Originally Posted by
tjspiel
There's a pretty famous thread from this forum where a guy bought a Walmart bike and put 3,000 miles on it in less than 1 year.
I have to look for the thread, but I am sure the bike must have cost way more than $100. You can order decent bikes from walmart too. eg: this bike can proably do 3k easily. [
http://www.walmart.com/ip/700c-Mens-Schwinn-Road-Bike/5585800 ] But, with $500, I would rather buy a bike from my LBS and have it tuned properly before it hits the road.
As far as I recall, my $80 Murray bike had cheap/flimsy chainrings and freewheel cogs. There is no way it would even go close to 3k.