[Closed] I Want a Fat Bike but I've only got £500 (any recommendations)

For £500, it's got to be 2nd hand maybe an On One fatty. Anything new for that price will be brutally heavy and generally rank rotten.

[url= http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/coyote-fatman-fat-bike-black-p328471 ]£299.[/url]

It'll be crap and heavy(-er).

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Also available in [url= http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/coyote-fatman-fat-bike-white-p328480 ] white[/url], and [url= http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/coyote-fatman-fat-bike-grey-p328478 ]grey[/url].

Go Outdoors do one, but

.......weighing in at a svelte 22kg...........

would put me off!

Only £299 so might be worth a punt?

http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/coyote-fatman-fat-bike-black-p328471

or in white (for £50 more).....

http://www.tweekscycles.com/Product.do?method=view&n=6175&g=722514&p=722688&c=215&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Base&utm_campaign=Fat%20Bikes&gclid=CLXZqsW76cQCFYoEwwodA3IAeA

Presuming you already have a bicycle?
Simply let out all the air out of your tyres and half fill them with water then ride to an ice cream shop along a beach. pretty much the same sensation for a fraction of the cost

don't park too far from the ice cream shop though or you will need to purchase £500 worth of frame bags, water bottles and hip flasks.

😆

Simply let out all the air out of your tyres and half fill them with water then ride to an ice cream shop along a beach

sounds bloody great!

it's GRINtastic mate. 😀

sprinkles on my cornet?

I'll just leave this here 😉

http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/on-one-fatty-20-surly-nates

It'll be crap and [s] heavy(-er[/s]) pull objects into its gravitational field as you ride along.

Fixed

On-One occasionaly have offers on full bikes (I got mine when they dropped to £640!) or frame/fork bundles, so worth keeping an eye out, if you already have brakes, gears and finishing kit it might be do-able.

Mine's never been near a beach, or had tyre pressures much below 10psi, TBH that kind of thing looks imeasurably dull for mile after mile, on singletrack it's ace!

There's these ones for £400 - [url] http://www.sand-bikes.co.uk/ [/url]...no idea what they're like though

I recommend you save for a bit longer.

I'm going to sound like my dad now but save up some more money and with any luck by the time you have enough money you wont fancy a fat bike any more. I will have saved you five hundred quid.

Oddly, it's not the weight of that 22kg behemoth that makes me laugh, it's the 7apeed 14-28 freewheel (yep, really), matched with a 44 tooth single front ring!

[quote=motozulu ]I recommend you save for a bit longer.That.

You don't want it badly enough yet.

Phew, I still can't afford another bike.

Managed to get away with a new frame, and a new "rolling chassis" recently. 3 will be raising letters of complaint.

Unless you are going to ride on the beach.... Fat bikes really are pretty useless. Despite what you see on here and all those trying to defend their purchase. They are pointless. Unless you ride on sand or snow.

Keep seeing them round Swinley..... And Surrey hills...etc.... Absolutely no point whatsoever.

I want one by the way as I love the idea.... But that's all it is. The reality is plop.

And yes I have ridden the on one and the genesis caribou

Since when did a "point" have anything to do with owning a bike for leisure use? It's fun, end of story AFAIAC

Get the Go outdoors one mate - you'd be the boss of the fat bikers.

It's a pure expression of the essence of the bike - the shitest fat bike in the land. Be like owning the lightest xc racer, or the most beautiful vintage steel roadie.

So much hate. It's not like it's a 29er.

+1 for trail.

another on-one fatty with the Magic discount code - pink an proud 🙂

(Well pink in the woods fine not sure about round town 🙂

Thanks for most of the replies ,
NorthernMatt would you sell your on one for £500 ??

No.

I tried to lick up one of those Go Outdoors fatbikes a few months ago - it almost crippled me it was so heavy.

Been chuckling this week, while on hols in Aviemore, at the hire fleet of Genesis Caribou's from Bothy Bikes labouring up and down the logging way - good workout !

Rocket dog... No its not fun. You kid yourself it's fun as I did..... But they are not the right tool for the job. Unless you ride on sand and snow.

Hence why there are so many second hand!

The Pinkster - Member
I tried to lick up one of those Go Outdoors fatbikes a few months ago - it almost crippled me it was so heavy.

I'm not surprised, did you manage to get your tongue fully round the tube Matron?

One of the things I really like about riding my fat bike around in the woods is that it's wildly inappropriate for the job. Same as my single speed.

Well pink in the woods fine not sure about round town

brown around town?

I thought it would be the other way round 😉

Rocket dog... No its not fun. You kid yourself it's fun as I did..

Nevermind.... You could always try a 29er or 650b.

This thread really needs some stevenmenmuir wit , I may have to noise him up on Fb. 😀

Bought a second hand SS Fat Bike a few weeks ago - ridden it round the Peak and it's a hoot, makes be grin like a fool.
It's just great fun to ride, ignore the nay sayers - scout around find a second hand one (mine was sub £500)and give it a go - who cares what others think, if you're having fun that's what matters.

I really can't add anything. Chips anyone?

^^^^ At last some decent feedback ,cheers mate now all i got to do is find one 🙂

It's alright RocketDog, must be one of those over serious trailcenter types

Swinley.... Absolutely no point whatsoever.

Hence why there are so many second hand!

I'm with you there, I'm struggling to find any full suss, Enduro, dh, ht second hand bikes ...

I remember someone saying this at outward bound when I was a kid
"Argue your limitations and they're yours"

Is there a UK retailer of Wheeler - their bikes always seem good value

http://www.cyclingdeal.com.au/buy/2015-wheeler-snow-beach-sand-fat-mountain-bike/CGS120MA

This is there Savanna Wheeler

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Note when googling you may come across - Savanna Wheeler on Facebook, while they are rather portly, I suspect asking them for a ride, may result in trouble.

I often wear my winter climbing boots for summer trail running, so I totally get the whole fatbike fad.

Another discount code bought £640 on-one pink fatty owner here.

Bought as a "well if i don't like it I can sell it on for the same" punt, and it currently remains the most used bike from my varied stable despite the new-bike-itus now being worn off.

I advise you save a little longer to get a decent one rather than a weighty boat anchor. You can and will ride anything on it, but best not go out with your fast mates on whippet bikes. I also advise that if you get an On-one fatty you start saving for some carbon forks soon after as they feel good on it.

Andy

but best not go out with your fast mates on whippet bikes

Yep, they hate it when you out climb them in everything but bone dry conditions & can corner faster for the same superior grippy reason.
But yea that 4 month, never see a drop of rain summer we are guaranteed every year is rubbish for fat bikes

Agreed with saving a bit more cash, remember, cheap, light, strong, pick two.

Slam 69 does 0% purchase options on Fatbikes..

That Savana thing looks a bit like the fat bike Onza were doing over here for £700ish. Looked usable, but a good chunk heavier than the OO fatty.

I'm selling my on one fatty, it's a 16 inch with hope m4 hydraulics nukeproof pedals SDG saddle, comes with a set of pdw mud guards and a spare set of qr skewers,aftet £550 can send via courier for an extra £25

singletrackuk, drop me an email. I had someone ask if mine was 16" last night so I'll send you his details.

I don't believe all this nonsense about them being just as quick. By the time you factor in the amount of time the rider wastes taking photographs, messing about with his go pro and talking about bottom bracket widths they are slower than my 7 year old. And I've not even mentioned the war relics.

Other than epicyclo, I don't think any fatbike riders are [i]quite[/i] that old...

Ive watched a few videos and fat bikes look like good fun, I'm thinking i would like to purchase one but i don't know anything about them

might I be a (lone) voice of reason and sense and suggest you try and borrow/demo one first and see if you do actually want one after riding one?

Videos are one thing, reality may be not quite the same (might be better!), so before you go spunking £ on one have a go first 😉

Ah the lesser spotted fat biker with a sense of humour.

I bought my 2nd hand Pugsley for £600 many years ago. Still the best £600 I've ever spent and I reckon I could get my money back on it, if I ever decided to sell it.............incredibly doubtful...

I bought a second hand On One Fatty from the Classifieds for £600ish. Good fun for short blasts although it doesn't replace my main mtb for longer rides.

Don't know what they are like but http://www.rustyscycles.co.uk/m13b0s395p1239/ONZA-UNIT-FAT-BIKE-2015

That Savana thing looks a bit like the fat bike Onza were doing over here for £700ish. Looked usable, but a good chunk heavier than the OO fatty.

THe one I picked up in the shop was pleasantly light but it was a 17" so fairly small.

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Wheeler have a carbon model as well, which I imagine will be one of those open mold chinese ones.

Hi singletrackuk im interested in your bike can you send me some pictures please matey 🙂

Thanks tezatron i will look at the Onza 😀

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CwObXkhQAV8

There's a link to a walk round vid of my fatty

Quadruple your budget and get 29+ like a Krampus, better in every single way (in the UK for about 340 days a year). 😉

Hi singletrackuk your bike looks ideal,I'm in Suffolk whereabouts are you located?

I'm in the lake district (off junction 36 M6) I can box it up and send via courier?

Flogging this if you're interested

http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/fatbike-fat-bike-trek-farley-6-frame-and-parts-size-195-198

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