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