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floaters are good in the leafy, rooty, saturated loam and clay on my trails
I tend to receive P-X kit before receiving the dispatch email, let alone any tracking bumph.
Floaters work really well on the beastly mud and oomska round Leicestershire. A bargain at £30 a pop, just a shame the orange ones cost more
Second what Rocketdog says only my trails are in`t Dales and no issues with the Floaters on limestone , mud , or rooty stuff
you want to keep an eye out for second hand nates
The floaters work out about a kilo heavier than the Vee8 that it'll be coming with. Maybe spending money to shed some weight helps justify the expense of the Surlys...
Box arrived upside down despite the big "this way up" arrows on each end and looked like it'd been dragged around bit so one of the grips was scuffed/worn down, but other than that it's here! Might E-mail O-O about the grips but it's the kinda thing that'd happen the first time it punctured anyway.
Do all fat bike tyres seem really loose on the rims? Took 3 attempts to get the tyre to inflate without poping off the rim? Looks alright now.
With 15psi in the tyres had a quick blast around the car park and despite it's looks it's not sluggish at all, dropped down to 9psi and it's not much slower but you can hear the tyres tearing into the gravel when it turns!
The bars are just mental and will get cut down to a more XC width.
Peek-a-boo
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Well Ballsed up the order for a the carbon fork - Parts being picked can't change 🙁
but not really a prob as I snuck in a codeine frame with the 20% and I really want white to set off pink tyres.
@ThisisNotASpoon --- give it a few goes with the crazy wide bars before chopping, I was a a bit sceptical but they did seem to suit the playful nature of the bike.
(on the subject of crazy wide bars) I'm a reluctant convert, I still don't think they're as great as some folks think but today pissing around in the snow was the first time I've really felt like they were awesomely better than narrower bars... Such a difference in steering stability, I used to be all over the place climbing in snow.
Not that these are exclusively snow bikes obvz but maybe it's relevant. (does the same apply on sand? Always used to be bar-waggy for me but I've never ridden a fatty on sand)
I thought that, and I like wide bars, had 760mm bars since the nukeproof ones were first available, but these are 800mm? It's all woodsy singletrack round here, I reckon anything over about 720mm will snag too many trees.
They are 810mm bars, I cut mine down to 760mm
And the award for the most creative use of a bike box goes to.........................
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I'm a reluctant convert
I went from old skool 685 to 711 about 18 months ago and it was a significant improvement. I've found myself naturally riding right on the ends of the 711s, so Ive just fitted 750s and they feel better again. I'm average height (5'10) and sufficiently small build that I've just gone from 42 to 40cm on my road bike, so I can imagine bigger riders feeling quite comfortable on 750+.
I'll keep the wide bars un-cut then for future use in case I change my mind and just swap them for something more normal in the short term. I can see how the geometry would work well on the medium for someone <6ft with bars that wide it doesn't feel cramped, but as I was on the limit between med and large I think I'll get on better with normal bars on the longer frame.
Is there a definitive way of making the wheels tubeless and inflatable by trackpump?
Found a thread on MTBR from a guy who used some 5mm foam and gorilla tape, is that the best way?
How straightforeward is it? On the one hand I want to get out and ride it properly, on the other hand I'll drill the rims over christmas and if it's going to take hours to get it set up tubeless I'm not going to want to have to do it again in a few weeks.
Personally, with the on-one rims and Floater tyres I wouldn't even try.
The tyres are so baggy on the rims and so keen to slide down into the well that they need a tube to keep them in place.
Even run with a tube if you let the air out the tube they fall away from the rim. I did try and get them to run tubeless (couple of turns round with gorilla tape) but there was no way to get them to seat (subsequently had the same issue with a Surly Bud) on the rims. I looked at the foam etc options but in the end decided that the occasional puncture was the price I was prepared to to pay for not having a complete bodge of a tubeless set.
Hmmm that doesn't sound hopefull!
I've ordered some sheets of 1.5mm thick foam packageing material, and some 50mm wide gorilla tape (and some reflective orange tape for once the rims are drilled). Might give it a go anyway, nothing to lose. I was feeling confident untill it arrived and the Vee8 litterly fell of the rim!
What tubes are people using, heard mention of Schwalbe freeride tubes, are those the 27.5 x 3" versions? http://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/schwalbe-tube-sv-21f-freeride-157809
I use Specialized tubes - 2.4-3.0" x 26"
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/specialized/inner-tube-26x24-30-inch-ec001878
I've been using those Schwalbe tubes for 6 months. Had one puncture riding past a freshly trimmed hawthorn hedge but they've been fine - even in a 4.8" Bud!
The standard tyres are as baggy as Sean Ryder's entire wardrobe. I'm running ghetto tubeless on my fatty using some split 24" tubes, a ratchet strap to help with seating, Stan's fluid & nowt else. It was a complete and utter PITA to get them to go up, but ditching the original tubes saved about 700g per wheel. I did try foam, but it seemed such a faff.
If they puncture when I'm out I'll just whack a tube in.
When the wife's not looking I plan to upgrade the wheels & tyres to make it suitable for a bluto.
I've just bought some of those Schwalbe tubes, but in 26"...
sorry, outside the edit window - I've been using the 26" schwalbe tubes, not 27.5.
Cheers, I'll stick some tubes in for now and give tubeless a go over christmas when I can drill the rims int he comfort of a nice heated workshop rather than the car park!
The on one tubes are impossibly heavy - just changing the tubes makes a big difference. I also put some Slime in mine. No idea if it's the slime or the thickness of the Floaters, but I've only had 2 punctures this year, riding in all conditions with lots of hawthorn, bramble and rose thorns.
Tubeless with Floaters and on-one rims? Good luck with that 🙂
Anyone else just had 'the call' from OO?
"Oops, sorry, we thought we had more wheels than we actually have. Next lot arriving next week." FFS... 👿
Anyone got any tips/link to a guide for drilling the rims?
I was going to follow this guide.
Yes, I just got an email telling me they were building my bike today but just realised they have no wheels so will have to wait until Monday. I appreciate the great communication from them and accept that they may have been a bit overwhelmed with the orders from the discount code and the current 4 for 3 offer.
But I also don't really need the bike in any rush so maybe thats why i'm a bit more chilled about it.
I've got a pair of on one fatty wheels for sale, front rim drilled, mega cheap 😉 you know, imagine how gutted you'd be if it snows
But how on earth can this happen with their amazing newly implemented stock control system that squiggle told us about?
andyr - MemberAnyone else just had 'the call' from OO?
"Oops, sorry, we thought we had more wheels than we actually have. Next lot arriving next week." FFS...
Anyone got any tips/link to a guide for drilling the rims?
Not watched the vid, but I would keep drilling speed high for a clean finish, and mark/indent the rim at the centre point of each hole. (I didn't do these and mine look a bit crap.
I'd also get funky with the cutter size, I cut 350gm off my 1200gm German rims using an envelope pushing 44mm cutter, and could have gone lighter with a better hole size (say 2 x 36) and pattern (but I like those kind of challenges)
Sat here clicking refresh on Yodel's website to see if the bloke at our old house has signed for it yet. I've spoken to him and he's aware of whats going on, nice chap.
Sat here clicking refresh on Yodel's website to see if the bloke at our old house has signed for it yet. I've spoken to him and he's aware of whats going on, nice chap.
Mine was updated up untill it got to the local depot, the driver just had a photocopied bit of paper for me to sign. The tracking didn't update to say it had been dispatched from the depot untill after I'd already got it.
Just had a text from him. It's there. 😀
Does he like the way it rides?
Tubeless with Floaters and on-one rims? Good luck with that
Got over 1000 miles on my OO wheels tubelessed with Floaters no problems or punctures ( well one where I got tangled in some barbed wire in the Pyrenees)
I have a floater that wa used before for a bit say 250 km put ghetto tubeless went up best of my by now 15 tries with mixed tyres. That's not on the on one rims but a 47mm bonz one.
I'd also get funky with the cutter size, I cut 350gm off my 1200gm German rims using an envelope pushing 44mm cutter, and could have gone lighter with a better hole size (say 2 x 36) and pattern (but I like those kind of challenges)
Are these the Robsson rims? If so could I see the 44mm holes? I'm planning on doing mine with a 30mm holesaw, and even that seems to be pretty big.
Discounted pink tyred Fatty arrived yesterday. Now lined up in particularly non-niche mancave next to Giant, Trek, Spesh and Cannondale.
Mate and fellow STW'er 'singlecrack' sells his fatty in disgust as great unwashed masses commonality reigns.
Edit: fast service from on-one here, programmed for build on the 10th it was actually built on the 8th and with me being ridden on the 11th.
Yeah, mine turned up on time, just needing it's handlebars straightening and pedals bolting on.
Great service from On One and really good communications throughout.
Just need two things now - A: some snow and B: my wife to stop laughing at it.....
Unboxed this morning. Just stuck some Wellgo V8 copies on for now that I had lying around. I'll put some Saints on when my bank balance has recovered. Only ridden it round the car park with a big grin on my face.
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It's a bit marginal around the spoke holes, but I drilled mine offset/inline, to get it dishless, I think, it was 3 years ago and was drinking too much 8) .
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I do love that Marin.
Got a nice dusting of snow here just a pity it's hiding 10cm of slop underneath it.
It's for sale Zippy!
How much pence al?