[luvbach1]

...noticed some decent looking mountain bikes for $75.

I've only looked idly at bikes at Walmart, but it did appear that there was a range of prices and varying degrees of quality in the bikes displayed. I'm not saying that some are not junk, but the anti-Walmart bias is being manifested, even on Free Republic.

[AmericaUnited]

but the anti-Walmart bias is being manifested, even on Free Republic.

Look how ridiculous this statement is:

Thanks to republicans and democrats alike, in many communities, a Walmart may be the only opportunity available to some people after the local bicycle shops closed due to pricing competition.

Some Freeper thinks 'BIG GOVERNMENT' should somehow step in and pass laws to keep Walmart from opening up a store and selling at the lowest prices possible, to prop up a few businesses. So 10,000 consumers have to pay much, much more for everything so a few Mr. Potters can keep prospering at everyone else's expense.

[Melas]

It's nothing to do with Wal-Mart bashing. You simply cannot get a good bicycle for $75 unless you're buying a used bike for a song. You get what you pay for. When the ground is four or five feet beneath me, I'm going 25 miles an hour, and I'm coming quick, the last thing I want to be worried about is if my bike is going to let me down.

If you're going to crawl around the block at 6mph, then maybe a department store bike will be ok, but that's about the absolutely limit of usage.