Have you ever owned a department store bike and it falls apart within a couple of months? Riding department store bikes can be dangerous. Most department store bikes are put together by untrained bike mechanics by their shown quality. Some brands of department store bikes are Huffy, Murray, Pacific, Iron Horse, among others. Department store bikes can be a true bike shop's worst nightmare. Most department store bikes are unusable within the first six months. When you buy a department store mountain bike, the gears normally do not work, brakes are not adjusted correctly, and the handlebars are not adjusted properly. Department store bikes are not worth what they cost, says Consumers Report.
             Most mountain bikes that come with gears normally do not work. Front gears can cause problems because of poor quality, and not being properly adjusted. Rear gears on department store bikes almost never work. This is due to poor quality and improper tuning. Most department store bikes use poor quality cables to help shift gears on a bike. The cables stretch very easy, causing the gears to come out of adjustment. Most mechanics that assemble department store bikes never lube the cables. This will eventually corrode and cause poor shifting. Not lubing the cables on a bike is like not running oil in your car engine, it will not work.
             In addition to poor gear adjustments, department stores never have their brakes properly adjusted on their bikes. The brakes are perhaps the most important part of any bike. Without brakes, how do you stop yourself from running into a car? Most brake pads on department store bikes are never tightened down to the right specifications. Some brakes have a centering device that helps keep one brake pad from dragging while the other pad is away from the rim. Department store bikes are rarely centered properly. Brakes cables are an important part of the brake. Without cables, you cannot stop
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