I have only had this for a few days, but I cant believe all that I can do on it. look at the solid ice I am going over without any difficulty, I wouldn't even be able to stay upright on my other bikes. and I can brake just fine, took a little getting used to applying heavy on the rear and lightly on the front, but once I got the hang of it, stopping was no problem. those tires are something like 4 inches wide!. I was even able to pedal through the snow that you can see behind the bike.
I think this is a perfect candidate to add a electric motor. The wheel is 29 inches in diameter and rolls over ruts and rocks.
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Where did you pick that up and how much?
Knuckle, I stopped in at a large Bike place in South Edmonton a few months back (united cycle I think) they had these bikes in the 600 to 1000 range, but some of these things went up to 9000.00....I am not making that up, and I am pretty sure that doesn't come with the bottle of vodka you would need to drink to help forget the fact that you spent 9000.00 on a bike and didn't even get a lap dance.
This was CT's last year model. The regular price was 359.00 I found one store that had this model left and It was a display model, and I suspect they wanted it gone as the new models must be coming so they had it marked down to 320.00.
I had to re-adjust the cables, and being a steel bike it is heavier than those expensive ones, but I am ok with that. It has nothing fancy, just 7 speeds.
These tires are just whats needed for those of us in the country with gravel roads, have you any experience with these?
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Peddling on gravel roads, definitely!
We used to have fatter tired bicycles when the 3 speed banana bikes first came out. They were indeed nicer on loose gravel. They were especially more comfortable and you'd think they should come back due to that fact alone. Many of today's recumbant bikes seem to have acquired some of their basic concepts from this era.
I have about 30-35 km on this now, I know that's not much but I am getting a better idea how it handles. because of the gravel roads, ruts, mud and such where I live, my other bikes will be pretty much be put away, these tires just perform so much better, this will be my go to bike for most things now.
The seat has lots of adjustment, the handle bars not so much, I wanted them a little higher so I took the handle bars off and bent them up a bit. the seat is hard as a rock (to be expected on a cheap bike) so I will likely put a seat from one of my other bikes on. It comes with 7 gears and this seems fine for the mostly flat area I go. I would like at least one lower gear,but will live with it as is for now. if you live in a hilly area you would want more gears for sure. As I said this is a heavy bike as bikes go, but I like the way it handles.
I have found one that looks just like mine but with a electric hub motor. Looking at the specs, I would say that is pretty good peformance
http://www.ebikeuniverse.com/product-p/300-wi100-500-30-01.htm
Here is a vid of some people using them on snow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR0PyQm1_6A
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Up-Date…. I have had this bike for over 3 years now..It has been stored outside when not ridden, a roof over it but nothing else. I have not put as many km on it as I thought I would have by now. I am right around 300km, I had put on a speedometer/odometer when I got it but the battery died so I have to estimate my km a bit, but when the battery was still working I found on the flat, going all out I could hit 33-34km a hour, I could not keep it at that speed for long but I could get there. I think 20-23 km a hour on the flat was my goldie locks zone.
Not impressive speeds I know, but it is a heavier bike and I can not be considered a in shape rider. I think anyone, and I do mean anyone could beat those numbers easily. I have not had to put air in the tires since I bought the bike, infact the tires look like new, no cracking even though they have been in the sun for 3 years. nothing has broke or needed adjustment. When I bought the bike CT had spare tires and tubes. I remember the tires were 20 dollars and I thought that cheap, so I bought a couple to have as spares but have not needed to use them.
Wet grass, snow, ice, through water and mud this bike does it all holding the ground solid with these wide tires. In a rural area thats very important. I was going to convert this to electric, but wont I will keep it stock, but I am going to buy another that will be electric and if you have the coin I would recomend going straight for a electric model. I got to demo a electric one last year and it was a blast I am hooked on the electric assist. A quick look on the googler shows prices reasonable. https://www.ebikeuniverse.com/default/daymak-wild-goose.html
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I have about 30-35 km on this now, I know that's not much but I am getting a better idea how it handles. because of the gravel roads, ruts, mud and such where I live, my other bikes will be pretty much be put away, these tires just perform so much better, this will be my go to bike for most things now.
The seat has lots of adjustment, the handle bars not so much, I wanted them a little higher so I took the handle bars off and bent them up a bit. the seat is hard as a rock (to be expected on a cheap bike) so I will likely put a seat from one of my other bikes on. It comes with 7 gears and this seems fine for the mostly flat area I go. I would like at least one lower gear,but will live with it as is for now. if you live in a hilly area you would want more gears for sure. As I said this is a heavy bike as bikes go, but I like the way it handles.I have found one that looks just like mine but with a electric hub motor. Looking at the specs, I would say that is pretty good peformance
http://www.ebikeuniverse.com/product-p/300-wi100-500-30-01.htmHere is a vid of some people using them on snow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR0PyQm1_6A
Yep, electric assist would be good, save the need for snowmobile to get you up the mountain 😀
Seriously, they have crossed my mind for flat areas, but where you need help with tired legs
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Of course the great advantage of a bike is being very quiet. I was out for a evening cruise down my road doing a leisurely 10km in first gear when to my right out of the ditch and tall grass comes a deer, I don't know who was surprised more. If I would have been on the ball I could have reached my right hand out and touched its chin as I went past, as it was I kept going and turned the bike around and was able to get a few pictures. by the time I thought to stop and get a picture I was about 65 feet away.
cell phone takes lousy pictures
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I really love these fat tires. these things are so stable going over/thru mud. They are building these in tadpole trike and quad configurations often with E assist. Here is a off road version with e assist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2enD_OMhyFY Kill the sound before you watch this.
Having the quad configuration with e assist is illegal if used on a road, so off road only, though the 3 wheel model is legal with e assist on roads up to 32 km hr when powered by the motor...….If I hadn't had the fire I could have built from scratch one of these no problem, as I have not been able to replace all my tooling yet I put down a deposit( with conditions regarding inspection) for a trike. It should be here mid august, its on the boat now. Just a plain fat tire trike without e assist, I will install my own mid drive motor and battery. It will be late august so I may not even get time to ride it and modify it this year but at least I will have it. With the price of fuel I wish I had it now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW6EjkbwbsY
this is the model on the way, its like the above but without the electric assist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUdmHakYiwk
The only down side to riding a bike of any type in the country is that everyone going by thinks you must have got a impaired charge.
The idea that you like to ride doesn't come to them.
Look at this, just what I need for 6 months of snow, take my money.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yOBSvBLfaw
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