replacement for my storm damaged beach cruisers?

[FFT]

http://gearjunkie.com/walmart-fat-bike

Total waste of $$ or good oceanfront beater? I can always login to MTBR and give a buncha advice to the butt-hurt hippster crowd as a new owner as add benefit, right?

 

[Pearl]

wood buy if i lived by the beach

 

[icebiker]

http://fat-bike.com/2013/04/is-the-walmart-fatbike-really-that-bad/

 

[Patrick]

woulda got one in florida when visiting, but they don't stock em...cheaper than renting a madone.....oh, wasn't really interesting in riding road and getting rolled over by the seniors...

 

[soundz]

sounds like a great bike for training

 

[Steve Vai]

I bought one for SSAP.

-Jim.

 

[THATmanMANNY]

I think I mentioned this in the other thread, swapping tires and tubes is like 10pounds. That's not hard. Also, swapping out for a larger cog isn't hard. If you really wanted to get a shop to face the BB down to 100mm and run DH cranks. What are we talking $500 total now. Swap out the saddle and bar for what you have in your bin. Just go ape shit drilling out the rim. That's what I would if I had time. I would just use $200 cash back from my freedom card for the bike itself. I wouldn't be surprised if they or any other dept store push out a "better" fatbike.

 

[SmooveP]

I bought one to use as an anchor, in case I buy a boat someday.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Very tempting for a clunker, I am sure if I ever go into a Walmart I will pick one up though, my 70's ten speed is in desperate need of wheels, a freewheel, and tires.