I bet alot of the people commenting have NEVER owned or ridden a walmart bike since they were kids, but their 'friends' have all had 'experiences' with walmart bikes that reinforce their personal opinions of walmart and its products.

Anyway this is probably why many people are turned off of biking in general.

This woman comes to find out if walmart bike is really as bad as the snobs let on, now she is told that her life is in IMMINENT DANGER the second she sets foot to pedal on a walmart bike.

Hell, maybe she will just give up on biking entirely.

OP, if you are still reading this, get the bike. Used can get a better bike for cheap, but the walmart one will not kill you. Walmart is a PRIME target for lawsuits, and if their bikes were as dangerous as they are made out to be here, they would be in litigation and on the news about it all the time. They are just bottom end, but the price tells you that. For your stated purpose the walmart bike will work just fine.

*looked back to see if OP was even still reading this thread, glad she got a bike and enjoys it.