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.

welcome!

sorry about your walmart bike experience. my advice for a good affordable bike is some old used steel bike. many of them can be found at bargain prices and many are quite nice! (though some are just garbage)

you must really be new to these forums if you don't know what people here think of walmart bikes

welcome, in any case!

yeah that thread def had a shill feel to it. I kinda figured they sucked.

I knew already that walmart.. anything, sucks ass. I can't really justify it or explain why I did buy it, the appearance probably is what sold me. I'm now looking at some of the lower priced Trek models, they look pretty alright.

Alex,

Hello. Welcome.

Signed,

Alex.

I bought this bike just this past weekend. Haven't riden a bike for years. Didn't want to get off it...rode it for nearly ten miles. This is a great bike for the money; like all the options...easily adjustable to various riders. For the casual rider whom stays on the paved tails and just wants exercise on a good looking bike -- well it has it's place.

get bikes direct

They have Walmart in Canada?

I'm sorry.

Signed,

America

They have it in South Korea, too!