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Children can Charge in Any Condition with new Cooker 20 & 24 Fat Bikes

Written by Zach Overholt
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I didn’t know it at the time, but if there is one thing I wish I would have had as a child during snow days, it would have to be a fat bike. Granted it didn’t stop me from getting out and trying to ride my bike in the snow, but I’m imagining the latest crop of kids’ fat bikes would be a blast, you know, for the kids…

One of the latest companies to offer something fat for the kids is Charge Bikes out of the UK. Now, in addition to the Cooker fat bike for adults, the kids have two different options for themselves…

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Starting with a steel frame and fork, Cooker fat bikes will now be offered in the Cooker 20 and Cooker 24 with 20″ and 24″ wheels respectively. Both models feature a 1×7 Shimano drivetrain with mechanical disc brakes and 4″ wide tires. The 20″ model will sell for $299.99 while the 24″ bumps up to $349.99.

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Available exclusively in the U.S., a number of dealers including Performance Bicycle and Competitive Cyclist will have both in stock in time for Christmas.

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Zach Overholt
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Zach Overholt is the Editor in Chief of Bikerumor. He has been writing about what’s new in the bicycle world for 12+ years. Prior to that, Zach spent many years in the back of a bicycle shop building and repairing nearly every type of bike, while figuring out how to (occasionally) ride them.

Based in Ohio, Zach is now slowly introducing a new generation to cycling and still trying to figure out how to fit the most rides into a busy schedule as a new dad.

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satisFACTORYrider
satisFACTORYrider
8 years ago

steel. hmmm. close to 40lbs probably for groms to pedal in the fun off mud and snow?

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timmbers
timmbers
8 years ago

something tells me those are going to nearly out weigh some of the kiddos throwing legs over them..

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bearCol
bearCol
8 years ago

Wow, does the industry want to sell fat bikes or what!

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Rotomon
Rotomon
8 years ago

@timmbers They probably dont weight much more than the average kids 24″ bike I have a Norco Bigfoot 4.3 on the floor that weights 33lbs sadly not much heavier than your generic kids bike, especially any kids bike from a box store. (probably still lighter than a kids box store bike)

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Jason
Jason
8 years ago

They won’t be that heavy – any weight that’s gained by the frame and fork being steel is offset by not having a suspension fork. And since it’s likely to be pretty good steel, the weight gain will be even more minimal.

I built up a steel frame and steel rigid fork 26er for my boy, and it’s lighter than the 20″ bike with a suspension fork and aluminium frame he graduated from.

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MaraudingWalrus
MaraudingWalrus
8 years ago

I’ve got a 24″ Cooker in our shop that I just weighed. It’s 38lbs even. The 20″ singlespeed Schwinn Signature kid’s bike next to it weighs 25lbs. How light do you really want your kid’s bike to be? It’s a fun bike, that lots of people have been interested in since we’ve had it in.

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alex
alex
8 years ago

14 to 16 lb is perfect. That’s what my kids 10 year old specialized hemi weights and it has 20 inch wheels. When you are small it really adds up. This bike is way too much for a kid to ride up any kind of hill. No fun at all.

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The Truth
The Truth
8 years ago

Seriously 38 lbs? My eight year old weighs 75 pounds so you do the math. Would any adult be interested in a bike half their weight and enjoy it? My Trek Farley 5 doesn’t even weigh that much and their isn’t any go fast or a single piece of carbon on it. I can’t imagine an aluminum frame and fork being much more to build.

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Steve
Steve
8 years ago

So if you weigh 175lbs and ride a 30 pound fatbike. Your 75 pound kid should be riding a 13 pound fatbike. I wonder how expensive that would be? the truth

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Izzy
Izzy
2 years ago

I have a 20 for sale 150 if anyone is interested

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