
I weighed a 24" wheeled kids Huffy Dual suspension MTB/BSO the other day - 17.6kg! My 138cm/30kg 9 year old son couldn't touch the ground with the seat at it's lowest position, and there was no standover clearance
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Postby kukamunga » Sun Apr 07, 2013 2:16 pm
Postby HappyHumber » Sun Apr 07, 2013 2:45 pm
kukamunga wrote:Why can't those darned yanks talk in Metric!![]()
Postby russellgarrard » Sun Apr 07, 2013 10:17 pm
TTar wrote:bendertiger wrote: Everything on the bike has started falling apart in the past week.
"Everything"? All in the same week?
I'm not singing the praises of this bike; it is after all a K Mart bike, but it's a step above the BSO's they typically stock.
Generic or low quality components would certainly be a big negative, but if your frame and wheels are sound, upgrading with say cannibalised parts, might still be a worthwhile exercise.
Even at a mere $150 for the brand new bike, I wouldn't recommend it, but if you're capable and willing to service and maintain it yourself, a second-hand purchase would make an okay standby.
Postby lemmiwinks » Thu Jul 18, 2013 8:52 am
Postby ldrcycles » Thu Jul 18, 2013 11:59 am
lemmiwinks wrote:I bought a Preset yesterday for $20. If it wasn't for some slight marks on the braking surfaces I would have thought it was unridden
Postby cray- » Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:56 pm
Postby ldrcycles » Mon Jul 22, 2013 6:03 pm
cray- wrote:I'm more amazed that they regularly show up on Gumtree in the $99-$150 range, used!
Can't go wrong for $20, give it a good once over and ride it till it dies.
Postby bychosis » Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:11 pm
ldrcycles wrote:But I am now looking at another Big W bike with lustful eyes, still $98 but gears and drop bars on this one! (Just disregard the crazy bar angle in that photo).
Postby Mulger bill » Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:17 pm
Postby lobstermash » Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:44 pm
Mulger bill wrote:
Postby bychosis » Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:53 pm
lobstermash wrote:Eggs-actly
Saw one of those in the flesh at BigW the other day. Their display even had that wicked bar angle going on!!!
Postby Summernight » Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:03 am
Postby silentbutdeadly » Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:37 am
Summernight wrote:That bar angle gives me nightmares!
Postby Summernight » Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:41 am
silentbutdeadly wrote:Summernight wrote:That bar angle gives me nightmares!
It fosters the correct head angle and shoulder geometry in the rider to afford a slightly more effective (from an injury POV) contact alignment with the road after they travel over the bars due to some unforeseen component failure...
Postby Nobody » Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:58 pm
If you bought that bike, failure wouldn't be unforeseen.silentbutdeadly wrote:...due to some unforeseen component failure...
Postby bychosis » Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:13 pm
Nobody wrote:If you bought that bike, failure wouldn't be unforeseen.silentbutdeadly wrote:...due to some unforeseen component failure...
Postby ldrcycles » Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:16 pm
Postby Mulger bill » Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:23 pm
ldrcycles wrote:I SOO need to buy this bike.
Postby silentbutdeadly » Wed Jul 24, 2013 9:23 am
Nobody wrote:If you bought that bike, failure wouldn't be unforeseen.silentbutdeadly wrote:...due to some unforeseen component failure...
Postby lemmiwinks » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:43 am
Postby AUbicycles » Fri Jul 26, 2013 12:41 am
Postby ldrcycles » Fri Jul 26, 2013 6:32 pm
Postby Davidrnau » Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:55 am
Backdoorboss wrote:The only thing that bothered me was the saddle that the bike came with. It felt like my bum was bleeding after the ride. It was so sore that sitting down would hurt.
Postby Davidrnau » Fri Aug 02, 2013 12:04 pm
bychosis wrote:Please don't. The preset is an example of how effective a cheap and simple bike is. The above is just a very poor attempt at being a reasonable bike. Every time one of those rolls out of a factory a decent bike dies.
Postby silentbutdeadly » Wed Aug 07, 2013 10:18 am
ldrcycles wrote:But I am now looking at another Big W bike with lustful eyes, still $98 but gears and drop bars on this one! (Just disregard the crazy bar angle in that photo).
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