Also: buying new crappy gaspipe Wally World bikes make mother earth weep when there are beautiful old, lugged, horizontal dropout, non-frenchie frames littered throughout the world, convertible at your whim. And ridiculously cheap.

But alas, I have strong doubts mark will listen to our pleas, considering his actions in the Trek thread. Some people don't believe stores exist outside Walmart and that ebay, freecycle, and craigslist, local co-ops, and your neighbors' sheds are cheap bike goldmines.