Walmart’s first mountain bike offering is a carbon hardtail called the M.1. It is being released alongside a carbon road bike, the R.1, and a carbon gravel bike named, you guessed it - the G.1. [image] Walmart Launches High-End 'Viathon' Bike Brand - Pinkbike Department-store bikes look…

NP, been wanting to use that functionality for a bit :eyes:

On paper these look like reeeeeeally good deals. Would anybody consider buying one though? I wonder if the vain roadie in me wouldn’t be caught dead on a Walmart bike. James Huang did a good piece on it the other day: JRA with the Angry Asian: How much does 'soul' matter for bike brands? - CyclingTi…

Get the G.1, paint Huffy over Viathon, add pink tassles to the ends of the bars and ride at your next CX race. It will fit right in!

I am riding the G.1 now after riding and racing (DK, Gavel Worlds, etc.) on an Allied All Road last year. The G.1 is lighter and noticeably more compliant. The bikes are legit.

Nice…random questions. What brand you top tube bag?

Kinda like buying a Canyon or other direct sales brand. Quality of the product is probably solid but it’ll be interesting to see if they take away from LBS bike sales in a significant way. I’m not certain that the job of bike mechanic is profitable enough without the money made from sales to keep a …

it’s a random diamondback one i found on amazon. it’s rad. If i was going to buy a new I’d look at the Dark Speed Work ones. they are very similar and seem to be awesome.

Walmart releases its own high end bike brand (Viathon)

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jdubcx June 18, 2019, 9:54pm 8

here’s my Viathon G.1. Rode it to an 11:46 at DK200. 20th overall. Killer bike for sure.

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