A few of these have cropped up on fleabay New One and ex-demo
One for sale in the UK too.
Anyone know anything about them?
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Posted 5 months ago #
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They look like a very cheap end Fat Bike but Im sure Coastkid , Epicyclo or Motorman will be along soon.
Posted 5 months ago # -
They look like they will weigh a ton + a rear brake only.
Must be crap as they don't even appear to get a mention on mtbr.
Posted 5 months ago # -
How long are those seat stays? - you could get another rider in there. It doesn't look right, but that doesn't mean it doesn't ride right I suppose.
Posted 5 months ago # -
Attack of the FBSOs!
Posted 5 months ago # -
Wow, they look great, and there are several posts on MTBR (if you look
), though I can't find much about there ride (not that I know anything about how Fat bikes ride), but it's being sold as a cruiser not as a trail bike. They definitely do have a disc mount on the fork, but being sold as cruisers they don't fit one as std. The one posted on MTBR for a rebuild, using his own part and the frame, reports the build weighs 32lbs, so hardly that heavy..
Posted 5 months ago # -
There sold as beach cruisers, hence the frame lenght and spec,
check out there spider tyre tread
At there price which i think was around £800 maybe its worth waiting for the On One to appear? Or build one of these; Home brew fatty
Posted 5 months ago # -
The On-One is going to be a while yet I believe...........and there is snow now!
I should really do it properly after last years 1/2 fat effort
Posted 5 months ago # -
Having looked at the option on these a while back I would wait for the on one, which has a target price of £1000
They are a budget option for sure, with 100mm rims, but I think you would find the bike quite limited after a while in the standard spec. Also, by the time shipping & tax is added, you are not far off the cost of a pugsley.
The chainline is a bit iffy & I have seen chainrub on the tyre when using Alfine hub. 39lbs in standard form. 1
That said, it would be ok for flat beach riding & I did consider making a frankenbike fat cargo bike out of one or a Sun Spider AT
Just depends on what you want to do with it.
Posted 5 months ago # -
The long wheelbase may not be a disadvantage and the frame quality is probably adequate. You're unlikely to be jumping it off 10' drops.
The real cost of a fatbike is in its BB, wheels and tyres. Their cost makes lycra-laddie roadies look like skinflints.
I would be quite happy to have one of those frames - the extra length might make them good for carrying plenty camping gear. Geometry can be varied by simply using a different front fork.
Personally, if I had to wait for a frame, an On-One looks much more attractive to me, and I'll probably buy one anyway (even though I now have 2 fatbikes) because I'm sure it will be a better frame*.
* Based on the good handling I've had out of my other On-One frames.
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or do what I did and buy a used Pugsley, still smiling..............
Posted 5 months ago # -
just make a frankenfat like Keef from this ere forum.
Posted 5 months ago # -
here you go Taz......
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