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My new Fat bike

217 posts & 62 voices | Started 7 months ago by cozz | Latest reply from cynic-al

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cozz - Member

Ive had a pugsley for 2 years, use it mainly for singletrack riding, some of which is quite sandy around here, plus I love different bikes, these are just like riding a geared bmx to me, and soo much fun

I know some haters say they dont make sense - thats fine by me - they dont need too !

spec -

sm 907 frame
white bros snowpack carbon fork
hope headset
hope pro II hubs
VIZ rims 47mm
middleburn rs8
Xtr gears and brakes
Titec H bars
easton carbon seatpost
Charge Ti spoon

Im running continental 1.9-2.1 superlight tubes at the mo

The idea of this was to build a lighter weight fat bike to replace my pugs
Weighed on my digi bathroom scales its 28 lbs - including these pedals and a Nate on the front
So realisticly I caold see it gettign down to 27 in summer - but I think you wouldnt get an Alu framed fatbike any lighter and still be running a triple up front

8 miles through the woods on way to work this morn, 15 night ride after work - will see how it gets on
Rear wheel needs 4mm more dish, will be getting a white marge lite in there v. soon,along with black bar tape, thought orange would look good but its too much

Posted 7 months ago #
Harry_the_Spider - Member

Your carpet could do with a clean.

Posted 7 months ago #
cozz - Member

thanks for that, its a painted concrete floor !

Posted 7 months ago #
chakaping - Member

Looks fun and the weight is great - but you need to attach a few more bits to it.

I'd go for wing mirrors and a ghetto blaster personally.

Posted 7 months ago #
cozz - Member

was thinking of an xbox 360

Posted 7 months ago #
tazzymtb - Member

needs a bigger front wheel, but other than that looks ace!

Posted 7 months ago #
sambob - Member

Nice one.

Posted 7 months ago #
Zedsdead - Member

What pressure do you run your tyres at? And how is it to ride? Do the tyres feel like they really drag?

Thanks

Posted 7 months ago #
postierich - Member

Does that rear mud guard do anything?
Can anyone see that rear led light.
Looks Special

Posted 7 months ago #
stuey - Member

<Oooouw lots of questions>
Liking it.
Did you re-drill the rear rim for off set?
Philwood BB or source something more affordable?

<Ispy book of bike builds out > What pedals are they?

personal preference - black saddle for snow

Posted 7 months ago #
cozz - Member

err, rear guard stops mud spraying up me back
yeah you can see the rear light
yeah my floor needs painting again
rear rim is redrilled for offset, measured and drilled by hand
phil wood BB, cranks from ebay and then I polished them up
just them shimano spds with platform one side
got a Ti swift saddle but chucked this one on for winter
tyres around 10-12 psi at the mo - upto 18 for longer road rides, down to 8 for snow etc
riding it is like pedalling a monster truck

Posted 7 months ago #
postierich - Member

Fat bikes do not go fast enough to cause spray!

Need to singlespeed it!

Posted 7 months ago #
downgrade - Member

riding it is like pedalling a monster truck

excellent description!

Posted 7 months ago #
GW - Member

these are just like riding a geared bmx to me

What kind of **** up BMX do you ride?

Posted 7 months ago #
flashes - Member

Oh they do cause spray,,,,,,,,,,I commute on mine on sometimes, it rains, I get very wet............

Posted 7 months ago #
JohnClimber - Member

Double post

Posted 7 months ago #
JohnClimber - Member

I've fitted a cheap Aldi rack (available again at my local Aldi right now under a tenner) on my fat bike and wrapped a plastic bag around it, it makes a great and cheap mud guard

October 8th - New Frame Bag by Johnclimber

Posted 7 months ago #
flashes - Member

What's the rack??

Posted 7 months ago #
Bagstard - Member

That looks great fun, would love a go on that bad boy! 27lbs?! Good job!

Posted 7 months ago #
goldenwonder - Member

Wheels were a complete Git to build, with them being redrilled to get the offset, the angle the nipples come through the rim isn't great & the rims are the most non round rims I've ever built!
Pictures don't really do it justice though, it does look better in reality than the pictures (well, did until he bolted all the rest of the guff to it)

Posted 7 months ago #
motorman - Member

Looking good Coss, right bike, right colour

Only problem, it is too shiny! Get it in the goor, richt up to the axles!

Enjoy, I think these are excellent bikes, the 907 has a quality riding position IMO

Posted 7 months ago #
kayak23 - Member

Grips are a bit odd....

Posted 7 months ago #
Shibboleth - Member

Was that water bottle inserted into the bottle cage during the frame building process?

Bikes like this remind me of an adage that was drummed into me as a child: "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."

Posted 7 months ago #
coastkid - Member

Why not?

Posted 7 months ago #
Shibboleth - Member

Because it's a pointless, clumsy and inefficient solution to a problem that doesn't really exist.

Sure, there are bottle cage bosses on the seat tube, but only because the frame builder was daft enough to put them in a place that made it almost impossible to get even a small bottle in.

Yes, fat tyres and rims are available, and it could even be argued that they have uses for riding on sand or snow. But the downsides and overly complicated build solutions are well documented - does it really make sense to build a fat bike for UK conditions? No.

I "could" build a bike with 19 wheels that carries 6 people sitting backwards whilst playing backgammon...

Should I? No, because it would be just as pointless!

Posted 7 months ago #
grum - Member

Just wondering, once fat bikes become too common and boring like just having a singlespeed rigid 29er or whatever - what is going to be the next niche for everyone to froth over?

Posted 7 months ago #
motorman - Member

Because it's a pointless, clumsy and inefficient solution to a problem that doesn't really exist.

So yes, it does make sense to have a fatbike in the UK :roll:.
All of the above is less than 5 min from my door....so the problem does exists for those of us who ride where trail monkeys don't

Posted 7 months ago #
wwaswas - Member

I "could" build a bike with 19 wheels that carries 6 people sitting backwards whilst playing backgammon...

too late...

Posted 7 months ago #
wwaswas - Member

what is going to be the next niche for everyone to froth over

eventually, a 26" wheeled hardtail with gears at the crank and wheel end of the drivetrain, I imagine.

Posted 7 months ago #
grum - Member

All of the above is less than 5 min from my door....so the problem does exists for those of us who ride where trail monkeys don't

You see, that looks ok I suppose - but I can think of far more interesting places to ride a bike. I've seen quite a few sneery posts from fatbike users about people who ride at trail centres etc.

Posted 7 months ago #
GW - Member

Shibboleth - Member

Because ~~it's a pointless,~~ I don't understand I'll spout a load of utter shite.. blah blah blah...
FFS! looks to be a 750ml in the seat tube cage (and looks to fit nicely) if you are such a retard you can't work out how to put a bottle in a cage with minimal clearance you could always use a 500ml one.

I have a bottle cage mounted on my DH bike where a 500ml Bottle only just fits into the fromt triangle without fouling the shock/linkage, you'd probably take issue with that too. but I like to be able to take a drink between most runs when riding DH for an 8hour day and a huck sack no matter how small is too restrictive for riding well.

for this reason, I even wish my 14" DJ hardtail had bottle cage mounts.

as CK said "if you can, why the **** not?"

Posted 7 months ago #
Shibboleth - Member

GW - Member

FFS! looks to be a 750ml in the3 seat tube cage (and loks to fit nicely)

You seem to have difficulty judging size... And it's already fouling the toptube, can't be particularly easy to get in and out.

Motorman, you obviously went out looking for problems to fit your solution. I can't for a single minute imagine you got so hacked off trying to ride those 3 spots on a conventional trail bike that you decided to build the pointless bike.

Posted 7 months ago #
GW - Member

once fat bikes become too common and boring like just having a singlespeed rigid 29er or whatever - what is going to be the next niche for everyone to froth over?
I reckon once they get bored of holding hands on beaches they'll probably go back to good old tits and arses for a bit

Posted 7 months ago #
GW - Member

ha ha.. Sorry, I thought you were on about the one in motorman's pic right above your post.. you're still a complete retard if you can't get a bottle in the top one tho.

Oh.. and you've probably never actually ridden on a beach, have you?

Posted 7 months ago #
coastkid - Member

GW!

Posted 7 months ago #