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massive tyres and feeling of stability have compensated for lack of riding skillz
you've just summed up my riding in one sentence
Details set for Forth Fat Fatbike Gathering in April 22nd-24th if any of you are interested in a weekend with prob 50+ fatbikes coming and going over 3 days of riding, socialising (Free bar if Surly boys come over 
) and coastal cycling that can be as easy as you want from flat beach, to sandy singletrack, or super techie rock riding to suit all abilites and fitness 🙂
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http://coastkid.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/forth-fat-2016-22nd-24th-april.html
massive tyres and feeling of stability have compensated for lack of riding skillz
Yup +1
Dunno about whether it's a lack of skills, but confidence in my fat tyres to give me grip means I'll try to ride lines I wouldn't attempt on a regular MTB e.g. steep, off-camber, rocky, rooty stuff where an off would be painful. For me, it simply opens up a whole different type of riding - I'm off to the Arctic next month and did loads of stuff last year that I wouldn't have considered previously like beach rides, or 24 hour endurance rides. Still get a funny reaction from some MTB riders and the occasional knob-head response, particularly when you're trying to overtake in a race. Gave someone the heebies in one event where most were trying to avoid the stone-chute I took at full-belt and sounded like a ton of rocks falling down the hill!
New to fat biking and would like to do a ride on Dartmoor. Are there any groups that go out around there? I don't really know the place that well. Thanks in advance.
Be prepared for lots of chats with walkers. Had one old boy who used to off road in a land rover absolutely light up with joy when he saw mine. He was asking about tyre pressures and how well they grip. Could see him weighing it from a design point of view. I told him it was called a fat bike so hopefully he will have found out more about them.
I must get 5 chats a ride.
Rode it to work last week and the bike rack is right outside my shop door. Older people might remember when a motorbike mag parked up a Katana back in the 80s and secretly took pictures of the public reaction to it. Well I must get a person and hour either take it's picture or squeeze it's tyres.
Be sure to check out Fat bike Cornwall Facebook group. You can plan rides/meet ups there. Would be great to ride with like minded people.
We have friends in Crantock , worth visiting with my Fatty?
I'm actually getting fed up with people stopping me to ask about the wheels & tyres, luckily my riding pal has one too to deflect the inquisitive
Built this at the weekend....
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That looks great Rick.
Looks great, I give it 5 mins ride time until you change the JJ's unless you ride somewhere with 0 mud
No mud here RD, loads of pisted snow and nice forest trails....
Not jealous at all...
Is that blood on those pedals?
my scandal was that it was brilliantly shite offroad, the only thing good about it was its badness. It made easy trails harder and hard trails ridiculous, and all trails different from riding them on a good bike.
It wasn't the bikes fault. Mine is brilliant with a good set of 100mm forks even with just the one gear. I've even ridden it to the beach, where we had a BBQ which is what you do on beaches.
Is that blood on those pedals?
Cool your jets, turbo.....