Originally Posted by vrkelley
A point well taken. Most people who buy this type of bike may not have the savvy to fix it or the coin to keep running the shop to figure out what's wrong with it. Some people have told me that they shelled out some money and when something like brakes isn't working right, it's embarrasing so the bike just sits somewhere unused probably because they don't have the know-how to fix it or the $$ to pay a shop to do the adjustment/repair.
The other side of the coin is that some (most?) people may not be that fussy with an inexpensive bike. Some things that a perfectionist may choose spending much time or money "fixing", might be ignored by some (most) people who are not "savvy enough" to tweak things that are not broken and serve them well.