Bicycle update

I don't think it will last 3 months. Let's recap:

Purchased the bike 10 days ago.
Day 6 my pedal fell off. Seriously. 25 RMB to have a street-side bike repairman fix it.
Day 8 the other pedal was threatening to falling off. 1 RMB for another repair man to do some preventative wrench turning.

I guess it can be expected from a $25 Chinese bike bought at a French mass-retailer?

Other symptoms of 'new' Chinese bicycles (also bought at Carrefour):
- Nuts and bolts spontaneously fall off.
- Seats gradually 'recline'.
- Rear-wheel moves forward. Chain repeated falls off of sprockets.


Luckily, there exists one solution to ALL bike problems: The mobile repairmen. Someone should do a Porter's 5 Forces for this industry.