Walmart Mongoose XR-200

"Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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If you own one let's compare notes...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CheapMTB/

Cool! I love mine!

[email hidden] (Dave) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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If you own one let's compare notes...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CheapMTB/

Gotta say, I like your spirit. Careful trying to get that fork
pointing in the right direction 😉
/s

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If you own one let's compare notes...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CheapMTB/

Thats one group I'm glad I don't belong to. lol

Xtc said:

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If you own one let's compare notes...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CheapMTB/

Thats one group I'm glad I don't belong to. lol

I wonder what the life expectancy of that group is. What percentage of
members are speared through the heart by a busted top tube?

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Xtc said:

"Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

If you own one let's compare notes...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CheapMTB/

Thats one group I'm glad I don't belong to. lol

I wonder what the life expectancy of that group is. What percentage of
members are speared through the heart by a busted top tube?

What percentage of people who actually buy those bikes are sophisticated
enough to use Yahoo groups?

In article <[email hidden]>, Sir.Ride-a-
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Xtc said:

"Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

If you own one let's compare notes...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CheapMTB/

Thats one group I'm glad I don't belong to. lol

I wonder what the life expectancy of that group is. What percentage of
members are speared through the heart by a busted top tube?

Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks. Unless they have a
rear susp, the frames are practically unbreakable. Now a head injury
from a thrown derailleur might be another matter <GGG>.

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David Kerber said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Sir.Ride-a-
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

Xtc said:

"Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>If you own one let's compare notes...
>
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CheapMTB/

Thats one group I'm glad I don't belong to. lol

I wonder what the life expectancy of that group is. What percentage of
members are speared through the heart by a busted top tube?

Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks. Unless they have a
rear susp, the frames are practically unbreakable. Now a head injury
from a thrown derailleur might be another matter <GGG>.

Oh, they break. They may have a lot of metal but it's cheap material and
they don't appear to actually be engineered.

On Thu, 27 May 2004 16:23:11 -0400, David Kerber

ns_dkerber@ns_ids.net said:

Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks. Unless they have a
rear susp, the frames are practically unbreakable. Now a head injury
from a thrown derailleur might be another matter <GGG>.

As we know from a recent thread on rec.bicycles.misc (or was it
..tech?), the forks on those bikes may be questionable; so one would
get speared through the heart with the stem.

A recent post included a link to a graphic demonstrating the type of
wear that showed up very quickly on one Walgoose, as a bearing in
the rear suspension pivot near the BB was crapped and the whole bike
flexed sideways easily.

Finally, on rec.bicycles.tech, Carl Fogel has been posting a journal
of his experiment with a Roadmaster Fury (which he calls a "Fury
Roadmaster"😉, which makes a Walgoose look like an expensive,
high-quality bike.

Oh, one other item of interest: I picked up a discarded Walgoose FS
partial bike; frame, front wheel, left grip shifter, right grip
shifter missing most of it's parts (including the grip part), rear
wheel missing, both brakes there (rear brake with Kool Stop salmon
pads), brake levers disassembled (clamps left on bike, actual levers
MIA), crank left on but chainrings removed, miscellaneous other
stuff removed.

I guess I'll throw it together with the parts on another rescue,
either a cheezy hybrid (I've got two now) or a Huffy faux-FS. Then,
I'll get to try the FS Walgoose experience.

I ignored about 5 other discarded bikes at the same house, as I just
haven't got a place to put them, and the looked both awful and
nearly useless. Maybe somebody else has rescued them and put them to
use.

Why is this thread on r.b.marketplace anyway?
--
Rick Onanian

David Kerber said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Sir.Ride-a-
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Xtc said:

"Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>If you own one let's compare notes...
>
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CheapMTB/

Thats one group I'm glad I don't belong to. lol

I wonder what the life expectancy of that group is. What percentage of
members are speared through the heart by a busted top tube?

Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks. Unless they have a
rear susp, the frames are practically unbreakable.

Heavy tubing doesn't mean strong. I've seen several broken Walgooses,
including my misguided bro's.

Greg

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What percentage of people who actually buy those bikes are sophisticated
enough to use Yahoo groups?

Using Yahoo takes sophistication???

C.Q.C.

Dave said:

If you own one let's compare notes...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CheapMTB/http://groups.yahoo.com/group-
/CheapMTB/

13 members and climbing!!! Hurry before they run out of spots!

Jimbo(san)

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David Kerber said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Sir.Ride-a-
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Xtc wrote:

>"Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>>If you own one let's compare notes...
>>
>>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CheapMTB/
>
>Thats one group I'm glad I don't belong to. lol

I wonder what the life expectancy of that group is. What percentage of
members are speared through the heart by a busted top tube?

Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks. Unless they have a
rear susp, the frames are practically unbreakable. Now a head injury
from a thrown derailleur might be another matter <GGG>.

Oh, they break. They may have a lot of metal but it's cheap material and
they don't appear to actually be engineered.

Back in the day, I broke one. My first MTB.

Course, I had to run into a parked car at approx 15mph to do it. 🙂

Mark

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On Thu, 27 May 2004 16:23:11 -0400, David Kerber

ns_dkerber@ns_ids.net said:

Are you kidding? Those things are built like tanks. Unless they have a
rear susp, the frames are practically unbreakable. Now a head injury
from a thrown derailleur might be another matter <GGG>.

As we know from a recent thread on rec.bicycles.misc (or was it
.tech?), the forks on those bikes may be questionable; so one would
get speared through the heart with the stem.

A recent post included a link to a graphic demonstrating the type of
wear that showed up very quickly on one Walgoose, as a bearing in
the rear suspension pivot near the BB was crapped and the whole bike
flexed sideways easily.

That's why I specified non-rear susp bike.

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[email hidden] (Dave) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

If you own one let's compare notes...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CheapMTB/

I didn't like mine much, and eventually moved up to a more purpose
oriented unit. I really never nailed down the exact problems. Maybe it
was just a rode problem. I was working with the basic 5:1 scope. Maybe
it was the chain, maybe it was the entire ground tackle, but what ever
it was, that bike wouldn't hold a 30,000 lb'er with 5ft of draft under
the lightest weather .... even with 3/8 all chain/snubber setup.

R

Ask Mr. Baker if you think I'm wrong.

[email hidden] (Dave) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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If you own one let's compare notes...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CheapMTB/

The basic premise of the page seems to be "I've made a poor purchase,
been told I've made a poor purchase by pepole who know, but want to
talk about my poor purchase with other people who've made the same
mistake."
You get told it's a crappy bike because you just cannot get a durable,
offroad capable bike for $99.99.
These bikes are meant for the odd jaunt down to KFC, and should be
treated as such.

cheers

G

On 27 May 2004 18:19:23 -0700, [email hidden] (gazzer)

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You get told it's a crappy bike because you just cannot get a durable,
offroad capable bike for $99.99.

Yes you can. Buy used from a bike shop.
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Rick Onanian

Dave said:

If you own one let's compare notes...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CheapMTB/

http://www.pbase.com/image/19662696
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Jimbo(san) said:

Dave said:

If you own one let's compare notes...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CheapMTB/http://groups.yahoo.com/group-
/CheapMTB/

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13 members and climbing!!! Hurry before they run out of spots!

Jimbo(san)

ROTFL
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[email hidden] (Dave) wrote in message

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Quoted message said:

If you own one let's compare notes...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CheapMTB/

I didn't like mine much, and eventually moved up to a more purpose
oriented unit. I really never nailed down the exact problems. Maybe it
was just a rode problem. I was working with the basic 5:1 scope. Maybe
it was the chain, maybe it was the entire ground tackle, but what ever
it was, that bike wouldn't hold a 30,000 lb'er with 5ft of draft under
the lightest weather .... even with 3/8 all chain/snubber setup.

Heh...

Shaun aRe thinks it may be more dingy oriented peace o' kit.