Bicycle Mechanics - little help please

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maxim129
07-24-04, 04:03 PM
I'm the lucky owner of this bike http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2061592&cat=61904&type=5&dept=4171&path=0%3A4171%3A61903%3A61904
After riding it, stem broke. IS there is a chance to install good stem on that ****ty bike?

jkittlesen
07-24-04, 04:32 PM
Have Wal-Mart warranty the stem!
maxim129
07-24-04, 06:05 PM
I think it's more than one year old so i don't think i can return it.
It's beaten pretty badly. SO, there is nothing i can do?

Beachbum1546
07-24-04, 06:20 PM
any LBS can sell you a threaded stem for sub $20.
coastdog
07-24-04, 06:32 PM
I'm the lucky owner of this bike http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2061592&cat=61904&type=5&dept=4171&path=0%3A4171%3A61903%3A61904
After riding it, stem broke. IS there is a chance to install good stem on that ****ty bike?

You should be able to get a replacement stem from your local bike shop. It's just an older style; ten years ago all the bikes came like that.

Good Luck
BiKe_GuY666
07-24-04, 11:14 PM
I'm the lucky owner of this bike http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2061592&cat=61904&type=5&dept=4171&path=0%3A4171%3A61903%3A61904
After riding it, stem broke. IS there is a chance to install good stem on that ****ty bike?

If you bought it at Walmart, im not suprised. But yeah you can get a replacement from almost any bike shop.
Moose
07-25-04, 06:57 AM
The bike is listed for only 68 bucks, just buy a whole new one!
Raiyn
07-26-04, 11:16 PM
I'm the lucky owner of this bike http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2061592&cat=61904&type=5&dept=4171&path=0%3A4171%3A61903%3A61904
After riding it, stem broke. IS there is a chance to install good stem on that ****ty bike?
I wouldn't bother trying to put a good stem on that boat anchor. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but you got what you paid for. See if they'll take it back. Then get thee to a bike shop (where they sell just bicycles, not bicycles with tampons and deer rifles a few aisles away)
rykoala
07-27-04, 07:57 AM
I have a stem for one of those bikes that you could have for the price of shipping, say, $7 to most of the US. Where are you located?

As everyone has mentioned, you get what you pay for.

Look at thrift stores and the like, for the price of that part maybe you could get a whole bike ;-)
Smash
07-30-04, 09:25 AM
Do a little searching on the net for recalls of Next and huffy bikes from walmart. Maybe yours falls into the category and they will send a replacement.