Originally Posted by Ramona_W

...If your only real choice is a Walmart bike, as an assembler, I'd recommend either the Sidewinder, which is a 26" bike, or the Third Avenue, which is 700c. Both are made by Schwinn. Schwinn isn't now what Schwinn used to be- in some ways, it probably never was - but these are good solid bikes, hard for even a half-assed assembler to screw up, and neither one will cost you more than $200 unless you live in a state with sales tax....