Comments on: Mountain Bike Mag’s Suggestion

By: JoeNukem

JoeNukem — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:43:56 +0000

I figured about $300 was good enough to buy a good Schwinn, but now Wal-Mart is selling Schwinns MTB’s for around $150. The only cheap part I see on the Bike is the Crank Bearing are a little on the small side diameter wise.

I hate Twist-Shifts so I added Index Shimano triggers and the standard tool kit and its sending me everywhere. I probably could have done better used on the ebay local thing and built it from there.

The only other thing I am willing to invest good dollars in is a set of Armadillo Reflect Tires.
I hope they are as good as advertised?

I also still have my 1970 Schwinn Continental Road machine which I bought in 1970 with lawn mowing money! Bike Never Die, they just keep on rolling along.

Joe

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:54:17 +0000

Count me in the “way below average club” too! I work at a bike shop- need I say more?

By: Tim the Wreck

Tim the Wreck — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:22:42 +0000

Haha… then me, and all my buddies, are WAY below average.

By: RL

RL — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:20:22 +0000

I read about a couple years ago from a survey, that the average Mtn Biker’s yearly income…remember this was an average, was around, $75k per year. Don’t know about you, but I fall in the category of “below average”…lol
Then the average price paid for a bike was around $1500.
I can’t recall which issue of Bike Magazine had the survey.

By: Rob Snyder

Rob Snyder — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:56:51 +0000

Right on! $40 is the most I’ve paid for a bike, and it was a Cruiser! My moutain bikes were either gifts from people who bought up or I bought the frame for less than $35 and built them myself. If I did have the money to buy a new bike, it would probably be a Monocog. You guys should review one.

Keep up the good work.

-Rob.