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Old 03-21-13, 11:12 AM
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Wal-Mart Fat Bike

https://www.walmart.com/ip/22861844

Um. I kind of want this.
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Old 03-21-13, 11:18 AM
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Me also, I'm sure I could destroy it in 10 minutes (without really trying).
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It was only a matter of time
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I think fat bikes are the new fixies
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Old 03-21-13, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Barrettscv
Me also, I'm sure I could destroy it in 10 minutes (without really trying).
I'm a bit concerned about those rear track ends.
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interesting concept

i'll wait for b'twin which makes cheap bikes that last.
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Old 03-21-13, 12:16 PM
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Consider that the basic tyres on a Pug run about $100.00 each... and the complete wheel set is $500.00 - $600.00 sans cogs and tyres.
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Its kinda growing on me. I only been looking at it for like... 5 seconds.
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Old 03-21-13, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Commodus
https://www.walmart.com/ip/22861844

Um. I kind of want this.
What for?
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Old 03-21-13, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
What for?
This ?

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Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
What for?
I don't really have an answer, I just like enormous tires.
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Old 03-21-13, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Sixty Fiver
This ?

I'm not sure I'd ride in those conditions with only a coaster brake.
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Given the price of Pugsly and Moonlander spares, it Might be worth it, just for the tires

then toss the rest of the bike, in the bin.
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Originally Posted by Commodus
I don't really have an answer, I just like enormous tires.
This is the bike for you:
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Originally Posted by wobbooze
I think fat bikes are the new fixies
There's no doubt. I was at a XC race recently where some guy had a fat bike with a Halloween-type severed foot between the spokes on the rear wheel. His tires were wider than most of the singletrack.
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Originally Posted by Andy_K
I'm not sure I'd ride in those conditions with only a coaster brake.
A coaster brake would fine in cold and snow, many people I know really like them for winter riding.

Based on my experience with BSO's from the x marts of the world I do not think the hubs are going to hold up to any type of extreme riding and would certainly not want to try any technical riding with a coaster brake.

To get to this point I rode through the river and was crank deep in water... sealed hubs and a sealed bb are pretty much essential.

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Old 03-21-13, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by fietsbob
Given the price of Pugsly and Moonlander spares, it Might be worth it, just for the tires

then toss the rest of the bike, in the bin.
I suspect the tyres would not be good for anything much more than a spare...

If people want to donate and send me one I would be happy to try and kill it.

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it wont do this.
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Originally Posted by modernjess
it wont do this.
I guarantee you that if I ever run tyres that big and knobby on my Pug that I will take it into the shop, strip it down, and powder coat it John Deere green.
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Originally Posted by Sixty Fiver
I guarantee you that if I ever run tyres that big and knobby on my Pug that I will take it into the shop, strip it down, and powder coat it John Deere green.
Great idea! But it will never happen, you can't fit those beasts on a pugs.
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46 pounds, no thanks. Coaster brake, maybe good for for power skids.
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Originally Posted by modernjess
Great idea! But it will never happen, you can't fit those beasts on a pugs.
I am a little limited to 5 inch wide tyres but as it is, I have more float than I will ever need on the Endos.
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No wally world here *, One of the Buyers of the Sun Spider , a 2 speed kick back coaster brake ,
fat bike, is taking it and the 'clam gun' and a Bag to the Beach and hunting their quarry.

*Yet .. they have their eyes on the Warrenton Big Box Blight area , to crush their neighbors.

and grind down anyone in their path..
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Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
What for?
When I lived on the coast, the dunes started about 50 yards from my front door. If I'd decided to stay there, I would have definitely purchased a Moonlander or Pugsley.
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Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
What for?
Probably for the same reason several peole on these forums seem to have whole fleets of bikes: BECAUSE!
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