Walmart Selling Mongoose Massif 20″ Kid’s Fat Bike

Wow, it has disc brakes……. except they will be worse at stopping than rim brakes. The hubs, bottom bracket and headset bearings will be shite, and either over-tightened or loose. Walmart most likely not sell tubes, so the bike shops with be pestered by angry customers wanting to know why they don’t have 20×4 inch tubes.

Looking forward to lolling at these in the shitty hood near us. I’m sure to see a 29 year old junkie on a stolen one of these on his way to Cumbys for scratch tickets.

There’s a significant segment of the population that can only afford bikes like this. I saw many of them getting around Tucson on cheap Walmart-esque bikes, and for what those people needed, the bikes got the job done. Many of those folks were not junkies. Many of those bikes weren’t stolen.

It’s hard to be proud to be a cyclist given some of the comments that some people, like Jason Spiker, continue to make.

I would alter it just a touch. A banana sea and a nice set of ape hangers. Cruise the snowy streets in style.

Why do people seem to think if you can only afford a $200 bike then Wall-mart is your only option? Take your $200 and go to a bike swap, check craigslist, local bike shops whatever and just buy a used LBS quality bike. It will last sooooo much longer, and doesn’t support wanton corporate greed. Its hard to be proud to be a cyclist when people like Psi Squared don’t realize this…

Well as a shop owner, what can I say? Wish we had something like this to offer. Why do we (the bicycle industry) charge the ridiculous prices we do? Yea service, quality, engineers, marketing, etc, but WTH these bikes come from the same factories that supply the bicycle stores and they are a 10th of the price to the final consumer….hell I could have bought 5 walmart fat bikes and 3 iPads this winter for the price of a salsa mukluk? The manufacturers need to come in check, pricing has gotten out of control. Dicks sporting goods, rei, and other big sporting goods stores are now offering great entry level 29er bikes, hybrids, etc, for less than $300, why are we giving up these sales? Those customers are our future, we need to concentrate on getting more butts on bikes and keep the future of recreational cycling alive, if Ricky racer wants the latest $10k s-works, he will get it, find the cheapest dealer to sell it to him, and whoever sells it to him will make hardly no margin and probably never see him again, that store will also tell the new owner of this 20″ Walmart fat bike, screw you I don’t have tubes for those bikes and never see that customer again…guess what you have no customers. I have rethought my business and I am looking for better price point bikes, good service, and be happy to get butts on bikes, be it a carbon dual 27.5 or a properly tuned walmart mini fat bike. Brian Eastern Panhandle Bicycles, Martinsburg, WV

Pride is not necessarily A good thing to be or have.

come on, parts are easily swappable. this looks fun. worried about the inner tube availability though.
to think of it. 20″ fork and wheel… fat cargo bike, maybe? hmmm.

If quality of parts is a worry, invest in a decent set of running gear, rebuild the wheels with decent hubs that you can swap from bike to bike for life. The original hubs, brakes and drivetrain can all be swapped back when selling the bike and as it’ll all be unused, will hold more value. That’s my plan for younguns bikes when he’s old enough a nice 8spd shimano setup with mtb cassette and he can use a 1x drivetrain until he gets big enough to need a fullsize setup. but then he’ll only need to get himself shifter, mech, cassette and chain.

Mini fatbike is a genius idea!

You know, with a threaded headset, this is a long stem and seatpost away from fitting a much larger “kid,” and cables could see thing last a long time.

Yes, parts can be swapped out and replaced. By the time you do it all, you’ve spent what you would (or frequently more) than on a bike from your LBS. Many of the people who depend on these types of bikes for transportation do so at their own expense. I see them daily. And often have to tell people it’s more worthwhile to buy another bike than fix the one they’re on. How many $150 bikes do you need to buy before a $500 is justified?

Guys- Fat bikes are for more than just the transpo of fat kids. When you have to ride on snow, fat bike rules the day. It’s fatty’s 15 minutes of fame.

I don’t even care, I want to ride one on our pump/jump track. Braaaaap.

“Mini fatbike is a genius idea!”

Yup. A higher quality option would be welcome. My kids still have a couple years to go before they’ll fit the smallest offerings of ‘real’ fatbikes.

I’m surprise nobody mentioned the stupidity of slick tires yet.

As a shop owner, I’m not hating it. I get it. When my kids were little, I bought new walmart bikes every year times 3! Now my son rides a highend roadbike.
The Velo, world’s smallest bikeshop

Interesting how cycling trends start at the high-end/enthusiast level and then ultimately cascade down to department stores. This has already happened with dual-suspension, urban fixies and 29ers. Heck, I even saw a giant 32″ wheeled cruiser at Wal-Mart just yesterday! Personally, I hope these 20″ fat tire bikes sell like hotcakes. IMO, getting more kids off video games and on bikes is awesome! Incidentally, Mongoose also has a 26″ adult fat bike called the Beast: http://www.walmart.com/ip/26-Mongoose-Beast-Men-s-Oversized-All-Terrain-Bike/22861845

Its gonna be awesome to post the first picture of one of these forks mounted backwards like they always are….

It is much better than a kids mtb with crap suspension, I would have killed for one of those when I was a nipper

My first bike was a battered hand-me-down Huffy with wobbly wheels. It was a fantastic bike for a five year old to rattle around on. I saddens me to read such vitriol aimed at kids who ride crappy bikes and parents who don’t purchase the “right kit” for their kids. Any bike that gets a kid riding is awesome and I know some little guys who would be stoked to rip around on a bike like this.

Desertpinstripe for the win.

It’s obvious that racism is alive and well even in the biking community.

Why don’t bike companies offer affordable bikes to their dealers? Well I’m pretty sure they do if you purchase by the container straight from Asia rather than onsie twosies. In fact buy a few dozen containers of a model that won’t be sold elsewhere and I’m sure you can name your price both to the consumer and to the manufacturer. Unfortunately the manufacturer typically sets MAP pricing to keep shops from undercutting one another. But hey, what’s stopping you from making a deal with the consumer and pulling in an unreasonable margin on your next sale?

Its a kids bike Kids love big tyres.

Does anyone else make fat bikes for kids at all? I wouldn’t mind paying for better parts / performance but I have yet to see a 20″ fat bike and my 10 year old daughter wants one for her birthday.