Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Thus it begins

Hear Ye', Hear Ye'...I am about to possible make the worst purchase of my humanly life...But I secretly am in love with it. The bike know as the Genesis Track One, avalible at our friendly neighborhood Wal-Mart, will soon be in my possesion. Why may you ask?.....simple..... To answer the question that seems to have been lingering above all of our heads...Is this bike worth it? Well my friends, this shall soon be determined. Im going to purchase this bike within the next week, and a "review" if you can call it that, will be posted (don't hold your breath).

All in good time folks.

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you crazy sob! So how much is this thing? it may be the cheapest option out there haha

I was just thinking about buying one lol

Here it is... (http://walmart.scene7.com/walmart/flash_zoom.jsp?company=WalMart&sku=14089740&config=WalMart/zoom_config&default=0001675192780&title=Genesis%20700C%20Mens%20Fixed-Speed%20Track%20Bicycle&categoryid=4171)

150.00 for a fixed gear / ss road bike... with a steel frame.

Would love to see one and for $150.00 would buy one too.

Every time you make a purchase from Walmart, you put a small mom & pop store out of business. Sure you may save a few pennies, but at what price?

Every time you make a purchase from Walmart, you put a small mom & pop store out of business. Sure you may save a few pennies, but at what price?

+100

Every time you make a purchase from Walmart, you put a small mom & pop store out of business. Sure you may save a few pennies, but at what price?

$150, obviously.

Every time you make a purchase from Walmart, you put a small mom & pop store out of business. Sure you may save a few pennies, but at what price?

I quite aware. But beleive me, i worship the small business owners. There are a few bike shops around where i am, and i more or less live there. To tell the truth, im probebly going to end up buying parts fot this walmart bike at those same shops (if needed). haha. So no worries.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c398/cappoldt/say_what150-1.gif

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c398/cappoldt/say_what150-1.gif

that is amazing.

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Scrod, do you just have a whole collection of GIFs for varying forum occasions? :lol:

Yes.

^haha

Wait this one's the hi - ten one right?

And for the sake of continuity.... everyone should quote this in a post.


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Every time you make a purchase from Walmart, you put a small mom & pop store out of business. Sure you may save a few pennies, but at what price?

Seriously... I want to see what they could build for $150.00 and am normally in the practice of never buying anything that wasn't made locally or recycled / re-used.

After I tested it to death and if it proved to be safe and rideable I'd donate it to a bike charity.

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2010/05/walmart-fix.png
secks.


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Yes.

Where is the wedding gif?

you guys are aware that you're feeding the monster that is tearing our local communities limb from limb?

you're actively contributing to the shredding of the fabric of community.

/soapbox

if i had the money for a really, really good lawyer i'd pipebomb every one of these genesis bikes.

In the beginning, there was nothing. Then, a big flash. Then, a hipster made to regret their selfish decisions.

cool, i bought a mongoose cachet, but not from walmart, and took the wheels off of it..theyre good beater wheels

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2010/05/walmart-fix.png
secks.
Wow they shoved a Shrader tube through that rim...

I will proudly say that I haven't purchased from, or entered a wal-mart in the last 2 years.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKv6RcXa2UI

$150, obviously.

I like this guy.

good ol' kickstand..

thread rich with lolz

I just looked at some details. Shipping weight is 42 lbs?

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Genesis-700C-Mens-Fixed-Speed-Track-Bicycle/14089740#ProductDetail

Oh, and check out the first review. The bike gets a 5/5 after you put about $400 into it. Sweet! Now I wanna Genesis too! The stickers do sound pretty sick. "Flip Flop Hub" is the new "4x4"

I just looked at some details. Shipping weight is 42 lbs?

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Genesis-700C-Mens-Fixed-Speed-Track-Bicycle/14089740#ProductDetail

Thats all the savings you're getting.

lol Read the customer comments. In short, it's a good bike if you totally rebuild it with new parts.

This, sirs, is an outrage

OUTRAGE!

lol Read the customer comments. In short, it's a good bike if you totally rebuild it with new parts.
That guy basically bought a $150 hi-ten frame...what a deal!

This type of thing so worries me. I'm not worried about folks like us that have at least core maintenance/repair skills and know enough to know what to check. But, we are not the target market. People with no knowledge and no core maintenance repair skills are the market. In other words, those who have no choice but to blindly trust/believe the bicycle is at least safe. We all know that trust is very likely misplaced. The components might meet a bare minimum standard for safety but even that is a "might". Once you throw in some minimum wage, unskilled monkey who is taking time away from cleaning the toilets performing end assembly with a crescent wrench and pair of pliers you have an item that is simply not safe.

I will proudly say that I haven't purchased from, or entered a wal-mart in the last 2 years.

i proudly say that I haven't purchased from walmart EVER ;)
but that's coz i didn't grow up here

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3836296181471292925#

i proudly say that I haven't purchased from walmart EVER ;)
but that's coz i didn't grow up here

I don't think there is a walmart in all of New York City. Not even Staten Island. One of the things I love about New York is you have to go to specialty shops for everything, which is more work, but the service and the quality of the employees is on a much higher level than suburban one stop shopping.

F Walmart, and F this bike!

I don't think there is a walmart in all of New York City. Not even Staten Island. One of the things I love about New York is you have to go to specialty shops for everything, which is more work, but the service and the quality of the employees is on a much higher level than suburban one stop shopping.

F Walmart, and F this bike!
I meant I did not grow up in the US of A. And then I kinda am in nyc now too so I've never been to a walmart. But yea, agree with everything u said.

I haven't been to the Wal-Mart in Vancouver either, kind of like ichitz, I didn't grow up in Canada. But who cares, Wal-Marts are soul-sucking corporations...I would not like to support them.

Every time you make a purchase from Walmart, you put a small mom & pop store out of business. Sure you may save a few pennies, but at what price?
I feel like expensive "ma and pa" stores are putting me out of business. I do, of course, support my LBS regardless of that fact though. And my local hardware store for that matter. I'd rather have bad anonymous service for cheap honestly. I don't want to know how your kids are doing, how their baseball game went. I want my f***ing eggs without a smile and I want to evacuate.

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Even though I've only set foot in a Wal-Mart a couple times in my life, I talked my homie into buying one! I've been trying to get him back into cycling for a year or two now, so this was the easiest way. He was too slow and the first one (mongoose) sold out quickly. When the second one came out (Genesis), he snatched it up for only $150 shipped. Came mostly assembled, so he was able to put it together without needing any bike specific tools. Decals are on top of clearcoat, so he removed all those. He plans to eventually respray the whole thing with some leftover white automotive paint. I'm gonna check it out when I get back in town, but he seems to be enjoying it so far. It's perfect b/c he buses to work, and plans to take the bike once in awhile too, so he won't have to worry too much about leaving this cheapie locked up outside all day, or it getting scratched/dinged up. If he ends up enjoying it, then I can try and steer him towards buying a better bike down the road.

UPDATE!!!:

I went to Walmart tonight it buy this damn thing. I did, and i was pretty excited to be quite honest. They had installed it on the freewheel side first. I drove it to the local state park, which is flat for the most part. Decided to flip the hub, and go fixie. jumped on , and took off. At first, it rode pretty smooth, and surprisingly the brakes worked well. The seat wasent to bad, and the handle bars were pretty alright too....Took it about a mile and a half, then came the weird stuff. The bike started to sound like a bowl of rice krispys. The crank was snapping an popping. I thought it might have only been "new bike" sounds. So i kept riding. Those eventually stopped. and i managed to make it to one side of the park and back. I would recomend (if you buy this bike) that you definetly replace the fixed cog. It has to be the thinest, crapiest cog i have seen yet. The freewheel almost looked like plastic, and the front crank had a goofy "sheild" around it. Surprisingly however, the wheelset was decent. rolled true, and didnt give me too much trouble.

If i had to rate it, id give it a 6 1/2 outta ten. Definetly could use some replacement parts, but for a beginner, it may just do the trick.

I think some of us wants to see pictures of the bike...well I do.

I think some of us wants to see pictures of the bike...well I do.


there is one on the first page. I returned the bike (haha).

there is one on the first page. I returned the bike (haha).
Hahahahahahahaha!

I guess that's the overall verdict on the bike then:

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Wow...you bought and returned it in the same night...

I feel like expensive "ma and pa" stores are putting me out of business. I do, of course, support my LBS regardless of that fact though. And my local hardware store for that matter. I'd rather have bad anonymous service for cheap honestly. I don't want to know how your kids are doing, how their baseball game went. I want my f***ing eggs without a smile and I want to evacuate.

i agree with this somewhat, i support as much as my wallet will let me, but i have been shopping less at walmart now that the ALDI awesomeness has made it's way to the states! There aren't any independent grocery stores here and if there is (central market) it's so expensive that i can't afford to buy anything but speciality foods.

Couple pics my buddy took after he threw it together. Again, I haven't seen it in person yet or had a chance to help him make adjustments and make sure ***** even installed correctly, not to mention remove that pointless bashguard. The Genesis sticker is gone in this pic, and I guess the two remaining two are gone now too.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i175/triple8sol/Fixies/8cada6ad.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i175/triple8sol/Fixies/b8195b99.jpg

Couple pics my buddy took after he threw it together. Again, I haven't seen it in person yet or had a chance to help him make adjustments and make sure ***** even installed correctly, not to mention remove that pointless bashguard. The Genesis sticker is gone in this pic, and I guess the two remaining two are gone now too.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i175/triple8sol/Fixies/8cada6ad.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i175/triple8sol/Fixies/b8195b99.jpg
It actually doesn't look half bad, I'm digging the fork. :thumb:
Maybe ride it for a few blocks and give us a review as well?

Keep in mind that WalMart's buyers approached their source in China, and requested a single speed/fixed gear at the lowest possible price. This bike would have to represent the pinnacle of crappiness.

Are those steel pedals? Damn. But, it's guaranteed to still be over priced. I seen a bike at the department store the other day that had a reasonably welded aluminum frame and Shimano Tourney drivetrain, cranks and v-brakes,some type of grip-shift, Kenda tires and a rear rack. Now, I don't know where Tourney sits in the Shimano lineup but it's high enough that it actually has a name. The bike cost $140. My car probably weighs less but again - components with a real name on them beats this thing hands down.