[TheThinkTank] bicycle shaped objects

[Erik Ryberg]

Well, I did say _many_ people.  Wal-Mart sells those pieces of shite for 
a reason, and the reason is that there is a huge market for $150.00 
bikes that look like what the pros ride . . .

But that doesn't mean we have to concede the whole thing.

Erik Ryberg

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