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This is all over the interweb, so we might as well post it, too…
Walmart is selling a $149 singlespeed bike. Frankly, it’s about damn time.
This is all over the interweb, so we might as well post it, too…
Walmart is selling a $149 singlespeed bike. Frankly, it’s about damn time.
I’m kinda glad about this. A paradigm shift away from clunky dual-suspension rides available at Wal-Mart makes commuting much more feasible for people not willing to shell out top dollar for a bike.
And besides, it’s not going to kill ‘urban cycling culture’ or whatever lofty ideal we’re clinging to.
This is awesome. End of story.
I’d still be concerned about them putting the forks on backwards.
Guys, this is a fixed-speed bike. Walmart has gone beyond the simple fixed-gear/single-speed market. They´ve gone one step further. This means more accidents, unfortunately. Once you get on the bike, no accelerating or decelerating. Tons of road accidents, just you wait!
Wow, it comes with reasonable handlebars, and brakes. 39lb ship wt/$150…..at $3.84 a pound, that’s cheaper than a lot of gorceries these days. Take that weight weenies.
I, like most everyone else, am skeptical – but I am waiting to see if anyone purchases one and what their opinion of it is after they see more than a crappy little picture. There isn’t enough information about it on Walmart’s website. does it have a flip/flop hub. is it fixed, or single speed (what is Fixed-speed anyways?) how much does it actually weigh, not what is it’s shipping weight.
The more people on bikes the better. If this super low price point gets people riding and out of cars, great! Because you know it wont be more than a year for that same person to get the fever and buy something that is nicer/faster/lighter/more practical. And that’s good for the local bike shop.
sweet im getting one.
Three words: cheap poloz biek.
Please review this bike! I hope they sell ‘em in Canada, I’d love to have a cheap bike for rain riding.
Is this where I point and laugh that the hipsters have had their “culture” co-opted by “the Man”?
I counted 48 spokes on at least the front wheel. It is a Walmart polo bike!
I think its cool,I would thing they should have done a single speed before going straight to fixie,but eitherway its a fresh break from the norm.here in NZ department stores still think we all need cheap low quality mtb shit,where I work we sell shit as well but did get some road bikes in which even tho gears,crank and brakes were crap,the frame,bladed forks and wheels(alex rims) were better quality,they sold for $300 and had a good turn around,went on clearance for $100,so alot got sold and upgraded or SSed,shame our store buyers dont know much about bike culture or we would have a decent urban range of bikes
Come on… they can’t list the size, it’s a joke of a photoshop job, and country of origin is “USA and/or Imported”. We all know they came from China. Quit pretending we don’t. It’s not like your customers care anyway.
If Wal-Mart was selling dollars for a nickel I still wouldn’t set foot in that place. They’d probably turn out to be fakes make out of some new concoction of lead paint and HFCS.
Brakes…….calipur
Oh my goodness! What took so long? Wallycat racing through home and garden anyone? Wait, wait. Everyday low prices on crochet sets and wiffle balls. Bike polo by the cart corral!
I don’t trust wal-mart after my first bicycle I bought was a wal-mart mt. fury “mountain” bike that had both my rear dropouts sheer in half after I hit a concrete expansion joint hauling ass ,for a mountain bike, dropped into the 17th of 18 gears.
I had always wondered what would happen if Wally World used their epic subsidization resources to make a somewhat practical commuter bike. From the picture, it appears to have a three-piece bottom bracket, track ends, and metal pedals. So what if it’s made in a sweatshop with cheap aluminum; at least it’s displacing the typical “QUADRUPLE SUSPENSION BAJILLION SPEED” dumpster-fillers.
I can’t wait to see one of the can-collectors that frequent my alley rolling on one of these so I can check it out. Heck, I might even venture into a big blue box and ask to try one there.
Looks like it is a singled speed with brakes, not a fixie. Thay just used the name “fixed Speed” as in only 1 speed. come on hipsters read description.
When they going to sell tall bikes?
it’s not the right time to be sober, the idiots have taken over…..