[Closed] PSA: Fatbike is no longer niche, I've bought one (also PSA Fatty's are £640)

I think some of the niche boys are struggling at the moment, probably thinking of taking up a new sport. Too many similar off the shelf bikes covering every niche these days.

I'll give it 2 weeks

Where can I find that 20% off code?

In here:

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/pickenflick-owners-a-question

Not really bothered about the niche-ness of them, I actualy needed a new bike as it's taken 2 weeks to convert my commuter back to an MTB, not really a practical option for a quick night ride! Fatty seemed like a good, extra grippy on roots and mud, fitness boosting option.

Thanks for sharing the code - could be interesting for the snow if it ever arrives!

Showing up as £999 minus the 20% (799) for me?

Scrap that, missed the pink tyred one!

Snap!
I got mine last Wednesday.
The Vee8's are really fast on the road, good on gravel and small patches of mud/wet leaves and not really surprisingly, terrible on mud more than an inch deep.
I have already done 160 miles on it, its great fun 🙂

£799 - http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/CBOOFATLTD/on-one-fatty-limited-edition-fat-bike

I'm patiently' awaiting the insurance company but tbh I'm foaming at the bit...
on replacing my nicked one 🙁

£799

There's another 20% if you use the code in the other thread.

My V8s lasted 300 miles before the side walls ripped. Plus they have a really annoying "self steer" that pulls the handlebars over as they veer off direction - really disconcerting. Sent them back after they ripped.

when did you use the code TinaS ? - says it expires 1st dec

Fingers crossed they honour the code 🙂

I couldn't help myself.....

Used it last night, and put in another order this morning for a few odds and ends which seemed to work too.

Even with 20% off Its hard to find stuff to buy..

Ordered a fatty with the 20% code....fingers crossed my order gets confirmed in the next 24 hours!!!

Thanks

Even with 20% off Its hard to find stuff to buy

brand new Lyriks for £320, if youre old school 1 1/8th steerer and 26" wheels, is less than I sold a well used set for on ebay,

My order is still showing as waiting to be picked, still hopeful it'll go through. Those horrible looking pink tyres will force me to get back into night riding to avoid embarrassment.

Edit: just as I typed that I got email with the bike's build date so fingers crossed!

Must have just done a batch, mines just turned up too, and a seperate e-mail saying the other stuffs been dispatched.

..sshhhh,(niche content) not so fat wheels are great on a fatty with 2.4's on. The N S F W's are £119.20 in the tyre bundles they're doing (look at the schwalbe snow/ice tyre package).

I saw those and considered them just for the hub spares and a spare set of 29er rims. But then decided agaisnt it as I've already got too many 29er wheelsets and if the hubs don't last I'll get hopes.

Anyone got real world experience of those pink vee rubber monstrosities? They don't look the best (ignoring the pinkness) as an all round trail tyre.

summer only by the look of them.

if you ride anything with roots don;t use a floater as a front winter tyre - no lateral grip on wet roots at all (great for traction at the back, though, if you don;t mind a bit of a wayward back end on aforesaid roots). I've switched to a Surly Bud up front and it's transformed it as a winter bike.

So that 4.8" Surly Bud will fit in the On One fork OK? Looks like a pretty serious tred on that. Round my way there are some rooty slippy woodland trails and also beaches, so probably need something a bit grippier.

The bud is ~£80 and the floater is £30. So would a Bud / Floater combo be a good choice?

Tom, I've a nate you can borrow if you're anywhere nearby soon.

Greg.

It'll probably be the puffer when I'll see you next, unless you happen to be in the Lakes at Christmas? I think I'm going to try and persevere with what's on it for a bit before changing. I'm out East Lothian way now so those pink things should be alight for the beach if nothing else.

Mrs tomd is very understanding but she might frown if I follow up "I got this bargain fat bike*"

*And spent £160 on tyres.

I've ordered floaters and I'll be riding on fairly typical muddy 'natural' singletrack in Surrey, Hampshire and the Chilterns, so will report back.

I looked up those V-rubber tyres including the missions and they didn't get good reviews, lots of self steering and little traction so I swaped them for the Vee8, which still doesn't get great reviews but at least you'd never expect it to have traction! I'll be avoiding going down the £80 tyre route, if the fatbike niche lasts hopefully more manufacturers will join in and slaes volume will drive prices down.

And spent £160 on tyres.

Bud/Floater is good (runnign the bud in an o-o carbon fork).

Front grip is incredible but it rolls really well(ish) too.

I did lose the front end a bit on a ride last sunday - couldn't believe how much dirt it threw up sliding - proper clods of the stuff. I was lucky not to get high sided when it started gripping again!

tom, did you not know you could choose different/black tyres when ordering?

I thought the "limited edition" and clearance bikes were as is? It didn't give me any options to customise when I clicked the customise button.

If it's possible to swap them for floaters that'd be ace! I might give them a call tomorrow and see what they say.

Not floaters, but there were several options for Vee missions in various colors and Vee8's. I bought floaters separately (abeit 20% off).

the only options the "customise" button gave for tyres were colour (black, white, green, pink). You could have added carbon forks for £100 though (not that I'm idly building a bike or anything...).

The ukstaffcla20 works on the fattie but no other full bike I've tried.

The ukstaffcla20 works on the fattie but no other full bike I've tried.

In the interest of science I tried it, works for me on everything I tried. Makes an El Guapo less than the cost of the CCDB shock on CRC!

Just looked at the fatty, it still gives me white/green/pink missions and black Vee8's.

and the C456 Evo frame is only £280, and a lot lighter than my slightly-too-small Dialled Alpine...

Know 2 people to take advantage of this

Been riding with one of them tonight who was doing the most insane jumps on a fatbike with pink tyres you have ever seen - bonkers

Bargain of the year 🙂

The pink tyres are glorious... The orange and green aren't too shabby either.

Got my Bikes birthday email... 🙂

Didn't realise you could change tyres but I think i'll stick with the pink.

Anyone got any feelings on the whether its worth having the carbon fork or just leave it cheap&cheerful ?

I switched from a steel fork to on-one carbon on my Puffin.

Weighed exactly half as much (600g v 1200g) and it's made the front end both easier to lift over stuff and much more forgiving when landing drop offs etc.

I'd recommend it as a change.

The new forks look great too Wwaswas 😀

Well, I've just used that code too. Winner. That's another fatbike in the house. Need to get rid of some now...

@Dazzlingboy, what you got?

I don't need a fat bike. I don't need a fat bike. Do I need a fat bike?

You need a fat bike.