issue on the handlebars so that was not an issue. Put air in the front tier with no issues. had my air compressor set @ 50 pounds, tires said 40-45 and I was checking with an air gauge as well. Rear tire will not stay on the rim. I can put it on and remove it from rim with just my hands with ease. It feels like the tire is too big for the rim. At 30 points of pressure in the tube the tire is pushed off the rim and tube is pushing out as well. Caused first tube to pop because I did not notice it had come off the rim. Second time I watched it as I slowly filled it.. 30 pounds tire comes off rim I have emailed customer service with no response.

I have no complains about the bike itself. The assembly process was a bit annoying, at least for me who has never put together a bike. My two main complaints is that there is no instruction to assemble the seat and there seems to be a missing allen key needed to adjust the handle. These problems is relatively minor since instructions for the seat can be found easily on youtube and the allen key can be bought. However, I would much prefer not having to buy a whole set of allen key when I only need a specific size.

I'm 5'7" 210 lbs., this fits me well. I swapped the seat immediately, never tried the original, with a rectangular mens seat. I swapped the kickstand immediately with a smoother functioning one. I wish the handle bars could be adjusted a couple inches higher. I also wish it had disk brakes. I am usually not so critical on my reviews but those few things would make this the perfect bike for me. As you can see I have complaints, but the bike does deserve a 5 star rating. It is a great bike and with some fine tuning I was able to make it close to perfect for me without spending an arm and a leg. I would suggest checking out your local bike shops before buying this though. I YouTube'd the rise and fall of huffy, pretty crazy world out there...

The tldr of this review is, if you aren't deterred by the thought of learning how to completely tear down a bike and rebuild it, as well as buying bike specific tools that you'll eventually need(assuming you plan to do all your own maintenance), it might be worth the amount saved in the long run. I'm a prepper and this thing is also to be my get out of dodge transportation, if it gets that bad. So the full tear down and rebuild knowledge is valuable to me. If that sounds interesting to you, keep reading on the conundrums I dealt with. If not, you'd be better off to just start with a $600-700 bike. Starting my third summer with this bike. 95% of the miles I've put on this bike has been road miles. At this point, I've did about $350 in parts for repairs, not counting the cost of bike specific tools. I always replaced things with better quality. So I have about $600 in this bike, to bring it up to good quality, and break roughly even with just buying a $600 bike. One issue with this bike, is that it uses outdated standards. It has the heavy steel 25.4mm handle bars. The old quil stem setup. Classic solid axles. No mounting for disk brakes. The bottom bracket uses the older cup and cone style setup, and the bearing is not sealed. So water and moisture can get into it through the seat post and the fork mount. I had to replace mine in the middle of last year (approximately 500mi to 600mi). I also had to loctite the cups in to get them to stay tight. The crank arms fit the older and less common square taper spindles. The free wheel on the back is a rather uncommon Chinese KANGYUE brand. I was barely able to google up what tool I needed to remove it. To save everyone else the trouble, the Park Tool bbt-22 will fit. Right out of the box, I knew I wasn't riding this thing until I put a different seat on it. I noticed the kickstand on mine was rather inadequate. It needed to be longer. The bike was very unstable on even the carpet in my house, unless I had the handle bars turned a certain way. I really had to crank the handlebar screws down on the stem, to get the handle bar to keep from loosening up, but at least didn't have to loctite them. The screws for the crank arms are pretty tough, but even cranking them down with a half inch drive breaker bar, wouldn't keep them from gradually backing out, without blue loctite. This problem eventually caused my spindle holes in the crank arms to get messed up to the point that even red loctite and a breaker bar wasn't going to keep the screws from backing out. So I had to replace the crank arms. The whole double nut and keyed washer set up on the fork kept coming loose, until I used blue loctite on it. The rear derailleur is a Shimano at least. It did need adjusted out of the box, but it wasn't bad enough that it created a headache to ride it. It just wasn't as responsive as I'd like it to be. It does seem to be quite sensitive chain wear. It will start struggling on the shift, and throwing the chain as soon as you hit the .75% stretch that is recommended to replace at, or even a little before. Overall, its been the best functioning part on the bike, and is about the only thing left that hasn't been replaced or upgraded. And btw, the original chain only lasted me 3 months, vs a year and a half on the chain that replaced it. The front derailleur was a very basic looking SunRun. It didn't need adjusted initially, but after I replaced the crank arms, I could never get it to be quite right with the new gear rings that came with the crank arms, and ended up replacing it with a Shimano. While it was difficult to find the tool for that odd freewheel, in the first year and a half(approximately 900mi to 1100mi) that I used it, it wasn't showing any signs of failure, or premature wear on the teeth. It only got replaced because I had to replace the back rim after a couple spokes failed and busted free from the hub. The rim I found sounded decent, and had a good Shimano freewheel on it, that also fit the tool I bought for the Kangyue. So figured considering how everything else went on this bike so far, I might as well at least use the brand I know has a good reputation. As for that rim, I hadn't did any off road riding at that point, and it wasn't like I was ramping or jumping the street curb or anything rough. But for some reason two spokes busted, and left me limping back home about 6mph. So to sum it all up, I had to pretty much become a bike mechanic to keep this thing moving. In the end, after all the repairs, plus other upgrades not mentioned, its about on par with the quality of a $1100 bike, and a couple hundred short of spending that much. Not counting the cost of bike specific tools that I'd eventually need anyway. So if you are willing to put the work into it, and the learning experience is desirable, its maybe worth it. The Park Tool guys on youtube will quickly become your best friend too.

First off it seems alot of ppl have NO mechanical inclination and thats a shame because the bike is fairly simple to assy & make fine tune adjustments for shifter and brakes(disc would be better imo),The Frame is Beautiful & STRONG,tires on my bike are 26×2.4in & look extra thicknfat (Love it) initial asmbly time was little over an hr w tools ready,,finer adjustments are required upon initial rides which where fairly ez,double checked all nuts,bolts,screws,triple chkd head/fork assy for proper adj&setup&grease,i had absolutely no trouble or problems getting bike road ready and it rides n looks wonderful, the seat IS the only dissapointment as it is too small for me &95% of folks over 50yrs,Oh well I'll get a more comfortable seat.The bike(teckton model) is well worth the 280-290$ i paid @ amazon and NO regrets, Great buy.The Tropic Blue color is nicer looking than expected.If you want a better bike you would have to spend ALOT more.