Originally Posted by iamthetas
its tough being restricted by your parents budget so i agree with others here if you want better stuff raise the money some LEGAL way.it will mean more to you having earned it too.us parents can testify to the first thing we bought ourselves,it was great,and we want our kids to have the same joy, self confidence and sense of accomplishment we had.nuff of the parent talk,triflow will fix the squeak for under $5us
I put up with x-mart bikes until I started earning my own income. My parents were not big on cycling and were barely even supportive of it. I did however learn to tear apart and rebuild my Huffy and whatnots as best as I could. I replaced cranksets, derailleurs, brakes, bottom brackets and a myriad of other parts with either equally crappy low-end parts from salvaging other low-end bikes or whatever I could afford. I learned how to true wheels and adjust shifting. My bike never rode to my satisfaction and most of the time I had only a fraction of the gears available to shift into but at least I knew what was wrong with it. I also developed an appreciation of at least what a quality bike should not be if not one for what it should. My first ever paycheck went to the purchase of a Specialized Hardrock which was around $300 USD.