Originally Posted by
grumpus
Be wary of judging a bike solely by the fact it has a Tourney rear mech - sometimes it's a nicer bike that is worth upgrading the parts. Some manufacturers offer models with a range of component levels, which makes the cheaper versions eminently upgradeable - Tourney gears and a freewheel hub are worth upgrading to Deore 1x10 (and a mid drive motor) if you buy the bike barely used and aren't paying for labour. 😁
It is rare that you are getting much quality with tourney. Yes on occasion they will make a bottom end model that has some nicer stuff but usually they will skimp on lots of things. Sometimes yes the frame is a little bit better and they just slapped the cheapest parts they could but in a lot of cases the whole bike matches well. Aluminum frame with cheap aluminum fork or hi-ten fork, caged bearings freewheel hubs and things like that I wouldn't put a bunch of money towards it unless I already had parts in my parts bin and I was desperate. If the frame is decent it could be one thing but I have seen enough of these bikes to see pretty generic aluminum stuff that doesn't excite or really cheap steel. Jamis for instance does a different frame for their tourney equipped Coda which for some reason has a quill stem and I just cannot imagine having more SKUs to deal with is exceptionally cheaper but who knows.