Conference noted::bicycle

100.0. "Department store humor" by SUSHI::KMACDONALD (Engineer on the Train of Thought) Wed Jul 16 1986 13:33

Don't know about the GENERAL, but I used to work as a mechanic and know 
that most (all?) of the $89 bikes from Sears, Penney's, K-Mart, etc. are
worth about $89 less than their purchase price. Aside from the problem 
of getting a fit (everyone rides a 22", right?) frequently they can't be 
made to work correctly at all - e.g. frame dropouts configured so that 
the rear derailleur can't possibly be adjusted correctly, etc. Some came 
assembled so as to be positively unsafe to ride. Go to a real bike shop. 
you should come out happier with the bike, and safer, too.

                                          ken

Well, .0 was MEANT to reply to the note asking about the GENERAL bike, 
but NOTES hiccupped and it ended here. (Probably "Pilot Error"....)

                                            OOps....
                                            ken