Bicycles with large tyres.....

[ShaunEdwards9]

Hi Guys,

Seen a people riding around CM on bicycles that have large tyres. Does anyone know where I can get such a bike from and the price they are going for please?

Thnaks in advance.

Eddie,

[MESmith]

They're called fatboys. BigC sells one for about 9000bt, but I'm sure you can pay a lot more for a good one.

[Chicog]

Like this you mean?

[CNXBKKMAN]

They are called fat bikes and are getting quite popular. Originally designed for riding on snow and sand but you can use them like a normal mountain bike. I have seen the Trek Farley 50k plus at Jacky bike, Specialized Fat Boy 50-70k and Charge Maxi 35k at Velocity. Surly Pugsley and Ice Cream Trucks can be bought in Thailand too.

There are lots of chinese cheaper models appearing around town at regular thai style bike shops 20k or less. The quality fat bikes are heavy and require a lot of effort to ride uphill. I would be wary of the cheap chinese versions as they will very very heavy, low quality and probably ride like a brick. Walmart in the USA sell a cheap fat bike and it's so bad you may never ride it more than once.

[Chicog]

Looks like you can get one in the UK for 300 quid.

http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/coyote-fatman-fat-bike-grey-p328478?gclid=CNCb24bphsQCFRSPfgodRoMAhw&gclsrc=aw.ds

[CNXBKKMAN]

Looks like you can get one in the UK for 300 quid.

http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/coyote-fatman-fat-bike-grey-p328478?gclid=CNCb24bphsQCFRSPfgodRoMAhw&gclsrc=aw.ds

I like the bit where it says it weighs a svelte 22kg!!! That is very very heavy but it's quite clever as 22 lbs is a good weight for a bike generally and for sure with the wording of the sentence the actual 22kg may not come across to everyone.

[Lizard2010]

Looks like you can get one in the UK for 300 quid.

http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/coyote-fatman-fat-bike-grey-p328478?gclid=CNCb24bphsQCFRSPfgodRoMAhw&gclsrc=aw.ds

The high cost here unfortunatly

Everything has the 1000% Tax

Not like other countries

Can not see why so high as probably not any bikes made here

So not detrimental to that Insudtry

But this is Thailand where anything goes

[Chicog]

There you go, a great business opportunity.

Make fat bikes using local labour and parts, and undercut those expensive imports. Plaster it with the Thai flag and pictures of HM.

The locals will lap it up.

[Rancid]

Looks like you can get one in the UK for 300 quid.

http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/coyote-fatman-fat-bike-grey-p328478?gclid=CNCb24bphsQCFRSPfgodRoMAhw&gclsrc=aw.ds

The high cost here unfortunatly

Everything has the 1000% Tax

Not like other countries

Can not see why so high as probably not any bikes made here

So not detrimental to that Insudtry

But this is Thailand where anything goes

I think the indirect taxes here are high as the income taxes are lower, or in many cases non existent.

[MESmith]

Looks like you can get one in the UK for 300 quid.

http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/coyote-fatman-fat-bike-grey-p328478?gclid=CNCb24bphsQCFRSPfgodRoMAhw&gclsrc=aw.ds

The high cost here unfortunatly

Everything has the 1000% Tax

Not like other countries

Can not see why so high as probably not any bikes made here

So not detrimental to that Insudtry

But this is Thailand where anything goes

Bicycles are very competitively priced here, compared to same models in UK. For most brands, about 30% cheaper. You're talking out of your....

[CMKiwi]

Saw the big/fat wheel bikes in Big C yesterday, and although I sort of liked the design. Once I tried to lift one up, any thoughts of racing around town on one went out the window. I think they may be ok coming down hill with their balloon tyres but a real struggle elsewhere. Guy in bike shop said people get a big surprise at how much effort is actually required to ride these beasties at any moderate speed.

He suggested that they would be ideal candidates for a battery motor retrofit. Now that would make it a fun bike.

[Ulysses G.]

The tires on a regular mountain bike seem quite wide enough to me. I have not run into any snow or sandstorms lately.

[MrBrad]

There's a new bike shop on Highway 1006, the road to Borsong and San Kampaeng; it's called 888. I saw a fat tire bike

there s few weeks ago. The location is on the south side of the highway, a bit more than one-half kilometer east of the

intersection of 1006 and the middle ring road.

This Google street view is not updated--it shows old buildings which were destroyed. New shop houses and apartments

now occupy this property. The Google aerial map shows the new buildings, however.

http://goo.gl/maps/SOuZA

[arunsakda]

The Farley6 has been so popular they are sold out for 2015, my LBS can't even order. About the Farley 6 at Jacky. It had a few demo miles on but very good price and the size I wanted. I wanted to buy and take back to Tokyo but it needs and extra wide box and he did not have one (and a separate regular box for the wheels). I ended up buying one I found in SanFrancisco.

It is heaps of fun to ride, and a real head turner.

Edited March 1, 2015 by arunsakda

[DeaconJohn]

Saw the big/fat wheel bikes in Big C yesterday, and although I sort of liked the design. Once I tried to lift one up, any thoughts of racing around town on one went out the window. I think they may be ok coming down hill with their balloon tyres but a real struggle elsewhere. Guy in bike shop said people get a big surprise at how much effort is actually required to ride these beasties at any moderate speed.

He suggested that they would be ideal candidates for a battery motor retrofit. Now that would make it a fun bike.

Why not just get a motorbike?

Who wants to pedal?

[arunsakda]

Exercise. No petrol needed. Fastest form of urban travel. Easy parking. No registration, licensing, and insurance. Cheap maintenance. And in LOS still at least you can ride drunk off your ass on the wrong side of the road with no helmet and a gal riding side saddle on your seat rack and the cops won't even notice you.

Yeah, motosai mo' bettah.

Edited March 1, 2015 by arunsakda

[Ozkartman]

Hi,  Yes.. they are very good to ride if you want to get EXTREMEMLY FIT !!!  Very difficult to ride for most people in Thailand I'd say.  They are very good with electric motors though !  We can convert thesee bikes with Bafang BBSHD or cheaper wheel motor kits.  Much more fun like that.  You can check out my FB Samui E Bikes or the website electricbikesthailand  .  Cheers & happy cycling !

[CNXBKKMAN]

A fat bike is not very difficult to ride. They ride like a normal bike. You can see local people riding them on the cycle path to Huay Tung Tao. 

[Jdiddy]

3 year old thread, they were popular 3 years ago, dont think so now