Originally Posted by
SurferRosa
This article popped up on my google feed, and I was like, yeah, it's about time.
The s*** Walmart bikes in question today are not like the Sears Free Spirits of yesterday. Back then, we could ride those $100 bikes for a dozen years without any issues other than a flat tire.
Because of inflation, that $100 in 1979 would be about $413 today. And there were plenty of crap bikes being sold in the 1960s and 1970s. I know because my dad, who never rode a bicycle in his life (literally), bought me a few of them when I was a child.