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.

No you're right. I stopped using the fixed gear forum because nothing ever got done there with all the thread hijackings going on. Jokes are fine, but it might be a good idea to hold off on them until people at least get one or two post of real info. There is a reason BF created The Lounge- so people could actually use the forums to learn and share info.

That said- I would be slightly wary of Mountain Cycle and KHS- they've seen management changes a lot recently and it might be hard to get replacement frame parts/a warranty. With any bike purchase, make sure its from a reputable bike shop and check the company warranty

Right, then it was informative and productive... right...

Almighty cycling god, what doth bring you here?

Competition improving product and price is no hypothesis, it is a fact.

The snowball effect
The straw that broke the camel's back
Ants move plants
Smiles are contagious

You see where I'm going with this?

Deeper confusion?

I think we just need to realize this: some people in the world are just jackasses. Pete is one of those people. Let's get back to talking about bike brands so we can help this guy out.

You know that you have someone backed into a corner when they start arguing semantics


So then the community is a pretty picture, entertainment and self validation resource to you.

So then this is the first time you've mocked an honest question in your replies. Usually you are a consistent contributor and valuable asset to this site?

It's more expensive to recruit one new customer, than to keep 10 happy. Good experiences and bad are viral. If you had the capacity to observe cause and effect at a more macro level, I wouldn't need to explain this to you.