I find it funny how quick people are to get flustered on this site. Seems like every thread has a personal dig at someone at one point or another. Quite entertaining. Now to the OP. I had a wally world mongoose when i was younger. It was a good bike for what i did with it. Though the rear shock was basically just a spring that had such bad recoil i would get launched every time i landed from a jump. My friend also has one of there higher end bikes and it seems to be well made. He goes everywhere we go with no issues and we ride some pretty tech terrain. In all honesty though if you are serious about getting into biking just save up a little more $$ and buy a decent hardtail as opposed to a wally world mongoose. You will be much happier in the long run. Just my 2 cents.