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the shocker for men? I'll pass

Nothing shocking about pedoph!le nuisance_sucks buying this to prey on little kids.

The "shocker" part comes when you try and take this Chinese lead-sled "mountain" bike over a speedbump and it falls to pieces - landing a handlebar or seat pole squarely in your wal-mart shopping browneye.

remove seat for full shocker function

australopithecus wrote:

Nothing shocking about pedoph!le nuisance_sucks buying this to prey on little kids.

It is obvious that you are Nuisance and Douglas_fur.
(You are also a child molester.)

Oink

any recommendations for a good brand mtb? non-chinese made.

Nothing less than $1K build in the USA. See
http://allanti.com/page.cfm?PageID=328

The Schwinn Frontier is a reasonable inexpensive bike at $199 + shipping at hhttp://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?sku=23722

Specialized or Trek or Giant. I'd say $500 minimum but $700 is better, get disc brakes. There are others, sometimes diamondback at carrots sporting goods is a good deal, Cannondale, etc. Through the mail, Ibex offers a lot of bike for the money, IMO if you know how to set one up yourself and know your size, etc. Nice thing about a bike shop is they fit you but also usually do adjustments for free for the first year. And there will be many if you ride in the woods and beat the crap out of the bike like you should if you are having fun. This bike in this deal will break in half if you ride it like a true mountain bike. Bike mags have done it, broke bikes like this in an hour in the woods.

The Ibex site seems to be down right now. If maximum bang per buck is important, check out bikesdirect.com. They sell bikes based on frames from Kinesis industry in Taiwan (http://www.kinesis.com.tw/), with high quality components under licensed brand names like Motobecane (kind of like your Westinghouse or Polaroid TVs where the name sounds good but really doesn't mean anything), at prices much less than comparable bikes from Trek or Giant. Reviews are mixed. The key to success seems to be to plan on having a local bike shop disassemble then reassemble your bike once it arrives.

This site is starting to suck balls.

Australopithicus' mom loves it when I give her the "shocker".

This bike is good for only one thing - transporting illegal aliens to and from the fields, or Home Depot. I would use the word hard worker but this site blocks it. For some reason, they do not also block the words honky, redneck, or cracker. Hmmmmm.

why do they continue to list boat anchor bikes on here? it is a disservice to the community.

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You're implying the couch potato deal seekers here would benefit from disc brakes? Doubtful, until you start talking about riding in the rain or serious downhill.

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You'll find that any bike needs adjustments starting out new, it' inevitable that the cables stretch and brakes seat for example even on the tamest road rider's bike. However, it's not much more trouble to learn to DIY than it is to have to take the bike to the shop then pick it up again, and tools required cost under $10 in most cases if someone is young enough not to have accumulated allen wrenches, pliers, etc. yet.

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I recommend Giant Yukon - you get a lot for your money - you won't regret the purchase. You can spend $200 on something from Target but you will regret it.

Mordor wrote:

I recommend Giant Yukon - you get a lot for your money - you won't regret the purchase. You can spend $200 on something from <a>Target but you will regret it.

One nice thing about the Yukon is there's good odds you can find and test ride one at the local bike shop to get some idea of size, and if you like it there's a pretty good chance you know whether you'd like the following similar alternatives as well and can then decide how much the LBS support is worth.

The yukon is a good value bike, though seldom discounted much and if you're looking for the equivalent at about $100 to $150 less (avoiding paying the LBS for that year of *free* tuneups) then check out the Motobecanes (maybe 400 or 500 series) at http://www.bikesdirect.com or ironically enough, put down $300 instead of $200 at Target for a Forge 5xx.

Target list is a little higher than $300 but there's always some coupon out there to take $30 off. I think Dick's Sporting Goods sometimes has a good sale on a couple Iron Horses that are also fairly equivalent but i don't recall the model #s nor know if/when their sales recur (they often have models instore, though it varies per store, that aren't on the website).

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