Mountain bike brands to avoid?
 

There was quite a thread about someone's huffy yesterday.

What other brands should I avoid at a LBS, or will all the brands there typically be alright?

avoid oxygen and/or water :o

avoid transition? whys that?

Why the heck should you avoid all of those brands?! I know for a fact that Specialized, Giant, Trek, Schwinn, and GF make great bikes!!

Oh.....gotcha.

damb you internet TROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Damb? http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=damb

Dag yo.

ish liek nee hoyy!

:eek: ... :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

crackandfail?

Dont forget Mongoose, Chumba, KHS and GT.

They suck.

Oh and iBis, Jamis, Kona, Iron Horse and Scott.

Department store bikes are by far the bet on the market.

You forgot Kona, Pete. How'd you forget Kona?

He did but i didnt

What about NEXT it's the "NEXT" best bike in the world right? LOL
Like said above any Real bike shop then ride a few and get the best one you can afford.

Avoid riding :rolleyes:

From pete's profile:
Date of Birth:
April 7th, 2002
Age:
5

The only thing he got right. BTW, you left a "g" out of your name, pete. :p

Pete is the smartest 5 year old I've ever met.

Only useful reply so far:

So sad to see threads derailed like this. It's probably why so many people never come back. Nice work Pete.

I know for me when I realized I kinda just wasted my time reading this thread it makes me not want to come back. I only come here once in a blue moon but would love to come here more if I didn't think it was a waste of time. Don't get me wrong, there are some great insightful threads around here and some very nice people...this doesn't appear to be one of those threads.

I would of liked to see personal experiences with people who had bikes fail them and see if a pattern started as to which brands to stay away from, that would of been cool.

I know nobody really cares about just little ol me and my opinion, but I am sure I am not alone in thinking this, maybe just the only one dumb enough to type it out and take heat for it :)

How can you possibly take an honest question from someone who shares a common interest and genuinely wants to learn about the sport and from others mistakes, and give them completely a completely misleading and counterproductive answer.

Do you not like having this community as a resource? Do you not want to promote the sport? The more consumers, the more competition, the better the products will be that are available to you.