Originally Posted by atbman

Curiously enough, ToysRUs were selling some 650c wheel Triax bikes for £70 apiece, a couple of years ago, so we bought 4 for the Kids Club. Yes, they're rather heavy, have 48(!) spoke wheels, but they've introduced quite a few of the youngster to roadbike riding and they've stood up to some clumsy handling and haven't needed much tweaking.

Not all Big Box store bikes are bad.