I don't know but I can only assume the big fat tyre can be run at a low pressure so it will conform to the shape of the ground rather than bite as per a smaller tyre. It would also provide traction from it's large surface area and ride comfort from it's low pressure.
The large surface area would would be useful on Sand / Snow / Wet Mud / Dry Dusty Mud. So could very very good on multiple terrains.
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Never ridden one so not sure so that's my guess.
Looks good though, gotta' love a man, an idea and a shed to make it in.
Just been round the 'Puffer course. Handling is good, nice and sharp. The bike just rolls over anything. No need to pick a line, just point and go. I'll try less pressure in the tyres, but I'll leave the ride height as is because it works well.
What pressure did you ride? sub 12 psi the norm, but up to 18 for tarmac or hardpack for easier crusing speed,
have ridden 4 psi front and rear and nearly climed every dune you cound walk up! usually 100 pumps with a mountain morph = 10 psi 😆
Because custom made rigid steel fixie mountain bikes with mary bars just aren't niche enough any more. It would appear fat bikes are the very latest thing in niche.
guys – STOP IT . my missus is going to go mental when i come home and go to the bike shop to pick up the thorn raven , a ragley td-1 frame and a pigging pugsley !
its dangerous being on paperwork duty (my work shit got lost in transit :))
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Because custom made rigid steel fixie mountain bikes with mary bars just aren't niche enough any more. It would appear fat bikes are the very latest thing in niche.
The niche is people who want to ride mountainbikes on mountains instead of carefully groomed playgrounds. We get lots of peat bogs up here and soft going on many tracks after rain. The fat wheels at low pressure won't tear up the track.
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I ran the tyres at 15lbs. Can definitely drop that down.
What you need to do is put QR clamps on the forks so when you get top the top of a hill you can raiser them up and slacken off the HA. It would be like U_Turn for rigid forks. What a great idea!