I have had my Alias for 4 years, and it had its first service 3 months ago,I have used road tyres on this bike for around town rides and changed up to serious dirt tyres for x- country riding.
I would do aprox 300 km per week on my alias and 60% road and 40% serious bush bashing!just needs a degrease and a WD40 on chain,cassette and running gear and it's unbreakable.
Best value for $ .
Unbreakable and versatile.
Nothing.

I found this bike on a website while I was in Washington D.C. Arrived in Australia and purchased it an hour after landing and took it home. The price was a bit more than I wanted to pay (approx $1100) but I am so glad I got it. Now, after 3 years of riding it and doing about 2 kilometers in that time (joking people) I still love it. Just wish I could take it wherever I go on holidays but can't afford the extra luggage costs.
I love the ease of the gears. This bike has great low range for someone like me that is not very fit, when going uphill j...