Sub £1000 Fat Bike for Halfords Cycle2Work scheme?

nicktomkinson
nicktomkinson Posts: 19
edited September 2013 in MTB general
I am trying to source a fat bike for under £1000, so that I can get one through my Halfords cycle2work scheme.

The only one I can find in that price bracket is the On-One Fatty at £999. Unfortunately Halfords and On-One won't deal with each other.

Are there any other fat bikes out there for under £1000?

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  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    Kona do one but i doubt you'll find a fatty under a grand, I built mine up and still was more than that!
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  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    http://www.charliethebikemonger.com/fat-bikes-89-c.asp

    here's the Kona, but still £1500

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  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    Think yourself lucky. Fat bikes are stupid, pointless and ridiculously heavy.
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  • jds_1981
    jds_1981 Posts: 1,858
    Is this bike supposed to be used for commuting? :o
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  • nicktomkinson
    nicktomkinson Posts: 19
    jds_1981 wrote:
    Is this bike supposed to be used for commuting? :o

    Of course. I will have to navigate through sand dunes and muddy fields to get to work ;-)
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    jds_1981 wrote:
    Is this bike supposed to be used for commuting? :o

    I'd love a fatty for commuting. Non fat fat wheels for most days, balloons on when the snow comes, weeeeeeeeeeee! :D
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  • kajjal
    kajjal Posts: 3,380
    nicktomkinson wrote:
    jds_1981 wrote:
    Is this bike supposed to be used for commuting? :o

    Of course. I will have to navigate through sand dunes and muddy fields to get to work ;-)

    You had better pray you are built like a gorilla dragging all that round with you :)
  • Mojo_666
    Mojo_666 Posts: 860
    I would like to have a blast in the snow on one, otherwise pointless.
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  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
    You can hear them coming from a mile away, sound like cars with flat tyres! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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  • TheJohnClimber
    TheJohnClimber Posts: 154
    I got my On One Fatty on the C2W scheme* directly from On One/Planet X without any problems.

    Why not go direct?

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    * It may not have been the C2W but another one like it, I can't remember which
  • TheJohnClimber
    TheJohnClimber Posts: 154
    Mojo_666 wrote:
    I would like to have a blast in the snow on one, otherwise pointless.

    Spoken like some one who's never ridden one.......

    Ride one then say if they are pointless or not please.....

    Guaranteed smile inducing ride and very addictive on all trails* in all conditions.

    * Maybe not the fasted on DH courses
  • TheJohnClimber
    TheJohnClimber Posts: 154
    RockmonkeySC wrote:
    Think yourself lucky. Fat bikes are stupid, pointless and ridiculously heavy.

    And another who's not ridden one speaks their mind.

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  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    The Northern Monkey wrote:
    You can hear them coming from a mile away, sound like cars with flat tyres! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

    I saw an On One Fatty on a canal towpath a couple of weeks back. From the tyre noise it sounded like there was an old Land Rover coming down the path.
  • Mojo_666
    Mojo_666 Posts: 860
    TheJohnClimber wrote:
    Mojo_666 wrote:
    I would like to have a blast in the snow on one, otherwise pointless.

    Spoken like some one who's never ridden one.......

    Ride one then say if they are pointless or not please.....

    Guaranteed smile inducing ride and very addictive on all trails* in all conditions.

    * Maybe not the fasted on DH courses

    What can it do that my nomad can't?
    My 1 and only Bike
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    Ride on sand.

    A couple of mates have them and they are silly fun. You can build them up reasonably light as well which turns them into a completely different beast.
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  • Mojo_666
    Mojo_666 Posts: 860
    ride_whenever wrote:
    Ride on sand.

    A couple of mates have them and they are silly fun. You can build them up reasonably light as well which turns them into a completely different beast.

    Not much sand on the mountains I ride on.
    My 1 and only Bike
  • nicktomkinson
    nicktomkinson Posts: 19
    TheJohnClimber wrote:
    I got my On One Fatty on the C2W scheme* directly from On One/Planet X without any problems.

    Why not go direct?

    * It may not have been the C2W but another one like it, I can't remember which

    Because they do not accept Halfords cycle2work vouchers.

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