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1. cozz - Member

   just getting my bikes out for a ride this weekend

   Seems like orange is my favorite colour atthe moment

   so my dilemma is

   FAT or THIN !

   

   Answer - prob a bit of both

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. alex222 - Member

   please don't ride that bike on the right. it is so ugly the onion i ate in my salad for dinner is crying inside my tummy

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. Mantastic - Member

   Cozz are you tiny?
   Ps moonlander arrived this morning, got FAT everytime

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. mikewsmith - Member

   not the one on the right somebody has bent your handlebars

   or is this one of the funky camera tricks?

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. tracknicko - Member

   maybe this is a good time to ask...

   what are fat bikes for?

   i rode one the other day briefly. it weighed about 17 tonnes, and wouldnt turn. like literally wouldnt turn.

   i dont get it.

   so... serious question:

   what are they for?

   Posted 1 year ago #
6. jam bo - Member

   Fat ones are more grateful allegedly.

   Posted 1 year ago #
7. jackthedog - Member

   and wouldnt turn. like literally wouldnt turn.

   Was the onion in your tummy alright though?

   Posted 1 year ago #
8. Gary_M - Member

   it is so ugly the onion i ate in my salad for dinner is crying inside my tummy

   Is that supposed to be witty?

   Ride them both, not at the same time obviously.

   Posted 1 year ago #
9. tracknicko - Member

   well that's cleared that up. thanks chaps.

   Posted 1 year ago #
10. wwaswas - Member

    stay in, get that grey wall paper attached to the wall properly and sort some skirting board out

    Posted 1 year ago #
11. MidlandTrailquestsGraham - Member

    Can't you compromise by taking the front wheel off the skinny bike and fitting it to the fat bike ?

    Posted 1 year ago #
12. honourablegeorge - Member

    MidlandTrailquestsGraham - Member

    Can't you compromise by taking the front wheel off the skinny bike and fitting it to the fat bike ?

    "It's a dragster"

    Posted 1 year ago #
13. chiefgrooveguru - Member

    Would an orange bike like this not be a better compromise or is it just too unniche?

    

    Posted 1 year ago #
14. cozz - Member

    I'd need to wear platforms to ride that

    Posted 1 year ago #
15. singlespeedstu - Member

    what are they for?

    For cruzzin through the forest on.

    From 3.12.

    Posted 1 year ago #
16. tracknicko - Member

    hmm ok. looked like a muddy straight fireroad bit for the 30s or so i watched.

    still wondering what they do better? i can understand the drive for rigid, 29er, full suss, ss etc. but what's good about huge tyres?

    Posted 1 year ago #
17. rOcKeTdOg - Member

    The're for fat old gits to cruze carparks and tarmac on surely?
    
    fatty on fatty by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr

    Posted 1 year ago #
18. druidh - Member

    tracknicko - Member
    maybe this is a good time to ask...

    what are fat bikes for?

    i rode one the other day briefly. it weighed about 17 tonnes, and wouldnt turn. like literally wouldnt turn.

    Mine weighs just over 31 lbs and handles just like "a bike". Just like any other style of bike, there are variations in geometry of different models which affect handling. I've ridden it on the beach and in snow (the original raison d'étre). However, it is ridden more on "natural" XC trails.

    
    P1160462 by Andrea & Rick, on Flickr

    It was a hoot at Glentress (including Spooky Woods) but too much of a handful on the rockier trails at Laggan Wolftrax.

    Posted 1 year ago #
19. alex222 - Member

    Is that supposed to be witty?

    no

    Posted 1 year ago #
20. singlespeedstu - Member

    still wondering what they do better?

    Who said anything about better.

    Cruzzing is what I like them for.

    Posted 1 year ago #
21. Herman Shake - Member

    Is this an excuse to show off your bikes? I'd choose the orange one.

    Posted 1 year ago #
22. trail_rat - Member

    17 tonnes ?

    everyone thats picked up my sand man has commented on how light it is ..... (32lb with drilled 100mm rims)

    shaggys weighed less than most folk on heres gnarcore freerad bikes.(27lbs)

    - i dare say it went faster than most folks gnarcore freerad bikes....

    you need a half way house cozz - im off to pick up a midget sized dayone alfine 8 for the mrs tomorrow in "that orange"

    Posted 1 year ago #
23. alex222 - Member

    handles just like "a bike"

    why not get just a bike instead of something that is just like a bike then?

    Posted 1 year ago #
24. stanfree - Member

    alex222 why does It bother you what other people ride. ?

    Posted 1 year ago #
25. Gary_M - Member

    Is that supposed to be witty? - no

    Unless you're 8 years old I don't understand why you typed it then. The onion in your tummy was crying?

    Posted 1 year ago #
26. dirk_pumpa - Member

    Fat bikes are a disgrace.

    Posted 1 year ago #
27. GW - Member

    Mine weighs just over 31 lbs and handles just like "a bike". Just like any other style of bike

    Fatbikes do not handle like any other style of bike at all. I could go into why in great detail but it would clearly be wasted on you.

    It was a hoot at Glentress (including Spooky Woods) but too much of a handful on the rockier trails at Laggan Wolftrax.

    Your idea of "a hoot" is way different to mine.

    each to their own but don't just spout total bollox to try and justify your choice.

    Posted 1 year ago #
28. druidh - Member

    GW - Member
    "Mine weighs just over 31 lbs and handles just like "a bike". Just like any other style of bike"
    Fatbikes do not handle like any other style of bike at all. I could go into why in great detail but it would clearly be wasted on you.

    Try reading what I wrote again, but see if you can get a grown-up to help you with the punctuation this time.

    "It was a hoot at Glentress (including Spooky Woods) but too much of a handful on the rockier trails at Laggan Wolftrax."
    Your idea of "a hoot" is way different to mine.

    Undoubtedly.

    Posted 1 year ago #
29. cozz - Member

    the fat bike weighs 29 lbs so not to bad really

    nice to see the all the haters still in the house

    think its gonna be thin

    Posted 1 year ago #
30. GW - Member

    Ah.. ok, sorry I get what you were saying now (asked one of my kids to explain. ;))

    "Just like any other style of bike, there are variations in geometry of different models which affect handling"
    sure there are, but that's not really where the main quirk/trait of every Fatbike's handling comes from.. by their very nature you physically couldn't make a fatbike handle well for the style of riding I enjoy whichever geometry was used.

    They're def not for everyone but as I said, each to their own.

    Posted 1 year ago #
31. GW - Member

    nice to see the all the haters still in the house

    Mission accomplished then, eh? there was no other reason for your OP was there?

    Posted 1 year ago #
32. singlespeedstu - Member

    by their very nature you physically couldn't make a fatbike handle well for the style of riding I enjoy

    Is that the "i'm considerably more rader than yow" style of riding?

    Posted 1 year ago #
33. GW - Member

    each to their own now Stu

    Posted 1 year ago #
34. randomjeremy - Member

    If a bearded man falls off a 29er in a forest but there's nobody else around, does anyone know it has no gears?

    Posted 1 year ago #
35. Keef - Member

    

    FAT.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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