Short answer: yes. Long answer: absolutely, yes. I owned a Walmart bike when I was 16-17. Rode it into the ground and had a blast. I did zero maintenance on it

Short answer: yes. Long answer: absolutely, yes. I owned a Walmart bike when I was 16-17. Rode it into the ground and had a blast. I did zero maintenance on it for two years (not ideal) and it serves the purpose. Bought a much nicer entry level Trek in my mid-20s and hardly rode it. It wasn’t until much later that I bought a bike that I rode more. It just happened that I could afford more and decided to spend more, but it absolutely wasn’t necessary. In fact, a guy I ride with in summer works at a LBS and still rides his trusty 1990s MTB (mid level). Oh, still regularly beats on most other riders too on it. Nowadays Walmart is actually quite involved in the biking community and used to sell moderately high end bikes, though they may be out of the game now. Most people looked down on these bikes for some reason even though the entire group set was equivalent to a major brand high end bike. But it was sold by Walmart so how bad could it be? I suspect you don’t own one of these but the point is the same - as with many other hobbies, snobbery is very much thriving in cycling. Hell, I’m guilty of it to an extent too.