After an hour or so I found myself getting very uncomfortable in the saddle, even while wearing padded shorts. I’m over 6’2″ in height and often felt kind of cramped, even with the seat extended to its highest point. The drive train is setup for either snow or sand riding mongoose bicycle and my son seemed to ride comfortably. 5) Purchase a singlespeed Deadeye Monster fatbike from Bikes Direct or an 7 speed Dolomite from Walmart which both have the industry standard 68mm BB. It is likely that you will need to find offset crankarms to clear the chainstays.
There is just not enough weight in the front to make it have enough traction to have a good time with. Unless you end up with something in the 2500+ Watt range most people will end up being disappointed at the performance of hub motors installed on fatbikes. The only way it would work well with a hub motor is if you were using a much smaller tire (like a 20″ fatbike tire). Hiboy P6 is equipped with 750W BAFANG Powerful Motor, which adds power to the ride.
That said, there are plenty of families who need a kids fat bike for niche riding either in sand or in snow. For those select families, there is the Mongoose Argus Trail. 1) The easiest and simplest option is to buy an already converted BBS02 from Doug at California Ebikes for $1299 + $35 S/H. Doug’s unit was the first to market, and he is the only one who sells a toolkit and modification package so people can do the axle swap themselves (see step 5).
One-by systems have all but taken over the mountain bike market. One of the main components of any bike is the drive train. The Argus’ drive train uses a 2×8 system with a Microshift derailleur in the front and a Shimano Tourney in the rear.
The most notable feature on the Beast, at least from a visual stand point, are the massive 4-1/4″ tires. They actually look like they’ve come off a small car and on more than one occasion I had someone stop me to take a look at them. Those tires provide a bit of a floaty ride but they also allow this bike to simply roll over just about any obstacle. They’re designed to roll through snow and sand without any problems and I’d say they perform surprisingly well.