| Beware of BLOs say Mountain Bike salespeople | | | | a superior advantage in purchases and you do |
| at bike shops. But what the heck is a BLO? A | | | | get the most bang for your buck from them. |
| BLO is a Bike Like Object. You see, there is | | | | But they DO NOT sell high quality tough |
| a huge difference between department store | | | | bikes. They are trying to go after the larger |
| bicycles at Wal-Mart, K-Mart and other large | | | | percentage of potential customers, who |
| retailers than the much better bicycles sold | | | | generally do not know the difference.Does |
| at specialty bike shops. In fact there really | | | | this mean you should not buy a Department |
| is no comparison in quality or parts. | | | | Store BLO? Well, it means that a Bike Like |
| Everything on a BLO will break if used or | | | | Object is not a rough tough Mountain Bike and |
| abused, yet a real mountain bike is made to | | | | if you buy one, you will not be able to do |
| be ridden tough and can endure the abuse of a | | | | anything similar to those off-roading trail |
| serious rider.Is this a matter of competitors | | | | rider professionals do in the commercials or |
| bad mouthing department store bikes? Well, | | | | in the advertisements in Bicycling Magazines. |
| sure there is some of that too, no doubt. The | | | | You should know this up front. Consider all |
| Department Store or Retail Box Stores do get | | | | this in 2006. |