Originally Posted by
bjjoondo
I'd by a "BSO" from Wal-Mart and put studded tires on it and just let it RUST away and buy a new one each winter, then it wouldn't bother me to watch it slowly die away into a even more POS. There I've confessed, you may throw stones at your pleasure!
I used to think this was a great idea, and actually, as far as getting biking in the winter goes, it probably is. I just got my Raleigh mountain bike back from the shop because I ruined it by riding it through a harsh winter (and I too am an apartment dweller)--the repair costs ended up totaling over half of what the bike cost new! NEVER doing this again!
But tossing out 50-odd bicycles over a lifetime..I couldn't deal with the environmental guilt.
