[Closed] Marmite bike - shield your eyes

You have two houses in your garden? Greedy boy John.

I think it's pushing that tree over 😉

I like it. Love the Lauf forks. Will look forward to a ride report.

That's a beauty and I want a go, now please.

"Marmite" means some people will love it. Therefore, that is not a marmite bike 🙂

Actually, it's just the forks in my onion...

Do your neighbours talk to you? 😉

Love it !!
Interested to hear how it rides too

I am just working out how many mm of undamped travel you now have on the front.
#spacehopper
#iwantagoitlooksalaugh

That is ****ing hideous! It'd better ride nicely

Rob, 39 - dislikes Marmite

60mm and 4.8" of undamped travel

Bikes like that are way beyond my needs, but I would soooo love to have a go on one.

Aaaaaaaaaaahhh!

Aaaaaaahhhhh hahahaaaaaargh!

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Jeeez that's hideous 🙂

😆

I hate myself for saying it but that's well tidy...however...Mechanical discs? FAIL.

I'm heading out on it for a big ride tomorrow in the sun and heading up to the beaches and sand dunes.
Enjoy work 😉

Oh my god

I am reeling here, seriously

So wrong it's freakin awesome.

Mol, I can see you commuting on one of those!

A couple more shots for you (whether you want them or not)

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Mol, I can see you commuting on one of those!

Good God, man! Have you no decency left?

8)

That is very nice indeed.

Edit: I might have some ano blue bottle cage bolts somewhere, if I can find them you can have them.

Erm... Wow!

So wrong it just has to be right.

Lovely.

Uglier than a fight at a Klingon wedding.

Cracking bike! Love to take it for a pootle down local trails 😯

How much does she weigh?

Apart from the bars, I really like that.

Hmmm, suspension forks on a fat bike bother me regardless of type. And the bars wind me up.

If you lie it down does it pop back up like a weeble.

What is it?

Is that next to the A444 in Bedworth? Oh and as for the bike, I'm liking the look of it even the Lauf Fork, just not the handlebars, but then it's your pride and joy to ride and of you findd them comfortable do be it. I still keep getting the itch and regulars fight the urge to scratch it without ditching one of my other bikes first.

howsyourdad1 - Member

What is it?

The next generation Fat Bike from Travers Bikes www.traversbikes.com

With the new light weight fat 60mm fork from Lauf www.laufforks.com

It's your bike, if you're happy, then have a blast. Looks bloody awful to me mind you, but that's just my opinion!

Damping is totally overrated! 😉

I'm sure they won't but those forks just look like they will fold in half as soon as you hit a bump...

Have you ridden the forks yet John? Or tried grabbing the wheel and shoving it side to side to see if it hits the sides?
They are truly ugly but I really can't wait for mine to arrive 🙂

That's brilliant. Love it, love it, LOVE IT!!

Amazing looking bike, would love to have a go on it 😀

got my fatty built up recently . love fatbikes . I always wanted one

bedmaker - Member

Have you ridden the forks yet John? Or tried grabbing the wheel and shoving it side to side to see if it hits the sides?
They are truly ugly but I really can't wait for mine to arrive

I've ridden the 29er version for the last 4 months and I love them, yes the top of the wheel does move about 12mm either way when climbing out of the saddle but the small bump vibration elimination is better than any fork I've ever ridden.
A short Fat fork ride this afternoon felt a little stiffer than the 29er and with very little lateral movement.

I made this last month

Looks great apart from the BB7s. Can you get some anodised blue hope brakes to match the rest of it?

JohnClimber - Member
howsyourdad1 - Member
What is it?
The next generation Fat Bike from Travers Bikes http://www.traversbikes.com
With the new light weight fat 60mm fork from Lauf http://www.laufforks.com

I have no idea of the purpose of it but I would want a go for sure!

It's revoltingly brilliant.

back end is ok.

I love BB7's sorry

You know how in your distant past, there's been a lady you wouldn't normally be in conversation with, but after 10 pints you'd given it a try, committed to her place, and you have then woken up in total shame, plus in the situation of having to make a hasty exit without hurting her feelings?

I don't feel that for your bike.

It's just plain f******g awful!

Second picture - I see someone has already called you a taxi...

I didn't like the look of it, then I looked again and it is ok, however, I'm still unconvinced about fat tyres so if you can redo that without the fat tyres, then that would look awesome.

I suspect it'll ride well (for what it is - it won't break speed records but I bet it'll ride over a sh!tload more varied terrain than most other bikes will!)...should be a right laugh.

OMFG, Yes, No, eek, Ooooh, vomit, hmmm, niice.

Yeah that looks Awesome! GJ

I would normally say ' grass needs cutting' but this time it's ' leave the grass to grow and hide that monstrosity'!!!

stumpy01 - Member
Apart from the bars, I really like that.

Needs more blue though. Pedals, grips and saddle accents.

so different! would love to have a go!

That's a two bagger and no mistake but I'm sure she's a great ride

I,m in the haterz group! Sorry

winner of this weeks "STW Niche of the week" award! 😉

That fork is really not a looker is it. Interesting idea though. Are there different versions with different layups for the carbon springs depending on your weight?

And the bars, gopping too.

It raises the bar on niche to another level.

Are there different versions with different layups for the carbon springs depending on your weight?

the small bump vibration elimination is better than any fork I've ever ridden.

I'm a bit lost. With this size of tyre, isn't it doing that job regardless of fork?

I ****in love that! Nice job!

Looks nice except for the bars. Are there any benefits to those bars apart from niche points?
They look-
A- Heavy
B- Awkwardly shaped for aggressive riding.
C- Like shit.

^ + 8 billion 😆

The benifits of the Jones Loop Bars are many but the main one is comfort over longer rides as there are many more different places for your hands than you get on trail centre handlebars 😉

The "comfort thing" about [i]those bars[/i] always confuses me, surely if the bike is set up right and the rider is able bodied the conventional bar should be fine irrespective of the distance/time ridden?

I've always comfort is achieved by moving the body around in between the fixed contact points of bars and pedals

Would you genuinely need/want to put your hands in the middle section? If so, wouldn't a pair of clip on stubby aero bars do the job better (think old skool spinacis) giving you ability to adjust angle independently of the main bars like that bloke who did the SDW double double the other week. It wouldn't make the bike any prettier though!

I'm all up for innovation but I too struggle to see the proper justification for those bars. I think Jeff Jones must have a big old shed of excess tubing he brazes onto bars and forks!

Well, I think it's brilliant! Good job!

... I too struggle to see the proper justification for those bars

Great trademark though isn't it 😉

Its just mechanical art, which happens to be something you can ride.

You know when your mother taught you not to stare at the hideous fat thing but you just can't stop staring with an open mouth and jaw hitting the floor? That.

What Cokie said
However my 1st thought was, 'why'?

('Cos I could', would be the answer I'd guess)
Good on you for being brave enough to build something so fugly!

I'd ride it.
Just as it is.
It built to do a job - it will do it well.
It wouldn't be my choice for another SDW DD, but for go anywhere riding, you are infront of me!

Enjoy it.

OP do you also have interesting facial hair and/or dress 'not high street' to gain attention in bars?

Looks like a really nice bike. Not exactly my cup of tea but I bet it'll be a hoot to ride and fair play for trying something a bit different.

Travers make lovely frames, yet you somehow manage to turn them into the most gopping eyesores in christendom. If it were me, Id refuse to sell you another one as that bike is like taking a dump in kyle Minogues eye socket, you have wantonly ruined a thing of beauty in your quest for look at meeeeeeeeee, man alive, what's wrong witb blutos, they work and dont look like Stephen hawkings legs!

Jones bars are nice though 😀

That is truly ugly - those forks 😯

And I like marmite.

Gave me a right chuckle when I opened the pic. Looks expensive and kinda hip.

Nice bike OP

And yes i do like marmite