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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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Its been named the WallGoose.

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

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

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

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

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

I saw several at last fridays CCM.

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