Just a guess, but maybe the redders dont like the bike. I dont care either way, but it doesnt make sense to buy a dual-suspension bike of $69 WalMart quality, since you should never, ever ride it on serious mtn trails that demand a rear-suspension. And since you're only riding it around town as a beater bike, you might as well go with a lighter-weight hardtail. Catch-22: the hardtail costs almost 2x this one.
I got this bike a couple of weeks ago. I really dig it. It's aluminum but just as heavy as my last bike cuz of the extra reinforcements. The frame sits a lot lower than my 26" old (and busted) Magna "Exciter" mountain bike. It also handles MUCH better than the Magna. Recommend.
PresidentTaft said: I got this bike a couple of weeks ago. I really dig it. It's aluminum but just as heavy as my last bike cuz of the extra reinforcements. The frame sits a lot lower than my 26" old (and busted) Magna "Exciter" mountain bike. It also handles MUCH better than the Magna. Recommend.
So your last bike was old and busted? Is this the new hotness?
Don't. Don't want to start a fight but there is no reason not to spend the $69 plus tax on something else. There is no purpose for this bike at all. Unless it is free, it is not a good deal.
clearanceman said: Don't. Don't want to start a fight but there is no reason not to spend the $69 plus tax on something else. There is no purpose for this bike at all. Unless it is free, it is not a good deal.Is it OK for city riding?
zapjb said: 41 lbs. Shouldn't this weigh less than 30 lbs?
That's one reason why it isn't worth anything. It's too heavy for the street, the tires are awful for the street, and it's too heavy and weak for the dirt. For the street, buy at least a low end specialized, giant, trek, etc. hybrid, $250-$300 minimum. For the dirt, you are looking at $400 plus minimum on sale for an adult. $700 is the sweet spot on sale. Kids can get by with a $300 mountain bike because they don't weigh as much, but if you are 150 plus pounds, you are going to break a $300 mountain bike and the WalMart bike in the deal is going to break you when it breaks. It won't break on the street, but who wants to ride a 41 pound street bike? Oh well... fatwalleteers can understand how a Honda Fit is worth more than an Chevy Aveo, but not how a real bike is worth more than a toy bike.
dkong said: clearanceman said: Don't. Don't want to start a fight but there is no reason not to spend the $69 plus tax on something else. There is no purpose for this bike at all. Unless it is free, it is not a good deal.Is it OK for city riding?
It's ok if you want to drag around an extra 12 pounds and you like losing energy fighting that rear suspension all the time. Rear suspension eats energy, it is ridiculous on the street. Seriously, this is a complete waste of money. Plus those tires will suck on the street. Apply the money toward a low end hybrid.
shinsa said: goat6500 said: Weight = 41.85 lbs. That sux.
That's shipping weight, not the actual bike weight.
Doubt it. These cheap WalMart bikes are heavy, especially the full suspension "mountain bikes." WalMart does sell decent bikes but they are almost $300 and you might as well go to a bike shop where they know what they are doing and throw in a year of free adjustments and a lifetime of free advice.
I bought this Polaris Ranger bike from Sports Authority last week for ~$125 shipped (needed to use some giftcards). All these negative comments about weight, suspension, tires, etc. would apply to the bike I bought, too. I just wanted something to ride on easy dirt and paved trails with my kids. Did I get the wrong bike, too?
ToHellWithUGA said: I bought this Polaris Ranger bike from Sports Authority last week for ~$125 shipped (needed to use some giftcards). All these negative comments about weight, suspension, tires, etc. would apply to the bike I bought, too. I just wanted something to ride on easy dirt and paved trails with my kids. Did I get the wrong bike, too?
If you can return it, I would and go to a local bike shop and look at the low end hybrids. They'll fit you for the bike so you get the right size. You'll enjoy riding so much more and the $300 hybrids will last decades instead of a just a few years. It's a catch 22, you get a "bargain" "mountain" bike because it is cheap. Then you ride it and don't really enjoy it. So you don't ride much. It's like if you buy crappy tools, you don't enjoy projects and repair. Do you hate working on things because of the tools or because you hate working on things? If you bought a Chevy Aveo and it was your first car, I doubt you would enjoy driving very much. So you would drive as little as possible. But if you first car was a Honda Fit, you might conclude that you enjoyed driving. It spills over to your kids. My kids love riding bikes because we go a lot to the local trails. We go, because we have decent bikes. Except the 16 inch bike is a WalMart bike, but the 20 up are decent bikes (diamondback, gary fisher, specialized). They kids even ride better and crash much less often once they move up to a decent bike. Kind of like you ski better on $400 skis than you do on $69 used worn out skis.
OK, soon it may be time to look for model closeouts, if not look in the spring of next year for 09's that have collected dust. You should be aboe to get 30-40% off a good bike. An entry point should be around $300 to get a real bike from a bike shop vs the toys at WalMart. If you use epect this as reliable transpot I strongly suggest you spen the extra money and get something of quality.
knickdigger said: Just a guess, but maybe the redders dont like the bike. I dont care either way, but it doesnt make sense to buy a dual-suspension bike of $69 WalMart quality, since you should never, ever ride it on serious mtn trails that demand a rear-suspension. I once rode a target bike at Vail CO on their DH courses (yes, the hard ones). The bikes arent all that bad, they are just assembled poorly, have piss poor looks, and not much travel, very inefficient as well.
drrck
Member
posted: Aug. 17, 2009 @ 11:21a
If you actually plan on riding your bike, rather than just buying one b/c it's cheap, save yourself the hassle and go to your local bike shop and ask to see their used bikes. You can get a 10yr old bike with 5x the quality of this bike for $80-100, and you can feel good about supporting your local businesses.
ToHellWithUGA said:" I bought this Polaris Ranger bike from Sports Authority last week for ~$125 shipped (needed to use some giftcards). All these negative comments about weight, suspension, tires, etc. would apply to the bike I bought, too. I just wanted something to ride on easy dirt and paved trails with my kids. Did I get the wrong bike, too?" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Of course not. You consider your price point and work from there. Clearanceman thinks we all have 400-plus bucks to blow on a bike.
This a fine bike. This "Heavy rear-suspension" argument is f'n nonsense at this price point. It should be saved for bikes at a higher price point for more than casual riders. It's like arguing that a Toyota doesn't handle as well as a BMW so the Toyota must be crap.
I ride the bike almost everyday. I'm not bmxing or jumping curbs alot but I wouldn't on any bike... The dual suspension makes for a real nice ride.
I used to own a $56 road-master mountain bike from WalMart. They are fine for just messing around and riding around you block. Having said that, these bikes can become quite dangerous when taken to the limit. Can you imagine the brake calipers breaking off when coming down a dirt hill?
PresidentTaft said: ToHellWithUGA said:" I bought this Polaris Ranger bike from Sports Authority last week for ~$125 shipped (needed to use some giftcards). All these negative comments about weight, suspension, tires, etc. would apply to the bike I bought, too. I just wanted something to ride on easy dirt and paved trails with my kids. Did I get the wrong bike, too?" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Of course not. You consider your price point and work from there. Clearanceman thinks we all have 400-plus bucks to blow on a bike.
This a fine bike. This "Heavy rear-suspension" argument is f'n nonsense at this price point. It should be saved for bikes at a higher price point for more than casual riders. It's like arguing that a Toyota doesn't handle as well as a BMW so the Toyota must be crap.
I ride the bike almost everyday. I'm not bmxing or jumping curbs alot but I wouldn't on any bike... The dual suspension makes for a real nice ride.
Do you ski? I bet you "blew" more than $69 on a pair of skis? Do you golf? Did you "blow" more than $69 on a set of golf clubs? Do you watch TV? I bet you "blew" more than $69 on a TV.
PresidentTaft said: ToHellWithUGA said:" I bought this Polaris Ranger bike from Sports Authority last week for ~$125 shipped (needed to use some giftcards). All these negative comments about weight, suspension, tires, etc. would apply to the bike I bought, too. I just wanted something to ride on easy dirt and paved trails with my kids. Did I get the wrong bike, too?" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Of course not. You consider your price point and work from there. Clearanceman thinks we all have 400-plus bucks to blow on a bike.
This a fine bike. This "Heavy rear-suspension" argument is f'n nonsense at this price point. It should be saved for bikes at a higher price point for more than casual riders. It's like arguing that a Toyota doesn't handle as well as a BMW so the Toyota must be crap.
I ride the bike almost everyday. I'm not bmxing or jumping curbs alot but I wouldn't on any bike... The dual suspension makes for a real nice ride.
It's like arguing that BMW must be better than a Yugo.
clearanceman said: It's like arguing that BMW must be better than a Yugo.
Except owners of Yugos didn't have anything positive to say about them. The people that actually own this bike have mostly good things to say about it. If you're a serious bike rider then obviously this isn't a good choice for you. I'm looking for something that might occasionally get me off the exercise bike and I'd use to maybe ride over to my girlfriend's house over paved roads.
If you want a cheap bike to occasionally ride this probably isn't a bad choice.
EtherGnat said: clearanceman said: It's like arguing that BMW must be better than a Yugo.
Except owners of Yugos didn't have anything positive to say about them. The people that actually own this bike have mostly good things to say about it. If you're a serious bike rider then obviously this isn't a good choice for you. I'm looking for something that might occasionally get me off the exercise bike and I'd use to maybe ride over to my girlfriend's house over paved roads.
If you want a cheap bike to occasionally ride this probably isn't a bad choice.
It's a terrible choice, over time it will put you off biking the same way the yugo would put you off driving. The same way $69 skis would put you off skiing. Use a Zebo 202 exclusively when you fish and tell me how much fun fishing is. They are dirt cheap but they suck. You'll never become a recreational biker if you ride a bike like this WalMart bike, it will always seem like a chore to ride it. Sometimes I ride my bike for 25 miles on the local bike trail just for fun. Like skiing is fun, like golf is fun, like fishing with decent takle is fun.
There are some good used deals at bike shops sometimes as mentioned. I got my oldest kid a used KDR 1000 for $350. When he outgrew it, I sold it on eBay and they bid it up to $423 plus shipping. Careful with used bikes, I have bought junk off eBay for example, you want the bike to be checked out by a shop before you buy (like you have a used car checked out by a mechanic). That $69 WalMart bike is worth $10 used.
Every country including china makes great stuff and crap. Korea makes the Aveo (Daewoo) crap and Kia makes good cars also made mostly in Korea. You can get a $69 Chinese mountain bike or a $3000 Chinese mountain bike. Or a $500 Chinese mountain bike. You can assume they are all the same and you would be completely wrong. If you start with a decent frame, you can upgrade components. The frame on this WalMart bike is not decent.
I can't believe you guys think this has good reviews. Some people actually said their toes rubbed the front tire! And one guy replaced about half the bike because he actually rode it and he thought it was still a good bike. Wow...
BigDealDJ
New Member
posted: Aug. 17, 2009 @ 8:52p
out of 9000+ posts, 8999 must be thread craps. you no likey, you no lookey.
BigDealDJ said: out of 9000+ posts, 8999 must be thread craps. you no likey, you no lookey.
I give up, if you want to throw away $69 plus tax go for it. I actually don't threadcrap that much, mostly just Macs and cheap junk bikes.
BigDealDJ
New Member
posted: Aug. 17, 2009 @ 9:09p
clearanceman said: BigDealDJ said: out of 9000+ posts, 8999 must be thread craps. you no likey, you no lookey.
I give up
Parsimoney
New Member
posted: Aug. 17, 2009 @ 11:43p
If you want to continue supporting China then, at least, buy something good that is made in China (like a Chinese American Flag or a support our troops gnome). Full suspension at less than $600 is not going to be good or safe to use as an MTB. WalMart bikes are junk but you do get more pounds per dollar.
It's now OOS online. For all those bike snobs, I've been riding cheapo bikes like this for about 15 years and now do 14-15 miles per day 7-8 months a year. I do it for the exercise and to stave off a knee replacement that doctors told me needed to be done years ago. I've only had brakes break once in all that time. The bikes normally last me a few years before I have to replace them ( usually due to a broken spoke on the rear wheel ( which can happen on any bike) which is difficult to replace and isn't worth my time when I can get a replacement so cheaply. Those bringing up the safety issue and "being turned off riding by these bikes" have to be deluding themselves into thinking they have to spend more than $500 on a bike. Real FW Men don't waste money on expensive bikes.
livinn59801 said: If you can wrench, buy a Motobecane on eBay for super cheap. Value wise, they are hard to beat, but you must do some assembling.Just to fill in more info, this isn't the Motobecane of the 70's or 80's era. Apparently, they are now made in Taiwan with a Motobecane label.
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