On 5/20/2020 8:13 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 5:43:33 PM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 5/20/2020 12:10 PM, sms wrote:
On 5/19/2020 4:57 PM, news18 wrote:

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What do wally Mart bikes cost?

Last time I was there I think they were between $50 and $200.

I generally tell people looking at Walmart bikes to just buy
a used bicycle from a seller on craigslist that is
refurbishing bicycles. If they have to pay a bicycle shop
for repairs then it's probably not worth buying something
used because of the high cost of repairs around here.

Used bicycle prices on craigslist are high, but if you find
a seller that actually knows how to refurb them sufficiently
well you can buy one for about 40% of what an equivalently
equipped new bike would cost.

What's amusing is to read a craigslist ad where the seller
quotes the price they paid for the bicycle new, lists all
the upgrades they've done and how much those cost, and then
expects someone to pay 70-80% of what they've spent─it
doesn't work that way.

"$50 to $200" ?? on what planet?

You might benefit form talking to new bicycle shoppers mo

https://www.walmart.com/browse/sport...230089_7905629

Carbon DuraAce 12 $3500

Dude, it's a Viathon. Worth every penny. Not quite as good as a Wayfast (Amazon house brand), but damned good.

If I were building a house brand, I'd come up some non-lame sounding name and better decals. Maybe Trak or Spacialized or Canyondale (kill two birds). Maybe a famous Italian racer who never lived like Mario Allegro. It sounds fast. Or a happy name like Mario Confetti. Or just buy some distressed brand like Mavic. But Viathon? It sounds like a Greek cable TV company.

-- Jay Beattie.


Out here in America weird brands like Bianchi sound foreign
but WalMart is considered The Genuine Thing and the price
base or reference point for any purchase, checked by
telephone on my showroom floor. I live in that world. It's
brutal.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971