Maybe the crummy box store bikes fit the current mindset about purchases in general. Buy it at the rock bottom price from the faceless big box store. Don't worry about how long it will last or the quality of the build and materials. Then loose interest in the item after a short time and move on to the next fad that goes viral. If the cheap bikes ever come back in to vogue. I wonder how many of them will be around and in working order to be sought after. these bikes are like the rest of our consumer mindset, buy cheap, buy often and throw it away when It breaks or they loose interest.

I don't think I ma the first one here to say this and not the first one to think about it, either. An LBS is a thing form the past, unfortunately, and I don't want them to go the way of the electrical appliance repair shops.

Bill