Originally Posted by
Mr. Underbridge
There was a guy a year or two back who bought a Walmart Denali and rode it till it died. The thread went on forever and was both incredibly entertaining and informative. Worth a read if you really want to learn what big box bikes can/can't do. Poster's name was CigTech.
However, the Denali is still much higher quality than Magna/Huffy or equivalent.
This is true and there are several threads since his. I've got a Denali myself, still rolling. In fact I rode it to work today instead of my regular road bike.
There was about a month before I got it where I was in between bikes. During that time I commuted on a Huffy, absolutely a case of anything that would roll. I couldn't wait to get off that bike, and I wound up leaving it outside leaning against a tree hoping some kid that needed one would take it. It took about three weeks ...
If that's what you've got, then ride it. But I'd never recommend buying a modern Huffy unless there was absolutely no other choice.