Hi all,
Has anybody done BPW on a rigid fat bike? I'm heading up in June and gave them a quick call about the uplift and they said that there is 1 space for a fatbike on the trailer. I would have thought the blues would be crazy fast on a fatbike and the reds shouldn't be too far off.
Just curious on others experiences, if there are any?
John
Its a bike. BPW has trails.
You're overthinking it.
Go ride them!
I have ridden my (now sold) front suspension fat bike on the blue trails at BPW.
A friend of mine has ridden his Surly Pugsley, rigid , singlespeed , there as well.
I'd stick to the blue trails personally, you'll be fine, enjoy.
you ride a fat bike, I'm sure it will be amazing 😉 and you will be back to tell us all that 🙂
Well mike that is obviously a given, infact I can tell you now you should throw all your other bikes in the bin, maybe even all your belongings, and get a fatbike.
John
It'll be like a motoGP bike on the blues, they're mostly smooth and wide, can you get your knee down on a fat bike?
I haven't ridden the fatbike there but I'd have no worries about it on any of the trails I've done, except maybe on... half cut, is it? And the black one with the drop at the start, might be coal not dole. The blues I think would be dull, everything else's be a hoot
(I've not done the black jump stuff because I can't jump for toffee, a fatbike'd make no difference ;))
Is your tyre going to fit in the slots on the uplift trailer?
You'll be fine on the blue trails. Very flowy and well armored (man maid). I'd avoid the Reds and Blacks though, just to prevent rim denting/tyre ripping.
You'd [s]probably[/s] have more fun on a FS though..
Done all the blues on a canti braked CX bike, no issue and was as quick as the group I was with on 140mm bikes. Also gave a red a go and decided it was a mistake after firing myself over the bars on Vicious Valley and then attempting Rim Dinger (Truly truly brutal with 34mm tyres)
Rigid fat bike will be great!
EDIT: I should mention was far more fun on my scott spark and only used the CX bike as had killed my full sus frame the week before going
Silly question and probably OT but ......
At BPW can you ride up and forgo the trailer?
You can ride, there is a specific trail (beast of burden) but the fire roads are quicker. When I've ridden up, I've tended to session different parts of the tracks. The very top section of the tracks is a bit flatter and less fun IMO, so I tended to ride to the highest fire road crossing.
If you own any other other mountain bike I would take it instead - Kind of not what the fat bike was intended for really is it
ndthornton - Member
If you own any other other mountain bike I would take it instead - Kind of not what the fat bike was intended for really is it
I think you'll find being an inappropriately biked, gawped at attention seeker is exactly what fat bikes are intended for.
Climbing - there's Beast of Burden (singletrack climb), and a fire road. You can mix & match different bits to get a few runs in, it's alright. About 200m vertical.
ndthornton - MemberKind of not what the fat bike was intended for really is it
And downhill bikes were built to be ridden extremely fast over extremely hard terrain by extremely skilled riders, but I'm yet to see any of them do any of that at BPW 😉
Seriously though, I wouldn't have a fat bike to ride what it was intended for, it all looks boring. Riding a fat bike on hard stuff, now that's fun.
dangeourbrain - Member
I think you'll find being an inappropriately biked, gawped at attention seeker is exactly what fat bikes are intended for.
I seem to be doing something wrong.
Everywhere I take my fatbike seems remarkably devoid of crowds of impressed onlookers. 🙂
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No idea what fat bikes ride like, but my son rides the blues on a ridgid islabike.
there is 1 space for a fatbike on the trailer.
Good luck getting on the uplift, then!
I took a [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/6fattie-comp-carbon-a-mini-review ]6Fattie [/url] to BPW a while ago and could just about squeeze it in on every trailer. Occasionally asking other riders to swap slots. If they have one fat slot (fnaar) per trailer, you should be OK, but if you mean that they have just one fat slot (gnrk) the prepare for lots of waiting.
Wasnae fat slots when i went, infact when i rocked up with my 35mm rimmed 2.4 29er wheeled wonder sled i was told "you'll be lucky" by the uplift chap.
Took a run up and slammed it home everytime though. 3.8+ would not fit anywhere ime
Took a run up and slammed it home everytime though. 3.8+ would not fit anywhere ime
Context is everything here. 🙂
Hmm well maybe I shall give it a go. If I can convince my friend to go and then take the full sus and the fatbike I could get the best of both. I'm just trying to decide what would be more fun. The fatbike is so much more of a work out and often more satisfying for it.
As for it not being what the fatbike was designed for I'm with Northwind. People really under estimate how versatile the fat bikes can be plus be.
Having said all that if I don't take the full sus then not much point in having it anymore, it barely gets ridden as it is!
John