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So, you're considering buying a bike? First of all, Thank You for giving us an opportunity to earn your business! The number one question we hear in our shop is "What's the difference between your bikes and the ones at Wal-Mart? Their bikes are much cheaper and look OK. Aren't they the same?" In a word, NO. They are not! As Consumer Reports stated; Mass merchant bikes (Wal-Mart, Toys r Us, KMart etc. have an average life expectancy of only TWO, yes that's right, TWO years(!) While Bike Shop bikes have a average life of 15 years!
There's also a HUGE difference in care and service after you purchase your bike. Use the following chart to compare, with our thanks to our friends at www.bikesrnottoys.com
| BIKE SHOPS | TOY STORES |
| Train their people to match your kind of riding to all the possible bicycle choices. | Their sales clerks are trained to stock shelves! |
| Carefully fit YOUR bike to YOU. This is vital to your safety, comfort, and fun. Quality bikes are built in many sizes to fit you OR a growing rider more safely and longer. | Bikes are "one size fits all" and they offer little frame size selection or choice. That's like Nike™ making only size 6 shoes to fit everybody's foot. That's ridiculous! |
| Provide you honest information, have more types of bikes for different riding, and lets you test ride your choices. | Have few bike-type choices available for test rides, but MIGHT offer a choice of colors! |
| Quality bike ARE repairable, worth repairing, and are built with better, more durable parts less prone to malfunction or need repair. | "Toy Store" bikes are often non fixable, off-brand, "odd-ball" bikes that are OFTEN NOT WORTH REPAIRING! |
| Bike shops have expert, trained technicians to build AND repair bicycles. | Toy stores have none! |
| Correct, safe bicycle assembly by a bike shop takes an average of an hour or more per bicycle and is FREE! | Toy stores "throw together" about 10 bikes an hour, and most charge extra for assembly! A bike shop would charge up to $65 to assemble such a bike. |
| ALL NEW BIKES need adjustment of gears, brakes, spokes, bearings etc. after an initial 15 to 30 hours of use to operate properly and last. Bike Shop warranties cover FREE adjustments, parts and labor if problems occur. | Expect bike adjustments to cost an EXTRA $25 to $60...and most stores DON'T DO THEM! DO NOT overlook this hidden expense. And they can only give you another "bike in a box" when you get stuck with a lemon! |
| Properly assembled and maintained bikes last and last and last.... | "Toy Store" bike often malfunction, need costly repairs, and DON'T LAST! |
| Bike Shops Teach correct operation, safe use and care, and adjust your bike to fit you. ONE bicycle that fits, lasts longer, and "holds up" through many seasons' use (and STILL has a re-sale value!) costs less! | Clerks spend little or no time with you, and you get what you pay for! Their bikes fall apart, are sometimes NOT fixable are often disposable and their frequent repair or replacement COSTS YOU MONEY! |
| You BI-cycle for years on a BIKE SHOP BIKE. | You RE-cycle "toy store bikes!" |