its ok MadHatter he'll never understand as he probably never had to pay for anything himself. . .
I have 25 cousins, boys and girls. I've seen cheap wal-mart bikes get handed down to like 2 generations and 10+ years of use. I've never seen a bikes brakes give out, or frame break or whatever. Why because like I've tried explaining, little kids arent going to be jumping of 10foot building and blazing down Mt Everest.