[Closed] Show us your race/lightweight fat bike please.

The mighty Dune, here in XC race format- which means, jumbo jims instead of minions. But it's done a couple of enduros and this weekend it's doing a mountain time trial, whatever one of those is.

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Weight- depends on tyres, 30lbs ish with a Reverb in it. Though in this pic, it had a saddlebag with a spare tube in that probably added half a kilo 😆

I have one of these - it climbs better (needs less skill) than my Tallboy LT and weighs 23.6 lbs.
It does not descend quite as well.

http://www.kermodebikes.com/specs.html

Budget lightweight race bike -
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Most of the build list [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/race-fat-bike#post-8174830 ]here.[/url]
12.7kg there, will lose a kg+ with new wheels Im getting built just now.
You dont need a lot of money to make a lightweight bike, just patience to find the right parts.

Only raced on the road so far, for a laugh -
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Lightman that is a great picture.

Cheers, I upset a few roadies on the Lang Whang Hilly TT that day 🙂

Lightman - you've just become my hero. Utter genius!

Edit - just spotted the mudguard 😆

Haha I know, I was too lazy to take it off 🙂

A fat bike is actually perfect for that course, as the surface is pretty nasty in some places and generally very bumpy for the rest 🙂

Lightman, you are a genius. Or that other thing that's the exact opposite of a genius.

How many people did you beat?? Comedy gold!

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With the dropper post and a set of nates it's 27lbs / 12.2kg (when I remove the bag, bottle etc.).
The wheels saved a load of weight - a kilo per wheel.
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Although when you and the bike are covered in mud I'm not sure what difference it makes!
Not weighed it with jumbo Jims as it not summer but with a regular post &Jims it should be 25.5lbs (ish).

What frame is that monkeyboyjc?

Fast...not with me on board, unless a very steep hill is involved.
Light...compared to a bulldozer, yes, but at 32lbs...not really.
Fun...jury's still out.

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I've done a TT on a full susser, one without any lockouts or fancy damping (IIRC I did a 26 for a 10 and beat a few) but I think lightman's beat's that - chapeau!

Those Kermode bikes must be plug ugly, I couldn't find a pic on the site 🙂

What frame is that monkeyboyjc?

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25lbs in XC guise and more than double that last week when it was the first UK Fatbike to complete the Rovaniemi 300 where temperatures dropped to -27C 😯

Congrats Dovebiker can I ask what frame and forks?

Well done Fraser. It certainly got cold on that Saturday night.

My Singular Puffin:

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Carbon forks and carbon Jones Loop bars, otherwise nothing especially light. Comes in at 14.2Kg inc pedals

Stuck it on the scales tonight, 29lbs on the nose with Minion 4.8s and a 150mm dropper. That's enduro race mode 😆

Carbon frame, wheels, seatpost, bars, weight 12.2kg. Could be lighter, crankset is heavy (I may get around to swapping it out), and it's running with tubes so there's nearly another kg to lop off..

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Frame, forks and rack is to my own design and bought direct from Waltly Titanium. You can find more info on [url= http://www.spanner.org.uk/category/bikes/ ]Spanner Bikes[/url]

Saturday was only -20C, you should have hung around until Tuesday night!

Trouble is now I have some ideas to make an even better expedition bike when there's little wrong with this one!

Lightman - for all that is so [s]wrong [/s]right in that pic, I am twitching about your saddle being too low... 😆

Not particularly race but 13.2 kg or just over 29lbs which I think is pretty good for an XL fatbike with 4.8" tyres

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Tuesday night we were grappling with Manchester airport's dire departure gate/pickup in +11C 🙄 (for future reference - come out of building, turn right, get in lift and go to the arrivals hall and wait while your partner goes and gets the car)

What wheels are those Dovebiker?

I think if you want a light (relative term) fat bike then the two key areas are frame and wheels/tyres: you'll probably save a kilogramme with a carbon frame rather than a steel one and probably another Kg using lighter tyres - my wife's Surly Wednesday has 3.8 Nates 27TPI which are 500g each heavier than my 45Nrth tyres.

No matter what the weight (within reason) fat bikes seem to ride a lot "lighter" than they've any right to.

Toying with the idea of a relatively light fat bike BUT I do have one eye on a steel frame.....Soooooo torn!?

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How many people did you beat?? Comedy gold!

I did a 1.21.40 for the 30miles finishing 36th out of 61, only about 5 mins slower than when I did it on my old TT bike a few years before!

matt_outandabout:
I usually ride with quite a high saddle, it might be the mid sole cleats that are making it look lower 😉

vondally - Member
Toying with the idea of a relatively light fat bike BUT I do have one eye on a steel frame.....Soooooo torn!?

The main reason for picking a frame should be its suitability for your purpose.

My carbon fat frame is 1,350 gms; my 907 is 1,850 gms, early Mukluk 2,200 gms, and a Pugsley is 2,600 gms.

The difference between the highest and the lowest is not much more than using tubes against tubeless.

If I was going bikepacking, I'd happily take the slight frame weight penalty of the Pugsley because it still would be possible to do a very light build if using the same WW bits as on the carbon bike.

Not mega light but SS helps. raced at all the Battle on the Beach, Tide 2 tides and SSEC in Slovenia last year. Highest place was 2nd at last year's Tide 2 Tide, team of 3.......
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Hi Sweepy - I never noticed there are no piccies on their site, but I did just go to the shop and drool over them....
I have not mastered putting piccies up on STW so will put a couple on my blog tonight.
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I would have emailed you but can't get your details. Sorry.

vondally - Member

Toying with the idea of a relatively light fat bike BUT I do have one eye on a steel frame.....Soooooo torn!?

I'm a fan of a steel or ti hardtail but tbh with 4 or 5 inches of tyre, any "steel feel" is pretty much lost in the rounding (and there's never any guarantee of any benefits even on a thinbike, steel can be stiff and dead too). So I'd say don't so much think about material, as just suitability- geo, features, spec.

Sweepy -its done. Please say its not ugly. I'll send an email to the Kermode company and ask them to start a gallery!

I've seen people on real TT bikes with a whole lot worse positions than lightman.

@Lightman, that's fantastic, I hope there were a few riled aero-heads 😆

Agreed Northwich so gone on preorder for a stooge fat bike