Originally Posted by
mihlbach
And I don't know what you mean by groups, but for leisurely to moderately fast paced riding, I am sure its fine. There are plenty of groups like that. I think many of the elitists-poseurs above are imagining you taking it out on a A ride hammerfest, which is probably not what you have in mind.
I disagree. This bike is likely to have steel rims. Heavy & slow to accelerate. If he didn't already have a basic bike to ride, it might be a start, but I think he might be better to save his pennies and watch for the right deal to come along. This isn't going to be much improvement over his Roadmaster MTB. For $150 he could find a good 80's era road bike.