Originally Posted by
thdave
The quality might be worse, but it's the features that make a bike useful for transportation. If Wally World offered bikes with appropriate features, I agree that others like LBS's would follow suit. It's flat out amazing that they offer such inexpensive bikes up for mountain biking, which have lots of features for that. I bet they could offer up a decently equipped transportation bike for $100 if they wanted. Even a single speed would be nice, if it came with fenders, a rack, kickstand, and bell. It would be useful for students. But they don't.
They're fake features though, put there for show.
My biggest problem with this conversation is the idea that people are hoping for walmart to solve the problem. And the refusal to admit the low-quality, disposable nature of their products.
Yes, they
could make and sell anything they want to. They choose not to though, which is exactly the reason I do not go there.
And just so ILTBeanelitist doesn't have to say it... yes, I AM too good to shop at walmart, and take pride in the fact that I refuse to support them.