>>1409745>hurf durf it's all made in chinautterly meaningless
china produces the full gambit between excellent quality and absolute garbage and the old adage with china goes, you get what you pay for.
under $400 new you are simply not spending enough to get something not garbage. It's not about marginal performance gains at that level. It's about something which is genuinely not serviceable or reliable and if you want to use it for any length of time will have been a waste of money.
He said he'd check out a used bike store which is a good idea.
