| Re: Sad Story: was Schwinn Sidewinder from Walmart
PSB <noemail@spam.com> wrote:
>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.
This is a pretty illogical argument.
There is a WIDE range of bikes between the $68 Wal-Bike and the $2k
bike and you create a strawman argument by citing them. I suspect the
bulk of the people questioning the $68 pseudobike are in that
in-between area.
I seriously doubt that the "100s" spent is truly on maintenance and I
further question that it is "100s" every year. The person who spends
$2k or more on a (single) bike could easily be classified an
aficionado and as such, is much more seriously into riding and
tweaking certain performance type elements and/or putting better -- or
just new -- components on it.
I put nearly 4000 miles per year (Mar - Oct) on my Trek MTB and havent
spent a single dime on maintenance in 2 years. OTOH, you're already
on your second bike in 32.5 miles IIRC.
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