After all the fat bike musings and 4″ or 5″ tyres thread recently, I started to ponder whether my 29 plus bike was fat enough. I mean, I’ve got a beard, I drink real ale, I love people looking at me and I have zero actual riding skillz. All things considered, this was the only choice…
Only been round the block on it, love it, gonna marry it (especially given the effect its arrival may have on my current marriage).
Good choice. Look forward to hearing how you get on with it. Those full builds look like cracking value at the moment, although I think they only have a few large and XS left.
Full build, was going pretty (still not) cheap and the stock spec is pretty decent.
Just needs a dropper and a bluto now (and some new hubs in my 29 plus wheels)…
I brought forward buying it because stocks were looking low.
All tucked up in bed after our first proper ride out. 20 miles of bridleway, fire road and a couple of nice bits of singletrack. Plenty of up, plenty of down.
Bugger me this bike is fun!
Need to get fitter for climbing though…
Seriously, GRIP!!!
What 29+ did/do you have? I love my krampus and not ridden a fat extensively but although fun and masses more grip I’m still not sure I need to get fully fat. Please convince me (my wife) otherwise.
I really fancy a Jones plus or something which will run 29+ and fat tyre options, like a Lamere.
Got a 2015 Genesis Longitude, it’s great, I just wanted something that could be 29 plus and fat, best of both worlds and all that. Also, nice to have the Bluto option and better dropper post options than the Longitude.
Had mine about 2-3 months now – awesome.
Every time I ride it I just can’t help but be amazed at how nimble it is.
I can descend things that I checken out on on the 4″ OnOne Fatty.
I can climb things faster than ever.
I did the Mary Towneley (with added bonus 20 miles) the other day & it just kept going.
Hard to say, roverpig, as the 29 plus is ss, this was my first outing with gears in nearly a year. Also, have been pretty ill lately, so fitness is a bit shot. I got up there without pushing though…
There was noticeably more traction when climbing got a bit technical but the front did wander a bit more than my 29 plus, but I put this down to the ICT being a bit shorter in the toptube.
Still figuring out pressures, but ended up with about 6psi front and 7psi rear, felt like I could go lower, and this is with tubes.
Was given a 3 hour pass yesterday, so popped up Sherwood Pines for a quick lap.
Because of the diversions there’s a bit more climbing now (only a bit though). The front end is still a bit wandery, but I’m fairly sure it’s me still adjusting to a shorter TT and needing to shift my weight a bit more.
This bike is a bloody hooligan! Get it up to speed and hang on, it just flies through everything. The amount of grip got me almost horizontal round berms and the obligatory mud section saw zero sliding about, just blew straight through it.
Still not used to having gears, I reckon this’ll be going ss soon.
Also, the Guide RS brakes, for anyone that cares, are really very good.
You were right MadBillMcMad, tubeless was a piece of piss. Needed an extra layer of Gorilla tape on one side to seat the bead into the rim, but got both tyres inflated with a skinny track pump and some elbow grease. Got about 100ml of fluid in each, but might put a bit more in as the front needed a bit to help seal around the bead.
Absolutely flew into work on it the other day, the happiest I’ve turned up to work in ages.
Going Cannock tomorrow to give it a proper ride. If you don’t hear from me again, it’ll be because I’ve gone to fatty heaven. 8)
Been out exploring the local bridleways and tow-paths during our little rainy season…
Got a bit muddy today…
Plenty of mud clearance though, even with 5″ rubber. Was good of the front mech to bring all that goop home though.
I’ve found a load of bridleways that have either been mashed up by horses/tractors and are now full of slimy ruts and puddles or that don’t seem to get used a lot and have become very overgrown. Slimy, wet trails followed by long grass would have killed my other bike in no time, but the truck just floated over it or barrelled through it like it was nothing.
Now I’ve got used to gears again, climbing is easy, especially when the trail gets a bit slippy or technical, there’s just so much traction.
You even look forward to bits of road so you can do a bit of high speed mud removal from the tyres!
I think the thing I like about it the most is that I don’t have to look at the weather or worry about where I’m going because the truck will carry me through just about anything. The only limiting factors are my fitness (or lack thereof) and skills (or lack thereof).
It’s also the most fun I’ve ever had on a bike. 😀
I’ve got about 100ml in each tyre Steve, had a bit leak out of the bead at first, but been strong since, will probably put a bit more in though. 250ml does seem like overkill though.
I wont clutter up your thread with pictures of mine, but you are right; there is something strangely endearing about the Truck. It’s not a complicated thing and maybe that’s part of the appeal. It’s not trying to be something it’s not and it’s a gentle reminder that the right geometry and the right tyres are pretty much all you need to have a bit of fun on a bike.
It’s not a complicated thing and maybe that’s part of the appeal. It’s not trying to be something it’s not and it’s a gentle reminder that the right geometry and the right tyres are pretty much all you need to have a bit of fun on a bike
Yes, mustn’t grumble 🙂 Although you can keep beach riding. Makes for a nice arty shot, but I’m afraid I just don’t get it. Each to their own though.
I had a nice long demo on the stock ICT. Switching to the lighter wheels/tyres does pretty much what you’d expect. It’s faster. In fact I’ve been surprised by how little it gives up compared to my “normal” trail bikes. But you lose a bit of that “ride over anything” feel you get with the Bud/Lou on Clownshoe combo. Like most things with bikes really; not better, not worse, just different.