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Better than the average department store bike but the price reflects that. Wouldn't want to take it on anything more than fire roads and light trails if not keeping it on pavement.

Linear pull brakes are about as much of a feature on a bike as having two wheels is, though thank God we don't have those terrible side-pull brakes like lower end bikes had in the '80s anymore.

If you are interested on a great deal on a new bike, take a look at BikesDirect.com. They have everything from $200 cruisers to $2000 full Dura Ace Carbon race bikes

Better yet, watch craigslist or other local listings. There's a local TV station where I am with online classified listings that has tons of bikes on it. Sometimes there's some amazing deals, you have to be quick with the really good deals though, they go fast.

i get the best G-rides from police auctions at Propertyroom.com!

And don't forget to check Goodwill and the Salvation Army retail stores for bike deals.

...and coffee shops, patios, stoops, parks, etc.
People leave nice bikes all over the place.

what's about good bike link for around $300 that will last if taken care of (with the good brakes)

<table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>smarzig wrote:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">what's about good bike link for around $300 that will last if taken care of (with the good brakes)</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody">

Any bike will last if taken care of, even a high-end multi thousand dollar mountain bike can be expected to break if used to it's full potential.

Even so, this bike is about entry level for something that has standardized brand-name parts so if or when something does break you can easily find replacement parts without having to overpay for replacements relative to their quality level... you can pick what quality level to pay for instead.

Good brakes are hydraulic discs, typically found on $800 and up bikes. You can get mechanical discs on roughly $400 and up bikes, or name-brand linear pull brakes are fine for the typical use so long as it's not (aggressive, offroad) down-hill or riding in rain or mud.

As others mentioned the best deals would tend to be quality used bikes found on craigslist, or a college campus for-sale bulletin board, or you might see what is available at bikesdirect.com. There's also a few Forge bikes at Target.com, but the price-point you set at $300 is a little bit... ok, only a little more than half really, what you'll need to spend to get a decent entry level, new mountain bike instead of something with significant concessions to lower the price.

Depends on where you're riding though, plenty of people ride around on pavement with <a rel="nofollow" href="/merchants/walmart-coupons-35/jump/" target="_new">Walmart $80 specials, after doing some basic adjustments to brakes, shifters, they're heavy but on pavement you don't generally have the stresses which require anything better so long as it isn't defective out of the box. You can get a ... [Truncated]