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Arrggh… We missed another good event, but no worries, Hansley got coverage of this event on her Facebook account. Check it out for more pictures

Please visit 66Fixed for the full coverage of the Tour De Dank 3.

Everyone wants to get out and ride, but not everyone has an abundance of extra cash sitting around to grab the latest and greatest Fixie/single speed bike. So what to do? Well we decided to take Walmart up on its Mongoose Single Speed bike offer. Coming in at a reasonable $149.99 would this bargain prices bike give us the performance and satisfaction we were looking for? Let’s find out in Part 1 of our budget build.

First thing first, we found our donor bicycle at the local Walmart bike isle sporting all the consummate badges and sales tags one could stick on it. After giving it a once over, we noticed a small one inch scrape on the top tube. Being the savvy shoppers we are, we mentioned it to management. That eye spy moment turned into a $10 discount. Around a 7% right off the top, enough to cover taxes. Not too shabby. So we take our new pride and joy home to really get a better look.

This is what we have to work with.

General Impressions

Overall the bike looks decent. The black and white theme seems to carry well, however Mongoose has seen fit to apply 10 lbs of stickers to the bike. It feels busy as a result of all the safety items and visual effects they saw fit to add to it. It’s a tall frame. If your under 5’ 7” I would be weary. All the safety items are present and it even comes with a manual.

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Here is the latest addition to our Bike Porn collection thanks to Chris from Stuart Florida. Chris and couple of his buddies built this fixie bike last spring by using good ole Fuji frame they got from a flea market and adding used and new parts. Love this clean white frame look….

By now everybody heard of Walmart selling fixed/single speed bikes. Well… one of our fans decided to get one and try it out and invited us for a ride and to take some pics. We will be posting soon full review and before and after pictures of this bike. So far… it is not bad… If you are on a tight budget and want to get a low priced fixed gear or single speed… this is it. A little bit too heavy, probably due to the wheels with gazillion spokes on them but still not bad. So far this bike made it through a 10 mile ride around Downtown Saint Pete , half of that ride through a heavy rain. Stay tuned for a full review

Here is an example of the latest bike project between Carhartt and UK  based bike company Charge.

Bike specs:

1st Annual Fort Myers Bike Prom event happening May 15th 2010 7pm.

Another fun Saturday, this time it was  bike race with a cause in Clearwater with all proceeds going to Beardsman Foundation. Check out our gallery for a huge coverage of this cool event. The Beardsman Foundation, formed in 2008, was conceived to create awareness and aide to mentally ill homeless. For more info check out their site here and here.

Its a short notice but if you got nothing else to do this weekend, come to Clearwater for a  race with a cause.

Registration 12:30, Race 1:30, $5.00 fee.

Quick little video of fixed gear bike riders in Moscow Russia. Aaaah… brings back memories. Anyway, with Russian drivers usually not following any road rules, it takes some balls to be a fixie rider or any bike rider on Moscow streets.