Originally Posted by Coop500

Good story. I have bought a few Wal-Mart/sporting good store bikes over the years and I agree. The quality of my wife's bought new $150 Quest and my $100 1987 Trek 330 are night and day. Last year when she wanted to get back into cycling she wanted a new bike and wouldn't let me buy her a used one. In her mind a new department store bike was better than a used one off of Craigslist. I think a lot of people feel this way and why box stores get away with the poor assembly and poor quality bikes .