[TheThinkTank] bicycle shaped objects

[veganboyjosh at gmail.com]

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Erik Ryberg <ryberg at seanet.com> wrote:

> I am convinced--though admittedly not for any studied reason-- that many
> people buy department store bikes because they need cheap transportation,
> not because they want a cool-looking mountain bike with full suspension and
> they think they get that at Wal-Mart.  Which leads me to believe that there
> is a market for simple bikes of decent quality that are inexpensive.


Surely I'm not the only one who's had a fresh Earn-a-biker ready to pick out
his bike who sees the shiny new/almost new *NEXT* mountain bike on top of
the pile, in all its plastic chain guarded and weird fully suspended glory ,
and who passes up a much better all around bike that's a little more used, a
little less loved, and thinks it's the best bike in the shop? I'm not just
talking about kids, either. Grown men who go for the shiny...

interested thread.
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