At the Bicycle Kitchen we have started making the Wall Mart bikes work and placing them on the street. We use we them for training our volunteers and even though they are only fact similes of a real bicycle i use a Murry for polo.
One poor fellow, who's bike feel off the bus bike rack and front wheel mangled dragged his single speed coaster brake pin striped be-fendered Huffy to our shop. He said, "i have had (when offered a modern bike) those and they get stolen. I ride this everywhere. I have never had problems with it. i like it and just want to keep it." he lost the front fender and we found a new front wheel. cost him twenty bucks and he is back on the road.
Happy rollin
Jim
Michael Wolfe gzuphoesdown@gmail.com wrote: I like where the discussion is going on Low End Walmart bikes. To provide an interesting prospective, check out this article in Bicycling Magazine. It highlights a part of the cycling population that we not only fail to recognize, but often are oblivious to. It's kind of long but a worthy read.
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