Well, we're glad, if you're glad. There is no comparison between department store bikes and bike shop bikes. Heavy Huffy's are junk, no matter where you ride 'em.
Just like cars, you can buy something really cheap like, say a Yugo(they don't make these anymore, duh) and then buy a BMW and you would see the difference, right? This has always been an argument of people who don't really understand the bike industry. Slapped together does not equal TIG welded frames or carbon fiber. It's pretty simple really.
And geez, the helmet thing.
I work at a local hospital and do you have any idea how many head injuries there are from people/kids not wearing a lid? Find some stats for her on the internet and let her read them. That should scare the heck out of her. It can happen and she's a good candidate riding that department store junk.
Sooner or later something will happen and she'll be cying why she smashed her punkin'.
Keep after her and good for you wearing yours. Actually, other riders make light of those who
don't wear a helmet b/c they know better.
Your bike is a good start to test the waters. But you can bet once you are into mtn bike riding, you won't go back. It's some type of disease that affects us mtn bikers. There's a name for it but for some reason my brain isn't working just right. Must be that "disease".
LOL.
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