Walmart FatBikes?

[kingfish254]

I got my red bike today. No scrapes or scratches. Everything was zip tied or taped to the frame. My steering tube was over tightened and not much grease on the bearings. I greased them up and everything worked great. I took it down a 3/4 of a mile hill next to my house. Got it up to about 30 MPH on the road and it handled good. A nice thing about them is they have 36 spoke rims. If you want to add a electric hub motor to the rear wheel it will be no problem. I am happy with it for a few hundred dollars.

Don't forget to grease the bottom bracket. They are normally dry like this.

 

[Rat Rod]

So Kingfish....could you tell visually that your BB was cross threaded before you started to pull yours apart or was it after you removed the BB that you saw it had been cross threaded?

 

[aka_locojoe]

Ummmm... Well I'll tell you later.

 

[kingfish254]

So Kingfish....could you tell visually that your BB was cross threaded before you started to pull yours apart or was it after you removed the BB that you saw it had been cross threaded?

while pulling the left bearing cup it didn't feel right. Once i removed it i could look at the threads of both the cup and the bb and see the messed up threads

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Hmmm, 25 pages of posts and over 5600 views in just two weeks, yet not a single new post in the last 24 hours.

Is the party over?
Is the 'FAT' lady about to sing? :|

Just when I was considering some stock in WalMart! :lol:

 

[dracothered]

Hmmm, 25 pages of posts and over 5600 views in just two weeks, yet not a single new post in the last 24 hours.

Is the party over?
Is the 'FAT' lady about to sing? :|

Just when I was considering some stock in WalMart! :lol:

Nope she's not ready to sing just yet... I need to wait till may to start cutting and welding.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Hmmm, 25 pages of posts and over 5600 views in just two weeks, yet not a single new post in the last 24 hours.

Is the party over?
Is the 'FAT' lady about to sing? :|

Just when I was considering some stock in WalMart! :lol:

Nope she's not ready to sing just yet... I need to wait till may to start cutting and welding.

Now it's going to get interesting!

 

[aceuh]

Just spotted one on my local craigslist... for $250. :wink:
I'll pass...
But I want one! LoL

 

[old_skool]

These Walgoose fat bikes sure look like a lot of fun and are certainly tempting at the price... but I wonder - once the novelty wears off is this something you would choose to ride very often? It seems like they'd be cumbersome and awkward for anything other than low speed flatland cruising. Our area is quite hilly so unless it was geared lower and lost some weight I don't think it would work very well here.

 

[Wildcat]

Definitely needs geared down, mine is much better with a 22 tooth rear sprocket. If all I did was street cruising, a 20 tooth would probably be just right. It comes with 36 front, 18 rear.

 

[Wildcat]

[/quote]Don't forget to grease the bottom bracket. They are normally dry like this.

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I don't have a wheel puller, is there a way to get them off without one?

 

[old_skool]

I don't have a wheel puller, is there a way to get them off without one?

You need a crank arm removal tool like this one... they're pretty cheap

 

[kingfish254]

Here is a continuation of this guys review fo the beast in the snow and creeks.
:arrow: http://rideonpurpose.blogspot.com/2013/ ... beast.html
I love the Comment at the bottom.

 

[DeuceWheeler]

Here is a continuation of this guys review fo the beast in the snow and creeks.
:arrow: http://rideonpurpose.blogspot.com/2013/ ... beast.html
I love the Comment at the bottom.

Funny! I saw the pics and said "That's Minnesota" then found out he is based in Rochester, MN. :lol:

 

[Sphinx]

Nice, I love this Pic.

Here is a continuation of this guys review fo the beast in the snow and creeks.
:arrow: http://rideonpurpose.blogspot.com/2013/ ... beast.html
I love the Comment at the bottom.

Funny! I saw the pics and said "That's Minnesota" then found out he is based in Rochester, MN. :lol:

 

[kingfish254]

That pic is super cool.
I want to see someone poppin a wheelie on a Beast!

 

[yoothgeye]

Here is a continuation of this guys review fo the beast in the snow and creeks.
:arrow: http://rideonpurpose.blogspot.com/2013/ ... beast.html
I love the Comment at the bottom.

1 comment:

Travel GravelMarch 27, 2013 at 9:44 PM
For anyone interested, go to http://www.ratrodbikes.com for more pics and opinions. Those guys know how to have fun with bikes.

 

[kingfish254]

Those guys know how to have fun with bikes.

That is why this forum is so great!!!!

Fun is even build into our rules

Forum Rule #2

...this is supposed to be fun.

Build Off Rule #10

...just build a cool bike and have fun

 

[A.S.BOLTNUT]

Shwaeet !

I'm soo being drawn into wanting one of those bikes ! 8)

 

[Wildcat]

I got the cranks off to look at the bearings, just a very light coating. The threads are hard to work with, even with grease on them and working it slowly. I hope I don't have to pull it again.