Walmart Goes Carbon

[Zen]

Walmart is evil! They are a big part of why there is so little manufacturing in this country anymore. To keep their prices low they force companies to lower their manufacturing costs, hence moving the manufacturing out of the states.

V.

Part of the reason but not all. which would lead us into a dangerous political discussion.
A whole lot of people can't afford to shop anywhere else.

That's a lot of money for a S-M-L Walmart bike. I bet something reasonably close could be found at your LBS with a service guarantee.

[bike4ever]

Part of the reason but not all. which would lead us into a dangerous political discussion.
A whole lot of people can't afford to shop anywhere else.

That's a lot of money for a S-M-L Walmart bike. I bet something reasonably close could be found at your LBS with a service guarantee.

There is definitely advantages of the Walmart bike - more service for the LBS. We will see an increase in poorly built bikes - more custom fits because of the sizing - and definitely repairs since the bikes never worked right from the beginning. This will be an increase for the LBS.

[Trek420]

A whole lot of people can't afford to shop anywhere else.

Neatly avoiding the dangerous political discussion and focusing on something I think we can mostly agree on is the "false economy" of box store bikes.

I've never been in and don't intend to but "some of my best friends shop at Wallmart." Most say that "I can't afford _____ unless I buy there". Let's not discuss aesthetics and philosophy of "maybe you don't need to have ___ maybe buy fewer but quality ____ and less cr**"

But at the same time most say the quality there is poor at best.

When I think of carbon, CARBON and it being the only thing between my brain and the pavement at ___ mpg I want quality.