A friend at a LBS called me to come down and see this bike some dude was touring on so I did and fell out he was on a NEXT MTB that they sell at Walmart. He said he started in Maine and was going to San Diego hell or high water. He had replaced the chain,RD and rear wheel but when I asked why he set out on that bike he simply said....cause nobody told me I couldn't. I shook his hand and bought him a beer.