[Closed] Let's see your Fat bikes....

Sadly not mine, but I fell in love with this at the NEC...

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Currently running a 2.4 EVO Racing Ralph on the back of it & loving the way it feels at a lower pressure.

"it" being a Niner by the way.

Mate Si texted me today to say he has got a domain name secure for a UK Fatbike website!. It will be up and running hopefully next week.

Sounds good, I'll keep my eyes peeled for it!

I've not seen one down here, but I have seen fatbike tracks on the Southern moor in the past (up near Redlake) ... might have been a migrant tho'

I thought I'd seen fatbike spoor in the woods outside Bovey last year, turned out that it was a young disabled kid on an oversized tricycle..

Woot! 9:ZERO:7 frames are on the way 🙂

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That new frame looks fantastic!!!

Nooooo. £?

Tim - gonna get some hangers and stuff too?

I've received my frame and forks and I've got got my front wheel built and trued. Just need my toobs and new cables to show up then get the rear wheel parts ordered next week and I should be good to go! 😀
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I'll be getting frames, hangers, forks and probably hubs. No idea of prices yet until stuff lands and I can do the sums. I'll chuck 'em on the website once I have prices.

[quote=Teetosugars ]That new frame looks fantastic!!!
That's like mine.
Pros: low top tube means load of ball clearance for the short-arses.
Cons: low top tube means frame bags are restricted in capacity 🙂

Liking this thread.......must resist 😈

Can you put a Rohloff hub in one of these frames?.......hope its a no then I can stop looking at buying one.

[quote=lipseal ]Can you put a Rohloff hub in one of these frames?.......hope its a no then I can stop looking at buying one.

If it's an offset (135mm) frame, then yes you can. Pugsleys have horizontal dropouts. 9:ZERO:7s are available with slidey dropouts.

http://9zero7bikes.com/9zero7-sliding-rear-dropout/

I had an Alfine in my 9:ZERO:7 with a Phil Woods Philcentric EBB.

Can you put a Rohloff hub in one of these frames?.......hope its a no then I can stop looking at buying one.

Yes - the Pugsley I put a pic up of was a Rohloff one I built...

Oh no. Been reading all about the Krampus. It makes the decision about "which 29er" much easier. Forget it, get a Krampus instead. End of. Saving has officially started.

Some frames have 135 dropouts and require an offset wheel, but they're easy enough to build. If the frame has 170mm dropouts, then you can't fit a Rohloff or Alfine without an adapter of some sort. I've only ever seen Salsa 170-135 adapters, no idea if they work well or not.

[quote=Sideways Tim ]Some frames have 135 dropouts and require an offset wheel, but they're easy enough to build. If the frame has 170mm dropouts, then you can't fit a Rohloff or Alfine without an adapter of some sort. I've only ever seen Salsa 170-135 adapters, no idea if they work well or not.
IIRC the problem with those adapters is that you still use a skewer suitable for a 170mm rear end. That means you can use your favourite standard MTB rear hub, but you'd need to somehow get a replacement Rohloff/Alfine axle. That's a fundamental part of those hubs and so this is very unlikely.

They would work with a Rohloff (theoretically), but not Alfine.
I'd go 135 offset and it'll all just work 🙂

I really could do with trying one out, before I make room for one.

Lipseal - where are you?

hope its a no then I can stop looking at buying one.

Not only will the 9:ZERO:7 work with a Rohloff it'll work with a belt drive as well! Wish I hadn't opened this thread.

lipseal - Member
I really could do with trying one out, before I make room for one.

Come back to Delamere and you can have a fling around on mine..

Ok Nick your on, wont be this week but good chance the week after. Your mobile number still the same?

lipseal - Member
Ok Nick your on, wont be this week but good chance the week after. Your mobile number still the same?

No,- drop me a line - teetosugars@gmail.com..

I get married next sat, and heading to New York after that but will be around after that..

We'll get it squared away.. 🙂

Ok… congratulations anyway. …… wish I was getting divorced 😉

That is good news about the 9zero7 frames & parts being available this side of the pond Tim.
Please order up some hangers for the 2011 frames, I only have 1 spare left now - they are fairly weak 😉

Great news your doing the 9zero7 now for the UK Tim 🙂

Its a great option to the Surly or Salsa options here in the UK. They are all great bikes 🙂

Dragged out my Moonlander today as mostly been riding the Pugsley with friends lately. Take this beast into the right enviroment (for myself that is really soft sand on the coast) and it really rewards 🙂

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Loving this.....

coastkid-
Seeing as things are going to get real popular soon what with the new found interest in the xc riding side of things

Often posts dissapear off the front quickly on many sites.

So, a hub for UK fatbike owners with threads for all our types of riding.

Whats the damage on a slidy 907 ?

This tempts me greatly.

Have a rohloff going spare at the moment so 135 offset on 67 or 80 mm rims tempts me ......

This was supposed t be a cheap rim swap not a whole bike swap 🙂

Drop me a mail with 907 in the subject and as soon as I have pricing and delivery info I'll let you know.

Address in my profile (probably).

Can't believe we've got onto the seventh page without the haterz diving in!

[quote=drofluf ]Can't believe we've got onto the seventh page without the haterz diving in!
Funny - I was just thinking earlier that reaching 7 pages must be a sign of the times. Fat is obviously becoming more acceptable. Just wait for the spaffing over the new On One 🙂

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Actually I think I may have found a reason to not want one - I take it no one makes a dynamo hub in the right size. I think I'd like the answer to be no they don't. 🙂

It's been done. You can fit a 4" tyre in many non-fat forks with a standard 100mm dropout. You might need to fiddle about during wheel removal as the tyre will struggle past the caliper.

But they do make a fork -just use a pugsley 100mm spaced, non offset fork & you can run any front hub you want.

FWIW, The Bike Chain in Edinburgh have a 18" White Pugsley frame and fork on sale for £299 at the moment.

What do you need(for a pugsley) over and above the frame and forks. As in special components.

Wheels (or at least rims), tyres, tubes, cranks.

That's a good price for the pug, but how much extra would it cost to get it up and running?

lipseal - Member
That's a good price for the pug, but how much extra would it cost to get it up and running?

I'd guess about another £1k?

3-2-1 it's gone. Last one etc.

😀

I'd guess about another £1k?

I hope not! I'll be raiding the parts bin, but I'm hoping outlay for wheels and tyres is around £400 and I have an ISIS chainset that I'm hoping all I'll need to get is a 100mm BB.

So I could run a Rohloff a belt drive and a dynamo hub with one of those 9:ZERO:7 frames! I better get saving.