In article ,
Mike Jacoubowsky/Chain Reaction Bicycles wrote:

The department store had recalibrated his idea of what a bike should
actually cost. He's now searching bike shops up & down the SF Peninsula,
trying to find a high-quality $80 bike. He actually said that! His view is
apparently that, if a department store can sell a bike for $80, he ought to
be able to find a bike shop that will as well.

I once had a customer try to convince me that his son's Huffy BMX
bike was higher quality than his subsequent $300 Schwinn MTB because
the kid could not destroy the Huffy, whereas the Schwinn only lasted
2 years. Of course the 2 years were spent under an enormous child
with a daily paper route who did his best to demolish the bike...
completely destroyed the wheels, air-cadet handlebar bend, bent
seat post, saddle rails, etc. No trail riding. Child denies having
jumped the bike off the roof or whatever he did with it, dad yells
at the bike shop... you know the story. I hope they bought another Huffy.

And yes, this hits very close to home, as I've got an 11 year old who really
doesn't know much about the outside world; he'd much rather sit in front of
the TV, playing X-box.

So is it your X-box, or his?

--Paul