Soooo.. Ill just start off with an intro.

ive wanted to get a bike for a while, as my legs are chicken thin and just overall, I have bad cardio health / fitness. Yesterday I was waiting at a bus stop and the bus was taking a while, so I went into the walmart that was there (yes, the portentous name) and just looked around, killing time. I saw a bike that was seafoam green-ish, which is easily my favorite colour, and cosmetically, I dug it. Tall, thin tires, seat was lower than the handles, and very good height for me. I bought it and rode it home. (Later found out it was a girls bike, but hey, it seemed to be alright). Today I took it out for a ride around town and noticed that the gears/pedals kept slipping, as if the chain were slipping off. I googled and searched on here, and found that it could've been the chain was too long, or worn out, or the cogs were worn out. I am a total newb to anything bikes, but even just visually the teeth of the cogs / gears looked warped in places. Definitely sucked. Sooo I got a ride back to walmart, reciept in hand, and asked for a refund. On the receipt it had a list of non-refundable items; bikes were not listed. Allegedly, today they instituted a new policy, no refunds on bikes. I had to argue a fair bit.. 20 minutes later after they talked behind a closed door they decided "fine; you bought it yesterday, the receipt is old, whatever, here's your cash".

So I bought a basketball, and took the bus home.

Just wanted to share my story of what basically resulted in me borrowing a bike for a day. And to maybe warn against Tonino bikes (I saw a thread on here about one in particular, allegedly by a shill / shiller (?) ). Cosmetically, I really did like it, but I guess that's the point. It was a total ***** to ride comfortably due to the gear problems and overall it DID look like ****, up close. So.. I'm happy to have been spared / given reprieve from the bike, and will do research before buying a bike again.


Also, hey, I'm Alex. Canada, 18, out of school factory worker.