we popped into bothy bikes at dalfaber near aviemore a few weeks back when holidaying and i fell in love with the surly necromancer (neck romancer) they had in the window.so now i have an itch i need to scratch so lets see those fatbikes please 😀

2012_0504fatgnar0008 by singlespeedstu, on Flickr

2011_1028sunsetfat0011 by singlespeedstu, on Flickr

2011_0717morefat0013 by singlespeedstu, on Flickr

sweet stu cheers.how does it ride?

Like a spacehopper unless you get the tyre pressure just right. 😆

Great fun though.

full suss is where it’s actually at:

P1000006 by alan cole, on Flickr

That tyre must be rubbing the stats I can’t fit anything fatter than s 2.2 on my Marin

You do know about this place don’t you?

http://forums.mtbr.com/fat-bikes/

And a half fat

Semi fat, Regular fat, Extra fat by coastkid71, on Flickr

Touchdown… by coastkid71, on Flickr

Moonlander by coastkid71, on Flickr

Moonlander by coastkid71, on Flickr

Riding rocks on the coast is my favourite choice of ride… 🙂

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0vN2OuniUU&list=UUSv198UD3Wy-dBsg3K40IvQ&index=9&feature=plcp[/video]

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa15nakOl8k&list=UUSv198UD3Wy-dBsg3K40IvQ&index=2&feature=plcp[/video]

And a bit dune surfing 😉

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjmbVg6jAEQ[/video]

So is it like riding a very short travel full sus?

undamped!

Kinda like a short travel full suss, but loads more grip on wet rock and roots as the tyres bend around stuff at low pressures and have a large contact area – but they can have a hell of a rebound off stuff at speed so not always great for higher speed riding 🙂
Trails like Drumlandrig in the wet they are superb,
Using them off the beaten track they are very rewarding riding where regular bikes just do not have the grip or it is just too hard to keep moving forward if the going is really soft. Often they will amaze you what they can ride through…
Expect to see more getting used for regular trail riding with the On One fatbike on the way, also an inbetween fat/regular bike from Surly soon 😉

It snowed. haven’t ridden it since 😉

edit – help how did I break the linky thing?

That got it – complete with glow cables 🙂

St Kilda beach.

glow cables??? 😀 where did you find those?

Love the splits in the rim especially with coloured rim tape, very cool.
Are they not masses of effort to get to move though?

No surprisingly easy in fact, that was my biggest surprise. For fun I commuted in on mine the other day:

Pugsley goes sightseeing by paulfulford, on Flickr

A little slower than usual but more because the gearing I have is quite low (32:20) and I was spinning out at 13mph

Surprisingly sprightly. I bought mine mostly for use in the winter but it has become my default ride. Expect to see a lot more of them on the trails.

terrahawk by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr

fatty on fatty by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr

walla24 – sorry they’re only reflective.

Fatbikes, they’re not just for beaches ! Druidh going wild in Morar…

And it went very well indeed.

rode the On-One prototype at Mountain Mayhem, solo for aaagges. It was bloody brilliant. get one.

http://40psi.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/mountain-fat-mayhem/

[/url] fat by Sofakingdark, on Flickr[/img]

[/url] 2012_0604Kippfordweekend0023 by singlespeedstu, on Flickr[/img]

I don’t believe you rode down that on that thing. ^^^
I recon the photo’s been messed with.

its only mc moab, pic makes it look gnarlyer

its only mc moab, pic makes it look gnarlyer

No shit sherlock.
Have a look who took the picture. 😉

🙂

If anyone is selling one of these…… 😉