Originally Posted by jeff williams
B.S.O.'s -bike shaped objects.
Perhaps something that resembled a working efficient disc brake.
Don't want to find out @ 40 mph your rotor is chrome plated plastic.
This really bugs me...
Instead of trying to make a simple, functional bike in a tight price range, department storte bikes get loaded up with a bunch of practically useless junk that imitates high end mountain bikes. Why do they need huge knobby tires, when they can't handle highly technical trails? Why put a stupid undamped fake suspension fork on, when a beefy rigid steel fork would do fine?