Silver: https://brickseek.com/walmart-inv...=76025679
expiredBargainmom702 posted Jan 13, 2022 03:19 AM
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expiredBargainmom702 posted Jan 13, 2022 03:19 AM
26" Kent Men's & Women's Seachange Beach Cruiser Bicycle
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If you're tall get the silver one. If you're shorter, or just don't want to swing your leg over the frame, get the blue step-through one.
Mens or womens, who cares? Go to the store and pick up the one that you're most comfortable with regardless of what chromosomes you happen to have.
Brickseek silver: https://brickseek.com/walmart-inv...=76025679
Brickseek blue: https://brickseek.com/walmart-inv...=90197628
Edited to fix link, thanks SplendidApple
It was $68 before pandemic
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Just make sure your tire pressure is correct.
Basically, a mountain bike with seat with springs, and handlebar that's raise is just much more comfortable than this.
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I generally want a real shop-bike for my own use and I do pretty much every kind of work there is to be done on a bike. I haven't made my own derailer stack - I generally prefer gear-hubs, but I'm not afraid to tackle that. I've made my own bike from a bare frame up and I lace my own wheels.
I am not however so snobby I completely dismiss department store bikes. My daughter's bike is a department store bike, that I rebuilt the back wheel changing it from a derailer to a gear-hub because it had a broken spoke and I couldn't remove the factory gear cluster without completely destroying it. Screw that.
If you're going to go department store something like this is your best bet.
The dangerous part of riding a department store bike usually comes from crappy brake and shifting devices. The frames are generally strong enough to not be dangerous (just make sure you're well adjusted, especially around the headset and handle-bars). Sure, they tend to be heavier than their shop counter parts, but the price difference is what you're after there. Usually the chains are on-par with their shop counter parts. Sure you'll probably have a Chinese brand on the department store bike, but you might have that on a shop bike in in real world tests you're not likely to notice a difference.
I've put well over 1,000 miles on pro level tires. I have worn a department store tire down to threads in a week. The thing is that was in the 1990's. In general the quality of department store bikes is much better these days. The 1990's (or late 80's) Wal-Mart bike I had a kid had cheap stamped steel everything and yes, I wound up face first on the pavement when some of it failed suddenly, more than once. In the modern day department store bikes tend to have at least name brand parts on them, even if they are the very bottom of the line from the manufacturers. In this case you don't even have to worry about that. I figure if you're shopping for a bike like this you probably won't put a 1,000 miles on it the entire time you own it. I've put over 1,000 miles on a BMX.
In my opinion anything that gets someone pedaling is a good thing. If you're on a budget, something like this will get you pedaling. If you decide to go hard-core, go get something else and keep this as a "guest bike" for riding the park path or seawall.
I would still encourage checking OfferUp or something like that for your area to see if there's a better deal on a used shop bike, but if you're in a hurry, yeah, go for it.
I'm too old to want in on the brake-less thing and will make efforts to keep my kids from discovering the trend. I still dirt BMX a little even though I'm in my mid 40's, but since I started in the 80's I'm on the detangler with both front and rear brakes bandwagon, even if I am into modern micro-gearing and modern U or V brakes.
I'm too old to want in on the brake-less thing and will make efforts to keep my kids from discovering the trend. I still dirt BMX a little even though I'm in my mid 40's, but since I started in the 80's I'm on the detangler with both front and rear brakes bandwagon, even if I am into modern micro-gearing and modern U or V brakes.
My roller brake is now in a box in the garage and I put the V-Brakes back on that bike.
I bought a toddler bike for my son from a full service shop last year and I still had to tighten up the headset where they missed it, don't trust Wal-Mart to do what Sun and Ski missed.
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I bought a toddler bike for my son from a full service shop last year and I still had to tighten up the headset where they missed it, don't trust Wal-Mart to do what Sun and Ski missed.
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