I’ve been looking at them since they’re under $900 at Wally world now, but haven’t seen a single review.
Long chainstays are long.
it’s so cheap just get it
Get your Walmart bike to the new person thread, new person.
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I want to know if it is a boat anchor that handles like a garbage truck. Also what you’re comparing it to.
Holy cow that’s a stout looking bicycle. How much does the frame weigh?
I just want to read a real review of one before I think about buying it.
How does it handle spirited riding?
I didn’t weigh the frame, but the stock build–without pedals and with tubes–was 25.6lb. As pictured, without lights/bottles/bag but with rack/basket/fenders/brooks/pedals/tubes, is a bit under 30lb.
for the ~50mi i’ve done so far, it rides like a sprightly touring bike and that’s exactly what i got it for. handling is great, no-hands with a bit of stuff in basket is very stable. construction of the frame is good, no surprises.
i’m comparing to a fuji cross and a kilo wt (steamroller clone), i’ve put a lot of miles on each. this feels much more similar to the kilo wt, but with discs/gears/nicer front end handling with a load.
i’ll be doing a bunch of >100mi rides next year so we’ll see on the ~spirits~ business.
a ringing endorsement
This is some top shelf Brianforums stuff right here. I’ve gotten used to a much higher quality level of personal opinion “reviews” on here. Comparing this to a cross bike and a sweet fixie isn’t really a valid comparison, is it?
What’s the tubing spec?
Mentally subtracting the other parts, that frame’s got pretty stout tubing. If you’re not looking for a flexy frame and don’t mind shoving a couple of extra pounds down the road, I’m sure it’s fine – I’ve run series on a Soma Speedster, which is not flexible unless you’re shoving many more watts into the pedals that I’m capable of – but it’s not a particularly Tarck-compliant frame.
Oh, yeah, you need to post that thing in The Nü Nü Nü People Thread so it can be appropriately mocked.
someone on ibob said 8/5/8, no citation. it’s a bike. photos/geo chart tell most of the story. it’s more bikey than other walmart bikes and less bikey than a firefly. probably similarly bikey to a h/g but more walmart and more orange.
Go away
I really like that on the new forum you can see how much a lurker lurked before talking
You need to post your bikes in the new guy thread before you reply in anymore threads
Reading this made me want to leave Tarck
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eww no.