OK, I know Walmart makes crap...the components are the cheapest possible, and they are evil. That being said...
Be aware it has RIM brakes. Probably the "Happy Quality Sunshine" brand that is normally specced for the 16-inch girls "My Little Pony" edition.
The Kent Devastator is a steel framed fatbike with the common 4-inch wide fat tires. The problem is that...they got a bad batch of rims, or bad tires, or...both (I suspect the rims). When customers have been airing them up to 35-PSI, the tires are coming off the rims, and customers are returning them to the store. I am fairly certain they are going to stop carrying this model due to this fiasco, but for the time being...you can get a steel fatbike frame with a seven speed derailleur hangar for $99 while they are dumping them.
If you were thinking about upgrading every part anyways (brakes, derailleur, hubmotor wheels), or maybe making a 2WD fatbike? It just doesn't get any cheaper than this. Its posted as being steel, I'm betting its recycled North Korean steel beer cans.
I suppose it may be possible to upgrade both brakes, who knows? (maybe a regen Yescom DD hub?) If you are looking for things to like about this frame, check out the air-space between the seat-tube and the rear tire. This means this frame has a wheelbase that is a couple inches longer than the average BSO fatbike (Mongoose Dolomite, etc). Plus it looks to have a slightly more relaxed head-tube angle than whats common.
Did I mention Walmart fatbikes are crap? if you get one of these and then post back to angrily inform me that it is a crap fatbike, well...OK. Thanks for the info.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/26-Kent-Men-s-Devastator-Fat-Tire-Bike-Multiple-Colors/40627141
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em3ev.com makes MAC geared hub motors in a fat rim
http://em3ev.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=207
Kinaye will build a MXUS DD hubmotor into a fat rim
http://kinaye-motorsports.myshopify.com/products/fat-bike-front-wheel-with-bicycle-hub
HEH will sell you fat-tire kits for FWD, RWD or 2WD
http://www.human-electric-hybrids.com/products.html
Be aware it has RIM brakes. Probably the "Happy Quality Sunshine" brand that is normally specced for the 16-inch girls "My Little Pony" edition.
The Kent Devastator is a steel framed fatbike with the common 4-inch wide fat tires. The problem is that...they got a bad batch of rims, or bad tires, or...both (I suspect the rims). When customers have been airing them up to 35-PSI, the tires are coming off the rims, and customers are returning them to the store. I am fairly certain they are going to stop carrying this model due to this fiasco, but for the time being...you can get a steel fatbike frame with a seven speed derailleur hangar for $99 while they are dumping them.
If you were thinking about upgrading every part anyways (brakes, derailleur, hubmotor wheels), or maybe making a 2WD fatbike? It just doesn't get any cheaper than this. Its posted as being steel, I'm betting its recycled North Korean steel beer cans.
I suppose it may be possible to upgrade both brakes, who knows? (maybe a regen Yescom DD hub?) If you are looking for things to like about this frame, check out the air-space between the seat-tube and the rear tire. This means this frame has a wheelbase that is a couple inches longer than the average BSO fatbike (Mongoose Dolomite, etc). Plus it looks to have a slightly more relaxed head-tube angle than whats common.
Did I mention Walmart fatbikes are crap? if you get one of these and then post back to angrily inform me that it is a crap fatbike, well...OK. Thanks for the info.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/26-Kent-Men-s-Devastator-Fat-Tire-Bike-Multiple-Colors/40627141
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
em3ev.com makes MAC geared hub motors in a fat rim
http://em3ev.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=207
Kinaye will build a MXUS DD hubmotor into a fat rim
http://kinaye-motorsports.myshopify.com/products/fat-bike-front-wheel-with-bicycle-hub
HEH will sell you fat-tire kits for FWD, RWD or 2WD
http://www.human-electric-hybrids.com/products.html