If you do not bear down on them with a breaker bar before each ride you won't go far. GT nobody bought this to ride around the neighborhood. Went with race face cranks. Ended up buying Shimono downhills for the platforms. Also I added a circular saw blade looking chain ring protector, and painted the supports orange to match the stickers.
People love it.
Just test one and you will feel it. Personally I would buy it again and try and upgrade components with the shop. The thing just looks tuff, and the stickers makes everyone laugh, and do hide well in the pictures. If you are in the mood to do some real riding, and are not scared of drops and dirt mounds this is the bike for you. And no matter what others say you can dail the hayse disks in to stop a truck.