Whats wrong with this bike?



I had to look twice, but, the front forks/wheel are facing backwards, the bars are ok. :eek:

Or you could have it the other way.. :rolleyes:

Also the protective packing for the RD is still on the rear axle nut. ;)

Well spotted!!! :D
 
I think it's lousy that they market bikes like this to beginning inexperienced cyclists, when a conventional diamond-framed all-steel mountain bike is probably a much better choice and is still inexpensive. These "downhill framed" bikes may look cool to the unsuspecting consumer, but they just aren't designed for real-world road use and are heavy as hell. I'm sick of seeing them at Wal-mart :mad:
 
Also the Average retail is way to high at $269. At $99 you can pick up a similar bike at Kmart and have the associated convience of somewhere to return it etc etc.
 
Well, it seems like they tried to copy the pursuit drafting style track bikes, but failed miserbly.
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The fork is on backwards.
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Dear god...:eek: Which "never seen a bike in my life" GOOSE put that together??
 
ScottishDan said:
Well, I got this from a link in the Australia forum - so don't cheat - what's wrong with this bike? (apart from it being a disgusting poorly manufactured horrible piece of chinese ****)

Bottem end bargain? ,a similiar bike sells at our retail stores for half the price.
For the same ammount of money i'd go for a pre owned bike,now theres where you could pick up a bargain.
HOWARD
 
ScottishDan. Which part of the website did you find out the bike was made in China?:confused: :confused: :confused:
 
HowardSteele said:
ScottishDan said:
a similiar bike sells at our retail stores for half the price.
The price is about right in Aussie$. Its more a case of not coming from a shop front, which makes returning it difficult or impossible. It's typical of what one would buy for a 12 year old boy, to ride down at the local park. Hopefully their Dad knows how to put it together correctly.

I'm a bit supprised that shimano parts exist at this end of the market.
 
HT606 said:
ScottishDan. Which part of the website did you find out the bike was made in China?:confused: :confused: :confused:
Full suspension bike + $99AUS = made in China

Assuming some kind of a profit margin, a few middle men and distributors; how much would this bike sell for when it leaves the factory/child-labour camp?

I think people should boycott buying these things. There must be a humanitarian crisis behind every one of these manufactured.
 
This makes me wonder just how much it actually costs to manufacture a $AUD10 000 bike...many of which are actually made in asia.
Shimano has many parts sourced from china,campy has half of its production in Bulgaria/Romania.
 
stevebaby said:
This makes me wonder just how much it actually costs to manufacture a $AUD10 000 bike...many of which are actually made in asia.
Shimano has many parts sourced from china,campy has half of its production in Bulgaria/Romania.
True, the manufacturing cost is clearly much less than AU$10k would imply. What you are paying for is R&D, testing, testing, testing, more R&D, quality materials, quality manufacturing, low volume batches, branding, reputation, low volume sales, excellent after sales support.

These $99 bikes usually come with a sticker that says "no suitable for off road use" or the like and theres a good reason for it. If an adult takes it for a day of true off road riding, the bike will never come back.
 
ScottishDan said:
Full suspension bike + $99AUS = made in China

Assuming some kind of a profit margin, a few middle men and distributors; how much would this bike sell for when it leaves the factory/child-labour camp?

I think people should boycott buying these things. There must be a humanitarian crisis behind every one of these manufactured.
http://www.nlcnet.org/campaigns/archive/chinareport/huffybikesdoc.shtml
National Labor Committee
What a wonderful thing globalisation is...not.
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Hi Scottish Dan :confused: ,

I welcome your rights to an opinion but it is wrong to spread negativity on forums when you have no basis for what you are saying.

I am a fitness trainer specialising in cycle training for beginner / intermediates in Sydney. I have been looking for a good value, entry level bike for my customers for ages and there is nothing that I have found that is better than the mountain bike with Shimano Gears that was on sale for $99 at www.oo.com.au. There is even a $79 bike that I have recommended as great value to some of my beginner trainers.

24 of my customers have purchased that bike from www.oo.com.au over the past 4 months and none of them have had any problems. My nephew had a minor problem which was caused in the delivery and that was fixed in a matter of days.

Perhaps get your facts straight before you lead people down the wrong path.
 
To Ride4Fitness

you make me sorry to be an Australian. Where is your support for the local product, Malvern Star? :eek:

You have a position of responsability! Will you pay the physio bills for all these misled bike customers when they have overuse injurys from wrong bike fit? Are you taking responsability for the incorrect bike use and sizing?

At least put them on Giants, Apollos, Malvern Stars, I will not recomend your gym to any of my friends! :mad:
 
Hi George, :( :(

Generally I find your comments to be very informative and accurate but unfortunately here you are being a bit over dramatic.

Not everyone can afford to buy a Giant, Trek or Felt like you can. For beginners and social trainers an investment of over $100 can sometimes make the difference of trying the sport or giving it a miss. I'd rather they try it and if they intend to become more proficient in a few years they can consider more expensive alternatives.

I would love to be patriotic and i do like the malvern star mtb's but have struggled to find one where my customer would get change from $200.
Also a big fan of shimano equipment, and I know I can't find any mtb with shimano gears for south of $250.

Of course I take full responsibility for size and fit and have had no problems with these bikes from oo.com.au.

(PS I do like your bike though :cool: )
 
Ride4Fitness said:
Hi Scottish Dan :confused: ,

I welcome your rights to an opinion but it is wrong to spread negativity on forums when you have no basis for what you are saying.

I am a fitness trainer specialising in cycle training for beginner / intermediates in Sydney. I have been looking for a good value, entry level bike for my customers for ages and there is nothing that I have found that is better than the mountain bike with Shimano Gears that was on sale for $99 at www.oo.com.au. There is even a $79 bike that I have recommended as great value to some of my beginner trainers.

24 of my customers have purchased that bike from www.oo.com.au over the past 4 months and none of them have had any problems. My nephew had a minor problem which was caused in the delivery and that was fixed in a matter of days.

Perhaps get your facts straight before you lead people down the wrong path.
I was simply pointing out that in order to manufacture a bike that cheaply, some poor bugger's gonna have to work hard for a blimmin low wage and that is where the humanitarian disaster lies. Whether somebody decides to buy into this is an ethical question

And no one can convince me that those bikes are not complete and utter horse ****.