Originally Posted by
Rcrxjlb
When did bicycles become disposable items?
There are threads here where folks have found bikes in the trash, on the curb, etc.
I assemble bikes for Walmart, and i sell @ 15-20 bikes a week. Seems like folks go through bikes like toilet paper.
So, when did such a reliable means of transportation become a throw-away object...?
Are you selling the 15-20 bikes a week to the same people?
If not, how did you arrive at your conclusion that anything has changed as far as bicycle disposal/longetivity in the last 40 or 50 years other than the arrival of Internet Forums to propagate such memes?