I like to walk over to the bike section at the Wally while the wife is about her shopping. It amuses me a bit to see what kind of stuff they are pushing to the common guy. I noted today that they have a flashy black, orange, and yellow fixie up on the racks now. I didn't notice who it was made by, likely a "Schwinn", but it is certainly a sign that fixies are becoming much more mainstream when Wal Mart is even offering one.

Are we now going to see all the hipsters move on to something else? They certainly can't ride a type of bike they offer at the great corporate devil store.....

Us hipsters over at SSFG make fun of it to, you know. I laugh when I see them on the street.

Skinny jeans becoming unhip in 3....2....1....


PuRAISE gawd fur vict'ry!

Real hipsters buy their PBR & fixed gear bikes at Walmart, because it's so mainstream to put any effort into one's hipsterhood. (Or pay full retail for that matter.)

I've seen a couple of attempts at selling them for $150-200 on CL, floor price = $99. Even one attempt at de-McDonaldsizing them prior to CL resale.

The kitch value is through the roof on that bike.
I can't tell if they're ridiculing McDonald's or surreptitiously sponsored (with intentional irony) by Team McCafe...

My nephew actually bought this very bike a few months ago to commute around campus. I had to true the wheels up a bit, adjust the brakes, and lube a few parts of the bike but it has actually held up pretty well for him. It is incredibly heavy...I'd say 35 pounds +....But for $100 dollars, it's fine for what he's using it for.

is that fixed or single speed?

Both. They come chained up on the freewheel side,but come with a fixed cog too, so you just need to flip the rear wheel to roll fixed.

How much does that bike weigh, looks really light. It looks decently fast too.

the front forks look like cervelo forks LOL

It's a flip-flop

35# read above. The worst part about that bike is the stem.

Thats the same fork as the GMC and it's steel. I saw these the other day, it's a joke. And get em while there hot. Ya know!

35 pounds? What's the frame made from, solid steel bars?

Solid lead pipes I'm guessing.

Who follows "the wife" to Walmart whist she shops?

I'd rather shave off my nipples.

Psych major, by any chance?
Or maybe Econ? They say Economics is the study of incentives, and pity is arguably a mightier theft-deterrent than anything Kryptonite could devise.

China is electroforging bikes now?

hey, i know that quote- it is ma joad in grapes of wrath. read it a half dozen times. thanks!

I have trouble imagining making a 35 pound fg, but for $100, they probably just use a solid cast frame

He's studying to be a Pharmacist. After he bought it, I tried to talk him into something much better but he insists on riding this until it falls apart. Based off what I've seen in the past from Walmart bikes, he'll get a year or so out of it and then the parts to fix it will outweigh what he spent. Still, I don't blame him for buying it for $100 dollars.

Wal-Mart is going to sell more of these bikes than any LBS selling some Crabon/vintage custom steel velocipede.

Fixies are becoming way more accessible to folks compared to $15,000 digital gruppo all carbon 10lbs wunderbikes.

They may suck and weigh a ton for us Gentleman Riders, but it's getting kids into bikes. And that's pretty cool.

Wal-Mart still sucks, though.

Do you have to own the bike before you can post the photo in the Hot or Not thread? I know they have lots of rules over there.

Yeah it's a POS compared to a real road bike but at the same time for the type of riding most people actually do it makes more sense than other new bikes in that price range, for instance a ****ty next brand MTB thing.