Kona Bicycles has their
Kona Wo Fat Bike (Matte Plum w/ Oxy Fire Decals)
+ Wah Wah II Composite Pedals (various colors) on sale for
$899.50. Shipping is $119, otherwise shipping to dealer for pickup is $80.
Thanks to community member
cybermishka for finding this deal.
Note: Does not ship to certain states. Wah Wah II Composite Pedals are added to cart automatically for free after selecting your choice of colorway
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Kona Bicycles also has their
Kona Woo Fat Bike (Gloss Metallic Green w/ Black Forest & Indicator Yellow Decals )
+ Wah Wah II Composite Pedals (various colors) on sale for
$1249.50. Shipping is $119, otherwise shipping to dealer for pickup is $80.
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I am partial to MTBs and I would recommend one to "everyone". A decent hardtail like the Kona Honzo DL that is also on sale in many places can do most trails, being limited to your skill and confidence more than anything else.
But, TBH, if you want to ride along with other people, at 340lbs, unless you are above average fit (possible, but not very likely for the average 340# person, forgive me if I am stereotyping), you won't be able to keep up : heavy guys are strong, but cycling in pretty much all its itterations but 1000m sprints, are an endurance sport, and hauling yourself around will challenge heavy ppl disproportionally more than feather-weights.
If you want something to keep you active and motivated, a eMTB might be a better proposition. Yes, excersise wise it is REALLY hard to push yourself as hard as you would on an un-assisted bike, BUT, I have seen it before that overweight/unfit ppl get discouraged when the pain going up is disproportional to the joy of going down the hill.
Just realize that you cannot out-excersise a bad diet...it is just impossible, at least for unseasoned or even pro athletes, to exert themselves long enough to burn off serious calories: your musscles or your cardio system will tap out way before.
Thus it is perfectly legit to see your bike hobby as a reason to lose weight and the primarily way to get better power/weight ratios = make you faster, BUT, it cannot be the primary way to lose that weight.
Unless you curb your intake of "bad" for you foods, mainly sugar/flour and pretty much everything that is made out of powndered sh!t. Any diet that includes heavily processed foods, from low-carb processed to low-fat processed to keto etc, it is all BS past one point. Eat healthy, whole foods (real fruit, real meat in moderation, real eggs, real veggies, real beans/leggumes, etc.) that give you real nutrition vs. some "magic mambo jumbo" goldilocks promise or programs that try to "milk" you buying their proprietary "processed" power drinks or supplements.
Hard if your diet is based on "take-out" food in North America, but not impossible. For sure more expensive than the cheap meals that not only won't avoid excessive addition of sugar and salt in their recipes, but will engineer their menu with as much of the above as possible to hook you up and keep you a regular.
Sleep as much as you can.
Walk as much as you can and ride around on the bike of your choice like a boss and enjoy nature and clean air away from stress.
All of the above assumes that you do want to lose weight. If not, just spend 3.5~6K for a full power eMTB and call it a day. Yes, as much as a motorcycle. Super fun, worths it, will keep you riding: a regular pedal bike won't. Specialized, Fezzari, Polygon, Marin. There is no bad bike in this price range. Cheaper ones from obscure chinesium that promise to be "as good", can be bad. Again, it is not being made in China that makes them bad, it is that they are made to an unreasonable price point, as bad as that reality is for us consumers.
Won't ride a bike without one anymore, it's like that DJ Khaled song All I Do is Win........and they go "UP-Down!, Up-Down!" Any time I'm riding on descent it's dropped all the way down and it feels like 1988 Mongoose BMX Shreddin' on the block.
Won't ride a bike without one anymore, it's like that DJ Khaled song All I Do is Win........and they go "UP-Down!, Up-Down!" Any time I'm riding on descent it's dropped all the way down and it feels like 1988 Mongoose BMX Shreddin' on the block.
The other thing about e-bikes, and more imprtantly, is the fire risk of the batteries. Depends on the bike manufacturer but it's the wild wild west out there with lithium batteries. Even quality batteries can degrade or get physically damaged. Got rid of my e-bike and feel a lot better.
A lot of people have a ticking time bomb in their house with these things.
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I am partial to MTBs and I would recommend one to "everyone". A decent hardtail like the Kona Honzo DL that is also on sale in many places can do most trails, being limited to your skill and confidence more than anything else.
But, TBH, if you want to ride along with other people, at 340lbs, unless you are above average fit (possible, but not very likely for the average 340# person, forgive me if I am stereotyping), you won't be able to keep up : heavy guys are strong, but cycling in pretty much all its itterations but 1000m sprints, are an endurance sport, and hauling yourself around will challenge heavy ppl disproportionally more than feather-weights.
If you want something to keep you active and motivated, a eMTB might be a better proposition. Yes, excersise wise it is REALLY hard to push yourself as hard as you would on an un-assisted bike, BUT, I have seen it before that overweight/unfit ppl get discouraged when the pain going up is disproportional to the joy of going down the hill.
Just realize that you cannot out-excersise a bad diet...it is just impossible, at least for unseasoned or even pro athletes, to exert themselves long enough to burn off serious calories: your musscles or your cardio system will tap out way before.
Thus it is perfectly legit to see your bike hobby as a reason to lose weight and the primarily way to get better power/weight ratios = make you faster, BUT, it cannot be the primary way to lose that weight.
Unless you curb your intake of "bad" for you foods, mainly sugar/flour and pretty much everything that is made out of powndered sh!t. Any diet that includes heavily processed foods, from low-carb processed to low-fat processed to keto etc, it is all BS past one point. Eat healthy, whole foods (real fruit, real meat in moderation, real eggs, real veggies, real beans/leggumes, etc.) that give you real nutrition vs. some "magic mambo jumbo" goldilocks promise or programs that try to "milk" you buying their proprietary "processed" power drinks or supplements.
Hard if your diet is based on "take-out" food in North America, but not impossible. For sure more expensive than the cheap meals that not only won't avoid excessive addition of sugar and salt in their recipes, but will engineer their menu with as much of the above as possible to hook you up and keep you a regular.
Sleep as much as you can.
Walk as much as you can and ride around on the bike of your choice like a boss and enjoy nature and clean air away from stress.
All of the above assumes that you do want to lose weight. If not, just spend 3.5~6K for a full power eMTB and call it a day. Yes, as much as a motorcycle. Super fun, worths it, will keep you riding: a regular pedal bike won't. Specialized, Fezzari, Polygon, Marin. There is no bad bike in this price range. Cheaper ones from obscure chinesium that promise to be "as good", can be bad. Again, it is not being made in China that makes them bad, it is that they are made to an unreasonable price point, as bad as that reality is for us consumers.
Also, fat bikes are absolutely awesome! If I could only have one bike, that is what I would choose. Where I live, pedaling studded tires in the snow is like having a cheat code for life! I even prefer it on mixed terrain in the summer because it is so great on sand and loose ground. Mine happens to be fully rigid - I get a lot of bounce from the tires which (sort of) makes up for the lack of suspension. Just get one!
Won't ride a bike without one anymore, it's like that DJ Khaled song All I Do is Win........and they go "UP-Down!, Up-Down!" Any time I'm riding on descent it's dropped all the way down and it feels like 1988 Mongoose BMX Shreddin' on the block.
He should probably go to a bike shop. In his case, probably worth the extra cost.
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