Originally Posted by CigTech
I would never just buy a Wal-Mart bike and start ridding it with out going over EVERYTHING on the bike. Many people that buy Wal-Mart bikes do just that. Then when the bike falls apart they get on these forums and talk crap about the bikes. When it was their entire fault in the first place for not taking care of the bike. So I fault Wal-Mart more then the people, but its still up to the person to maintain the bike. At a LBS they do it for you. So the buyers never give it second thought.
Well said. If you know the limits of the equipment, adjust it right and baby it like it's your first born then it might just work even if it's pretty rubbish. There is stuff that just won't work whatever you do, but that happens even lower down the ladder than the Denali.