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15-07.-2003, 04:00 AM
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dicks sporting goods
I noticed that dick's sporting goods is selling Jeep moutain bikes. They look pretty decent to
the cheapo Huffy/Mongoose stuff they usually sell. I'm trying to buy a bike from them cause a family member works there and I get a decent discount. Does Jeep make a good bike for "not-so-hardcore" riding? Ryan |
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15-07.-2003, 06:30 AM
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Re: dicks sporting goods
Baz_drum wrote:
> I noticed that dick's sporting goods is selling Jeep moutain bikes. They look pretty decent to > the cheapo Huffy/Mongoose stuff they usually sell. I'm trying to buy a bike from them cause a > family member works there and I get a decent discount. Does Jeep make a good bike for > "not-so-hardcore" riding? Yeah, Jeep bikes are really great and are wonderfully light* * - Possible sarcasm |
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15-07.-2003, 07:00 AM
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Re: dicks sporting goods
"bomba" <myarse247@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:bev4th$9a0jr$2@ID-147573.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Baz_drum wrote: > > I noticed that dick's sporting goods is selling Jeep moutain bikes. They look pretty decent to > > the cheapo Huffy/Mongoose stuff they usually sell. I'm > > trying to buy a bike from them cause a family member works there and I get a > > decent discount. Does Jeep make a good bike for "not-so-hardcore" riding? > > Yeah, Jeep bikes are really great and are wonderfully light* > > * - Possible sarcasm > Hehehe...I can see your eyes roll from here in Virginia. Mike |
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15-07.-2003, 11:30 AM
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Re: dicks sporting goods
"Baz_drum" <brouzakis@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<vlCQa.60245$Ph3.6334@sccrnsc04>...
> I noticed that dick's sporting goods is selling Jeep moutain bikes. They look pretty decent to > the cheapo Huffy/Mongoose stuff they usually sell. I'm trying to buy a bike from them cause a > family member works there and I get a decent discount. Does Jeep make a good bike for > "not-so-hardcore" riding? Sounds about right because only true dicks would call those mountain bikes, let alone sell them. Yes, discount them. JD |
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16-07.-2003, 12:00 AM
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Re: dicks sporting goods
"Baz_drum" <brouzakis@comcast.net> wrote in message news:vlCQa.60245$Ph3.6334@sccrnsc04...
> I noticed that dick's sporting goods is selling Jeep moutain bikes. They look pretty decent to the > cheapo Huffy/Mongoose stuff they usually sell. I'm > trying to buy a bike from them cause a family member works there and I get a > decent discount. Does Jeep make a good bike for "not-so-hardcore" riding? Jeep is just a logo slapped on a cheap, heavy Chinese bike. From what I've seen, Dick's has *nothing* worth buying, except for miscellaneous accessories (they're open later than the bike shops around here). Dick's prices are high, their bikes are low-quality, and the mechanics are ignorant. What do you expect from a megastore? BTW: Do not be fooled by the perpetual "sale" prices at Dick's. It's a standard retail ruse. Go to a real bike shop, and look at real bikes from Trek, Giant, Kona, Fisher, Specialized, etc. You won't spend any more at a bike shop, and you'll get a *lot* more quality, fit and service. That is what you want, especially if you're doing more than toodling along the bike paths once a month. If you do spend more, you'll get a bike that will last a very long time, and a dealer who will stand behind it. -Barry |
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16-07.-2003, 10:30 AM
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Re: dicks sporting goods
"B. Sanders" <nospam@bsanders.net> wrote in message news:L3UQa.69239$ye4.47465@sccrnsc01...
| "Baz_drum" <brouzakis@comcast.net> wrote in message news:vlCQa.60245$Ph3.6334@sccrnsc04... | > I noticed that dick's sporting goods is selling Jeep moutain bikes. They look pretty decent to | > the cheapo Huffy/Mongoose stuff they usually sell. | I'm | > trying to buy a bike from them cause a family member works there and I get | a | > decent discount. Does Jeep make a good bike for "not-so-hardcore" riding? | | Jeep is just a logo slapped on a cheap, heavy Chinese bike. From what I've seen, Dick's has | *nothing* worth buying, except for miscellaneous accessories (they're open later than the bike | shops around here). Dick's prices are high, their bikes are low-quality, and the mechanics are | ignorant. What do you expect from a megastore? BTW: Do not be fooled by the perpetual "sale" | prices at Dick's. It's a standard retail ruse. | | Go to a real bike shop, and look at real bikes from Trek, Giant, Kona, Fisher, Specialized, etc. | You won't spend any more at a bike shop, and you'll get a *lot* more quality, fit and service. | That is what you want, especially if you're doing more than toodling along the bike paths once a | month. If you do spend more, you'll get a bike that will last a very long time, and a dealer who | will stand behind it. I recently responded to a guy on a local BBS who bought a mid priced (his words - a $300 something bike) bike at Dick's. Found first that they would not let him have a boxed bike (nothing wrong there - I'm required to sell my bikes only in built-up form) but in the parking lot, he finds the thing won't work right. Takes it back in and is told he has to leave it, as the "Technician" (oddball names for common jobs is another rant of mine - I'm a mechanic! or a Wrench) wouldn't be in that day. A WEEK later he gets it back and gets out on the trail to discover the stem wasn't tightened properly. He took it back and had such a fight with them he ended up complaining to BBB. Then he shows up at my shop and buys a 10x better bike for $50 less. Dick's bikes suck. I've seen Walgeese better put together. Their selection of clothing is uninspiring. Their people are surly. They recently sold some unknown brand MTB for $40 at a tent sale. Dammit, I can't even get people to get their bikes fixed any more because it costs more than buying another hunk of junk! --- __o _`\(,_ Cycling is life, (_)/ (_) all the rest, just details. Nelson Binch =^o.o^= http://intergalax.com Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.500 / Virus Database: 298 - Release Date: 7/10/2003 |
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