Originally Posted by chas58

I would avoid a big box store bike like the huffy. In my experience, they are not carefully assembled, need to be tuned up more often, rust out, and just don’t age well (not to mention the weight). The stuff you can’t see (quality of bearings and hubs, grade of steel) becomes obvious after a year or two when you just don’t want to deal with all the problems that have cropped up.