Originally Posted by
randyjawa
I should add that this advice is for mom and dad also. Do not think that the so called mechanics at the local department store don't miss things also. Those dept store bikes are, sometimes, very poorly assembled. Check everything before the kids apply their own torture tests.
So true, my Dad got a cheapish MTB at a department store last year and I took it for a spin around the block in which I realize the bar's weren't tightened at all and when I tested the rear brake the pads ripped right off (also not tightened) luckily I was near home