Reviews & Ratings for Rambo Bikes R35 FatTire Pedal Bike — 1 review — Page 1

I bought a pair of the pedal only bikes last winter with the intention of upgrading to a fat tire bike for hunting. I've used conventional mountain bikes with the 2" wide tires and though very happy with their performance I wanted to increase efficiency for traveling over rough and unimproved terrain which includes mud, sand, loose rocks to about 10" in size, tree roots, ruts, the works...
My wife and I use these bikes for a non-motorized access area to hunt caribou in Alaska. We tow home built trailers behind the bikes into the hunt area to carry camp in and out as well as the caribou we harvest. The bikes had their issues right from the start and though the problems were corrected by me quickly and the bikes worked okay.
Getting out in the field and riding them on the trail we very quickly began to realize they both had issues consistent between the two bikes. The brakes squeaked, the pedals squeaked, and with a little mud and sand now on the chain and derailleur, the derailleur would shift on it's own and without operation of the gear selector. Big problem! So, imagine pedaling away in a good pull in third gear and all of a sudden the rear gear cassette shifts to first gear. Instantly the pedal resistance disappears and our feet slip off the pedals. This only amounted to an annoyance to me but a safety concern for my wife as she would typically slip off her seat and land her legs on the bikes frame. She was bruised from her knees to her crotch on both legs. To add to thi...
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