Originally Posted by
DX-MAN
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As far as the K/Walmart bikes being "worth it" if you know what you're doing, that was true to a degree ONCE, a few years ago. Today, they're just crap. There are NO standards of manufacture in the China factories for these stores. I've seen HOLES in the welds around tubing joints, slag left inside seat tubes, and components that BREAK during adjustment.
Trust me or don't, I've only built/repaired somewhere above 26,000 of these turds.
I agree, the quality has continued to spiral down. Every now and again WM will screw up and get a decent bike in the line up for a single purchase cycle, before the manufacture gets changed or goes out of business. I have a WM Huffy cruiser that looks like it was welded up by a beginning welder on the first day of class... But is served my purpose and is still holding together.
I think Target does a bit better from what I have seen. But it comes down to buyer beware.
Aaron
