| Re: Sad Story: was Schwinn Sidewinder from Walmart
"PSB" <noemail@spam.com> wrote in message
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> Ron Hardin has more miles on his Huffys. I also know many roadies who
> reguarly spend 100's a year just on maintenance of their $2,000 bikes.
> In fact, if these expensive bikes were so unbreakable, LBS'es would be
> out of business by the droves as repairs fuel the LBS, not bike sales.
>
> I know the LBS in my area has a week long wait to repair bicycles and
> nearly all of them are non-department store bikes. Sure seems to be a
> lot of high ends bikes that need fixing doesn't it?
>
> I am so glad you are an exception to the rule about high end bicycles.
>
> :-)
My $300 Ibex Corrida is about a hundred times more well built and performs
better than a $150 Wal - Schwinn. I've seen bikes at my LBS for not much
more than at a big box store---I guess people don't research their
purchases. :-)
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