Originally Posted by
JoeTBM
Our shop works on a lot of Big box store bikes, both new and used.
Walmart no longer sends them to the crusher if a legit charity in town wants them. We actually pickup from our local Walmart 8-12 bikes every two weeks +/-.
They will not re-sell a returned bike and their "assemblers" are not mechanics,
I welcome the poor assembly, it is lining our shop with plenty of bikes.
Really. Tell me, when you have a fork leg turned 180 how do you fix it? You throw it in the pile.
As an assembler your job is not to adjust anything but the gears and maybe the brakes. You"re not paid to fix anything, just assemble.
I refused to build the damn things after a period because I have a little pride in my work, and you can't have pride in something you have to build in less than five minutes.
You're right to say that this is not mechanic work and the vast majority are completely ignorant to the correct method of building/adjusting anything, much less a bicycle.