12-19-2016, 11:50 AM | #196 | |
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I've set up a few BSO's in the past for friends. Just a little time anbd patience and you're good to go.
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12-19-2016, 11:52 AM | #197 |
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Don't sweat the weight. I doubt it matters compared to the rolling resistance of sand/snow, and few people climb on FB's so the weight probably does not much matter.
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12-19-2016, 11:55 AM | #198 |
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I have to update you all with some pics of my latest aquisition, a 2004 Trek 5200 United States Postal Service in near new condition.
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12-19-2016, 01:12 PM | #199 | |
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Anyways ,the fat bikes with the multispeeds would be miles ahead of mine with the single speeds ,50 lbs is a heavy bike for a single speed .Surprisingly ,even the wallmart tires have been good in the snow and ice ,I have not fallen with it yet or slipped very much at all ,considering the whole bike cost less than one good tire it's pretty impressive . |
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12-19-2016, 01:27 PM | #200 |
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How much was it?
I have NEW pics ;-)
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12-19-2016, 05:36 PM | #201 |
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I got mine for $150 Canadian .about $5.00 US l.o.l. ,around here a real 4" fat tire alone is about $175 and up .
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12-19-2016, 06:15 PM | #202 |
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That's worth the price of admission even if it is used only occasionally.
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12-19-2016, 07:27 PM | #203 |
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No plans to motorize these.
I think a 50cc kit engine wouldn't help much. I would try one of those 212cc industrial engines.
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12-19-2016, 08:15 PM | #204 |
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Nice. Torque converter is the key.
The weak link is the mounting of the sprocket. That looks different than others I have seen.
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12-19-2016, 09:10 PM | #205 |
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totally agree Doc. Buddy at work changed from centrifugal clutch to torque convert and he said his go kart is now a beast.
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12-19-2016, 11:29 PM | #206 |
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How much is the kit by the way? Have you ever installed one?
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12-20-2016, 05:11 AM | #207 | |
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Fat Ass Wally and I haven't been out for awhile. Maybe this weekend after everyone leaves.
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12-20-2016, 09:29 AM | #208 |
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I googled Wally world's U.S. site for fat bikes this morning ,they have quite a selection available ,we were only offered the one model for $300.00 Canadian ,but they stopped selling them last fall which is when I bought mine .Literally the week after ,I was driving down to Toledo for my nephews wedding and was planning on purchasing a fat bike there ,but I knew I got a good deal and then I could bring back something else instead .Anyway ,I am OK with the tires it came with for now ,and if it ever needs tires I will probably pop over the border and buy another bike ,but with gears this time .
I have had very few issues ,the left side crank arm kept losing its nut ,so some red loctite has taken care of that ,I am tall with lower back issues so I swapped out the very low bar with the tallest bmx bar I had in the shed ,it came with a rear mount side stand that literally fell apart on the road on the bikes first ride around the block ,but other than that it's been fine .It snowed a little last night so the pic is from a few minutes ago . |
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12-20-2016, 12:09 PM | #209 |
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Bruce, I think that's exactly how I'd set one up.
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12-21-2016, 09:20 PM | #210 |
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He may well have taken that video at Lambeau Field, Doc.
[img]http://rcdn.mtbr.com/wp-content/uplo...Gallery-5.jpeg[/img]
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