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Obviously I am a bit biased (see forum name) but yes you should! They are so different and as someone above said that not all fat bikes are the same, light ones with light wheels can fly along and more robust ones you can jump / camp etc.
But is is the biggest grin to ride a fat bike, but be warned everyone you meet will either a) ask you about it or b) make a joke about the tyre size.
Tyre pressure is critical though and go to tubeless instantly!
I am forced into just one bike right now, a nice hardtail, but if I had a second it would be a replacement for the fat bike, something light, fast and fun.
Anecdotally I enjoyed riding down the switchbacks in a swoopy fashion and then riding straight back up them as the traction is off the scale.
Enjoy.
James
Really good on the open hill in the Southern Uplands. The quadbike tracks are excellent with a fatty.
It's a hard NO from me. I had a Singular Puffin and built it as light as I could and it was still far closer to a Pudding than a Puffin. It just felt slow, cumbersome and dull everywhere I rode it. You have to gear them quite low to be pedalable, but then if you need to link a section, as soon as you're upt to any speed, your legs are spinning and your bum is bouncing all over the place due to the bouncy tyres.
I then bought a Trek Stache 29+ and that was MUCH better, similar grip in the dry, better mud shedding and almost entirely normal components. I replaced it with a Stache Carbon and that was a bloody hoot. Light, fast, nimble (as it's wheelbase was quite short) and with low pressures, it would do snow (UK snow), so not fine powder. Still a little compromised on anything with a LOT of climbing, but often worth it.
I'm now on 2.4s and 2.6 29ers and don't see the need.
It didn't sell, zero bids, and it's been relisted. So it's just sitting there tempting me. Can't one of you just buy it and put me out of my misery?
If it was local to me, I'd probably buy it just for the laughs.
Fate has decreed that it shall be yours, who are you to argue with fate?
Fat has decreed that it shall be yours, who are you to argue with fat?
Probably the best way to sum up fatbikes is that they are fun on most terrain, but not as good as a "normal' mtb.
However, and it's a big however, once you get into real fatbike terrain, nothing can touch them, you can go places that the 'ordinaries' can only dream off, and that is frabulous joy.
In soft snow, once your pedals are scooping out chunks, then it get too hard very quickly.
Dupe. Got asked to resubmit.
Yes!
I've a 2017 Mukluk (the povvo aluminum one) and it is suprisingly fast as Rocketdog says on dry singletrack. I've had it with a dropper and suspension which is a hoot but its currently in bike packing mode with carbon fork and thudbuster
Its the bike I've held on to the longest and to be honest i can't really see me ever selling it (cos no one will buy it off me boom boom!) as every time I'm a bit down or bored of cycling i take it out and it just picks me up in a way thats difficult to describe - I guess because they shouldn't work.....but they do.
I’ve got an original oo fatty as well, upgraded the fork when “Dave’s” family and friends discount code got leaked 🙂
I actually had one of the carbon frames in green that they did but returned it,I did regret that.
If not this then something else - it's the reality of married life. You may as well make her cross for something of value.
TBH there are other things you can swing your leg over and spend money on that would make her much crosser 🙂
so I’d get the bike and keep everyone happy 🙂
It didn't sell, zero bids, and it's been relisted.
Doesn’t this tell you something?
Honestly it’s not 2015 anymore, nobody wants fat bikes in 2025. The novelty wore off long ago and they’re now a “bit of fun” purchase hanging about in the corner of various sheds reminding people of their lack of financial self-discipline…
If you’re not in Siberia or the Sahara it’s not worth burning brownie points with the SO for a fat bikes… (IMO of course).
I’m actually faster on my fatbike on my regular routes than my lightweight hardtail! That tells me something, I’m just not sure what yet!
