Hi, after a really helpful thread (here: [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/i-want-a-huge-front-wheel-and-i-cant-afford-a-pugsley ]i-want-a-huge-front-wheel-and-i-cant-afford-a-pugsley[/url]) I was lucky to get a Nokian Gaz 3", a front wheel with an Alex DX32 38mm rim and 3" innertubes all for under £50. Excellent, and it snowed. Excellent, so I went for a ride. Also Excellent! The rear wheel is a Schwalbe Snow Stud BTW. Not Fat.
Thanks to all, it's hard work ploughing through the snow but great fun to be able to do it =)
Cheers, al.
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/allankelly/sets/72157625511854981/show/ ]Flickr gallery: East Lothian Fat Bike Snow Ride[/url]
Nice Al, What forks are those?, wanna try an Endomorph?,
Head along to Binning woods...i just bulldozed 4 laps on the Pugs this morning after work which im going to do daily if i get away early with this weather,its a nice hardpack loop now!
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Also posted this on our East Lothian MTB page on FB...We rode round yest and it was a bit soft but today the snow is powder dry with the frost being in the ground beforehand.
Full moon nightride tomorrow night! 😮
Oh heres an East Lothian Full Fat pic from there yesterday 
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Single brake mincing in the snow? Looks like fun.
Hey Bruce, I would have joined you yesterday but I had the kids. Those are 26" Pace RC31 forks, there's still a finger's clearance both sides so there's some chance I'd get an Endomorph in there. Probably not though according to epicyclo's measurements. Worth a try anyway. I'll get out with you guys one of these days (week after New Year I'm childless) and if I can borrow, that would be fab. I'd buy a Larry rather than an Endo though. And I'll get Surly or Salsa fat forks some time next year, prob the Surly 100mm ones.
And yeah, single brake. The bargain wheel I bought isn't disc hub so... But I didn't miss it. I think I braked once, and that was to take a picture.
Cheers, al.
Allan, can you give me an idea how it rode with the 29er wheel in? I've been considering going 69er with my Inbred for a while as I have rigid forks I could use already. Particularly interested how it compares with a 26" front wheel rigid if you ever rode it that way?
I might just try and get a wheel and experiment I suppose.
Looks great in semi fat mode btw.
Hi, that's a 26" wheel with 3" tyre. But up until today I've been riding it with a 29er with 2.55" WTB tyre. It rides great, I've ridden it that way for the last year. Glentress, local loops, Puffer Lite (Scottish Veteran Singlespeed champion! Niche niche niche =).
The 'suspension adjusted' RC31 26" fork is ideal - the On-One fork or others would be the same. It has plenty of room for a 29er wheel without being too tall. I had a 29er carbon fork my Singular which was quite a bit taller.
Cheers, al.
Yeah I saw it in 29er guise in your linked thread
I was guessing a 440mm 26" fork would do
I can't decide between that, a 26" 2.6 Ardent or something up front, or just leaving the suspension on the front as it is now