I was one of those kids in a small town. I was ready to send in my money to Sears but my dad had a friend that had a small bike shop. My dad didn't know much about bikes but he knew that Department Store bikes were usually Huffy junk, so he was trying to look out for me. I ended up buying a Kabuki at the bike shop, but one of my friends bought the same Sears bike that I was looking at. I never regretted buying the Kabuki, but the Sears bike was pretty good, too.