Been thinking about getting a budget fat bike and I’ve really just been waiting for the Calibre Dune to go on offer again or get the Voodoo Wazoo instead. Then I saw this http://www.argos.co.uk/product/5990919

Is it a complete waste of money or alright for a bit of fun?

Cheers

48 pound, my goodness.

26 inch, my goodness 🙂

It’s got £5 off, bargain 😆

thepodge – Member
48 pound, my goodness

But a massive range of 7 whole gears.

Introducing the Piranha fat tyre bike, weighing in a svelte 22kg

Whatever you do don’t get the heavy version.

Please don’t

Please do

yer classic Bicycle Shaped Object.

This is a bit cheaper and offers the same functionality…

Described as a BMX. If you do buy one, can you post a video of it being ridden on a half pipe?

Definitely not too good to be true.

It is all true, and too bad to be good.

TWENTY TWO KILOS.

The Voodoo is 16kg and if you’re feeling flush the Specialized Fatboy is 10kg (ok, that’s not a cheap bike, but still).

22KG – impressive! Should keep the bike planted!

Review:

GREAT SERVICE. EVERYTHING AS IT SHOULD BE. MY ITEM LOOKS BETTER IN THE FLESH THAN THE PICS. WILL USE AGAIN. THANKS FOLKS.

But will he use it for a third time?

nice trail compactor

Brings new meaning to “a lot of bike for your money”

Nutted steel body hubs and freewheel …. Niche

op: it’s a complete waste of money

HTH

Figured as much, just can’t justify spending out on something more expensive right now and I really want to go fat 🙁 Will just keep an eye on the secondhand market.

Thanks for the laughs though everyone, particularly chakaping.

I think that the fact that it weighs almost 50lb will kill any element of fun that’s likely to be had on a cheap bike. Plus the brakes may not be that good at stopping such a monster.

If you buy your bikes by the pound that is a bargain

What I think is nice, is that Halfords sell the same bike for the bargain price of Four Hundred pounds. Yes, £400.

http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/mountain-bikes/coyote-fatman-fat-bike-2015-17

possibly worth more in scrap than as a bike at that weight……

just remember to remove the tires and tubes – the scrappers dont like mixed loads 😉

22kg target weight

What’s a decent weight for a fat bike?

in the argos questions “My weight is 130 Kg , can this bike hold me ? Thanks”

At 22kg i think it would probably hold you and the rest of the family…22kg?! how is that even possible!

22KG

Offer to roller the local cricket pitch?

What’s a decent weight for a fat bike?

Off the top of my head, a few stock fatbike weights…
Canyon Dude ~12Kg (non-Bluto)
Calibre Dune ~15Kg
Voodoo Wazoo ~16Kg

Specialized (carbon) Fatboy is ~10kg claimed weight.

my 9 zero 7 with mavericks and rohloff is kicking the arse of 15kg.

22kg probably isnt that hard once you start with nice thick heavy tires , steel frame , steel fork , steel seatpin, steel bars , steel stem , solid axles etc

My fatty trail, with blutos, reverb, mud huggers front and back, set up ghetto toooobless using camping mat filer and floaters, and Jones loop h bars, tipped the scales at 16kg. She’s a bit of a heffer

If you do buy one, can you post a video of it being ridden on a half pipe?

Don’t be silly. Not when you can drop in on a…

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/4084981?rec=webRespPDP:5990919:alt:CWVTPUBOOT:4084981