Thread: Wal Mart bikes?
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Old 07-21-14 | 01:40 PM
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VegasTriker
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In your first posting you said you wanted something that is durable and light. Light may be a relative term. It means different things to different riders. I personally wouldn't buy a regular bike weighing over 29 pounds. Most of the used bikes I bought for other people weigh less, some considerably less and all of them have been well below your maximum price. WalMart and most of the other mass merchandisers are far more concerned about what a bike looks like rather than how well it works or how much it weighs. It is the opposite of what makes good sense. As to durable, some people do ride WalMart bikes for miles and miles. I think that they may just have been lucky because most owners don't get thousands of miles or years out of these bikes.
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