https://www.walmart.com/ip/25-700c- GMC-Denali-Men-s-Bike-Wh

for bling and comfort mostly if you just do short rides, nobody is saying you're going to turn into a superstar from riding an s-works but the cranks probably feel a lot more smooth than the 200$ shitter that you ride. Bikes are an art, if you ride every day as your main transportation then might as well get the cassette, the brakes, the tires, the saddle, the cranks you prefer. If you're touring then you need the reliability regardless.

>>1097937
It looks like the same cheap "mountain bikes" that walmart sells but with drop bars

>>1097937

Why do you buy meat, and vegetables? I have survived the last 20 years on potatoes and mulitvitamins. I haven't died yet, fat cat!

>>1097937
So long as it's an aluminum or steel frameset, it's all about the component group and the wheelset. A $200 bike is going to have shitty no-name components that aren't going to work very well and aren't going to hold up for very long, giving overall a shitty riding experience. Furthermore what kind of hubs and rims are the wheelset build on? Again, probably no-name garbage from China; rims that won't stay in true, and hubs that wear out prematurely.

You can light two $100 bills on fire if you really don't want to believe me, but you forfeit your right to whine and complain about it when it falls apart on you.

Meanwhile smarter people are taking that $200 and a little more and shopping around on Craigslist for a used bike with decent components and wheelset. So maybe it needs new tires and chain, and maybe a saddle upgrade, so what? You get a better bike than some piece of Chinese no-name garbage from Walmart.

Choice is yours OP.

>What reason do you have to spend so much money on a bicycle?
To get a 1 piece handlebar for starters

>>1097937
>need
It's a hobby. Pretty much by definition, a hobby is spending time and money on things you don't need.

>>1097937
>25"
>levers and bar angle all fucked up
how hard can it be to get even the ad right

also I like stopping when I want to. good luck with those brakes.

>>1097937
I'm with you OP. My $89 beach cruiser walmart special has held up more than a year living on a ship in the salt air with literally no maintenance. I ride it almost every day in port. That thing has done some serious miles.

>>1098337
>more than a year
that bar is pretty low

my 15 year old BSO MTB (150€) is still running. It's had a new rear wheel, tires and brake pads but that's it.

the fact that it is rideable doesn't mean that I want to ride it.

>>1098014
craigslist is a meme.

>80's bike for 400 dollars
>Walmart bike bought new for 220, sold at 170
>good deals (stolen)