Buying a Bike Dos and Don'ts

            Throughout the bike market across the world there are many different bike companies and types of bikes that vary in price, quality, and performance. Within stores like Walmart and target it appears that they sell bikes that are very flashy and can be used to fool someone unknowledgeable.

            The dos and don’ts of buying bikes can be tough to recognize to the average person who doesn’t really known much about bikes. For example the bikes sold at places like Walmart or target along with many other large convenience stores are very heavy, poorly built, and have a very cheap price tag. To some people that low price causes them to buy these types of bikes for their children or themselves without any consolation. These cheaply built bikes including brands like Mongoose and Next are usually built for very little money in large factories. This large production of cheap bikes poses a problem for the quality to the bike. With the large inattention to how the bikes are built many of these bikes have unsatisfactory performance and can sometimes be unsafe. Some of these problems are due to the cheap componentry of the bikes which includes aspects of the bikes including the derailleurs which initiate shifting, the breaking systems, and the weight and construction of the bikes.  Another down side of purchasing a bike from one of these large convenience stores is the little knowledge found within the workers that lack the power to help provide service and recommendations.

            An alternative option to spending, in my mind “a waste of money” on poorly built bikes in places like Walmart and Target is buying a bike at an actual bike store. Unlike convenience stores bike stores offer higher quality bikes along with a tremendous amount of help from the workers allowing for the bike buying experience to be very enjoyable. With the better quality bikes also comes a little higher price tag but this helps to ensure a safe and fun biking experience. The ability to test out an array of bikes is also an option with buying a bike at a bike store allowing insurance that the correct size and bike type will be purchased.  One last way in which a bike store is going to offer a better option is that they provide not only bikes but bike service which a convenience store doesn’t usually offer. So when you’re ready to bike your next bike take some of these considerations into mind.

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