Is this a good bike for the price?

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(10-04-2013, 02:13 PM)GeorgeET Wrote:  The Walmart bikes are better than no bike at all. But they are heavy and have components that imitate real components but do not work well..

IMO you are better off looking for a good used bike on Craigs list.

He's a big boy too, over 200lbs. Did you see the B.S. 400lb rating in the Walmart description?
I'd go for a CL bike too, but if he isn't comfortable with working on it & buying bike specific tools, Walmart might be the way to go.