What a $179 mountain bike cannot do

Mine was $40, it gets the job done for the price.

Meh, I've been mountain biking with a $79 Huffy MTB from Walmart for nearly 20 years now ...

just needs new tires and brakes now and then. No need to spend $4000 to get a "good" mountain bike.

wtf does this mean

Very brave...foolish even...

they seem passive aggressive

Peepoe with thpeeth inpethements thood white arthicles and NEVER make vitheos!!!!!

no , I kind of need a bike and ....

I don't know

Sounded more like Assburger's than a speech impediment ...

walmart bikes are fine... but beware...

many stores have the guy who just stocked pickles and cereal onto the shelves also assemble the bikes.

verify that the store you're buying at contracts out with an experienced bike builder before buying. I've seen forks put on backwards, wheels so bent that they rub the brakes. saddles not properly attached. brakes that would fail.

The first Mountain Bikes had steel frames and rigid forks. They could take some serious abuse. Downhill MTBers are totally insane though.

55lbs, lol

dares abunch a used rentals all over da place but days like $750

English please

what's lol about that ?

why? what is this thread?

Downhill is pretty insane, buy a better bike for downhill. For light duty trails the Huffy is probably ok.

I know some handlebars have warnings "not for downhill use" because of the stress that downhill trails will put on the bars.

suicide run

I could make a video of all the central Americans and Mexicans driving them on the sidewalks here in little town Minnesota.

Good video - fair review, insane rider!

I wouldn't recommend that. You don't need to spend $4000, but WalMart bikes are heavy, unsafe junk.

Tons of trail worthy bikes for $100 on Craigslist these days - also tons of $100 junk bikes as well. For $200 you can get some higher end made in the USA bikes from the 80s and 90s.

Literally everything is inferior on a WalMart bike. The frame is low quality and heavy. On a high end bike it's a light weight spring. The tires on a WalMart built are heavy and sap acceleration. Higher end bikes have lightweight wheels with better bearings that give more acceleration and a better riding experience. Components on WalMart bikes are made of lower quality material and add more weight to the bike. Higher end components function better and are made from better material and are lighter weight.

If you still ride look for a late 80s mid 90s steel Stumpjumper for $200. Avoid suspension unless you are prepared to possibly replace something on an older suspension system.

You would get a much better riding experience for not a lot of money.

it means the economy is shit.

Cheap things that look cool are still shit.

If you appreciate a the handling and durability of a really nice bike (not talking about a DH machine that you could take to a trellis park) you don't have to spend 4k, but you get by with spending 1k for a used one.

I bought a "Schwinn" from Wal-Mart several years ago...dual suspension, disc brakes. I thought it was the shit for just over $200. I later found out that Schwinn had sold out to some Chinese company and it started to make sense.

I soon found that the rear "shock" wasn't a shock at all, but just a spring over the top of a tub and rod that looked like a shock. The front shocks weren't adjustable of course. Honestly, the brakes seemed pretty decent and it shifted good, but it was horrible to try to ride it.

Ever see a car doing down the road with bad shocks? Yep, that's what this "mountain" bike rode like lol.

pink huffy

:blackflip:

yeah, I caught that also. Holy Crap!

So I spent a whopping $129 for a Walmart mountain bike a few weeks ago. Weight is about 40 pounds. I use it on my property to ride trails and have been perfectly happy with it. Of course I don't know shit about what is good for a mountain bike so I'm probably the target customer for one of these. So far it's been great. If I keep up the bike riding then I'll probably spend more for a lighter weight one in the future. But for the money they're great.

Buy a Harley.

Looks like a load of fun.

I did ;)