Super Cheap Mongoose Fat Bike at Wal-Mart

This may be old news to some, but Wal-Mart sells a $200 Mongoose "fat bike," which looks more like a cheap cruiser with fat tires.  Though this could not possibly be a substitute for a Pug or the like, for the crazy price I thought it would be a fun thing for me and my kids to kick around town and roll over stuff (with an apparently necessary switch from an 18T to a 20T freewheel--so add another $20) and not worry too much about.  Definitely not for ATB action.

Anyone have one?  My expectations are realistically low, but is this so sub-par that it's not worth it?  It seems it could be a fun thing to have around in its own way.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/26-Mongoose-Beast-Men-s-Oversized-All-Ter...

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Permalink Reply by Legacy Frameworks on June 2, 2014 at 9:08am

Its been named the WallGoose.

Check out a review here http://fat-bike.com/2013/04/is-the-walmart-fatbike-really-that-bad/

Permalink Reply by Mike Schwab on June 3, 2014 at 4:52am

And with a few used parts, it is somewhat ride able.
http://fat-bike.com/2013/04/is-the-walmart-fatbike-really-that-bad-...

Permalink Reply by Waymond Smith on June 3, 2014 at 4:57am

Buy it, and then donate it to Working Bikes or someone else! The bike at Walmart, KMart, Target,etc. are garbarge.

Permalink Reply by Dave Grossman on June 3, 2014 at 5:32am

Even bikes direct has a ton of fat bikes now......at many price points:

http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/fat-bikes.htm

Permalink Reply by S.Presley☠ on September 30, 2014 at 4:05am

I saw several at last fridays CCM.

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