I couldn’t believe the bike shop today - the cheapest mountain/all terrain bike they had was 1400 bucks.
And it goes up from there! Way up!
“...1400 bucks...”
I guess prices are higher West of the Rockies. If I pay that sort of price there had better be a motor on it somewhere. I’m still riding the “Hardrock” model by Specialized that I bought about 22 years ago. But I’ve bought contemporary models for my teenage offspring.
My youngest son bike cost us 275...but it is worth it.
I’ve had Walmart mongoose mtn bike 29 inch over three years. I’ve had three...all replaced “free” under warranty (about $25 for warranty when purchased)...they sent me my money and tax because no one locally is contracted to fix them. So I keepo the bikes for parts and buy a new one. I put about 5500-6000 miules ona year. I weigh about 280 so I beat the cra* out of the bikes. Cost: about $225 new. Great bikes for the price.