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Old 12-11-16 | 10:22 AM
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Bikes: '97 Klein Quantum '16 Gravity Knockout

Rule of thumb: Any time you see a non-bike brand name on a bike....run!

A few examples: Bikes bearing names like "GMC Denali" (LOL!!! or "Porsche"....or pretty much the name of any store chain, fashion designer, etc. etc. They're almost always big-box store/walmart BSO's, with a few dollars tacked on for the name licensing. It wasn't always this way....45-50 years ago, it was possible to get a mediocre bike from Sears, and some other places- but today, the committee that says "Let's offer a bicycle with our brand name on it" is targeting the general non-cycling public (Just trying to sell the idea of cycling, to people who will buy the bike, ride it around the block twice, and then let it sit in their garage for the next 30 years untouched) because let's face it, it's only a tiny percentage of the consumer market who are serious cyclists and who buy "good bikes"- so if they offered good bikes, at the requisite prices, how many of their customers would buy them? (And how many serious cyclists would want a bike that says "LL Bean" or Tractor Supply" or Canadian Tire" on it, even if it were a competent bike at a reasonable price?)

LOL- I picture calling up LL Bean... "Yeah, gimme a pair of slippers; a flannel shirt....and a BIKE!".....

tl; dr version: Rebranded Walmart specials.
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