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I'm more in the gimmick camp, but I can understand why people are drawn into it as a fun way to try and keep their regular riding interesting, regular trails interesting or just want another different bike.
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No bike is perfect all the time but I know I'm faster on any particular route on my cx due to faster climbing and flat out speed. Fatty is the only bike I think of taking out though, had it almost 2yrs and I can count on one hand the rides on other bikes in that time.
Still want to get one of these and go fatduroing. I've only ridden one really briefly, but I reckon kinlochleven or innerleithen enduro stuff will be basically a 2-day long near death experience, which seems ace.
singlespeedstu - Member
To many beef cobs made it hard work getting home?
That, and the gallon I drank on the way round 🙂
Something good about being a bit pissed pedaling - makes you ride harder, faster and looser
What's the cheapest way in to fatbikism? On One?
No t got a problem with them but cannot see the point of them in proper hilly terrain like the Lakes where your tyres take a hammering and a up is a proper up !
Perfect bike for the Midlands and all those special people down there 🙂
Interestingly Im no slower on my local trail centre Up at Glen Livet than I would be on my Full sus. bUT then im not a Strava Slave I go out have fun and enjoy just being outside after a hard day at the coal face.
There is still coal mining in Scotland?
THOSE BIG WHEELS WILL NEVER CATCH ON!
Big heavy draggy tyres, slower...
Oh, sorry just time warped to the 29er debate... yawn. Carry on
They're not better, or worse, just a different way to ride. I find it amazing how much they change the pace of a ride (i'm not a strava racer), and remove ego altogether.
I've had great fun on mine from being dressed as a Werewolf on the Moonlander at last years Rapha Supercross race, Racing the NZ mega on my Krampus (after using it as my bikepacking steed), taking my Fatty down Fleetwith/Warnscale, racing my Moonlander at this years Ard Rock Enduro (and finishing in the top half of class) to kicking hell out of my legs on my new SS pugsley. Would I of been quicker on a FS, absolutely, would I of had more fun? doubtful!
If you enjoy riding, then you will enjoy a fatbike, you're welcome to try one of mine if your passing York.
They remove ego, and replace it with fun, they are not the answer to a quiver killer, and Lucy has banned me from taking the Bucksaw to Verbier next year, but I'm working on it..... 😀 !!
Any one used a baby fatty for bmx type stuff then ?
Saw the vid an thought mmmm I like that
I took one of the Surly 29+ demo bikes for a lap at Tide To Tide yesterday and loved it.
The lack of front suspension didn't bother me and the fat tyre gave just enough to make sitting down while pedalling across bumpy grass reasonably comfortable.
As a general XC/two wheel rambling/commute/bikepacking bike, I reckon the Surley ECR would do everything I want.
The only thing I didn't like was that I thought calling it a Rohloff dropout was being a bit "creative", I'd rather have proper sliding dropouts.
Also, when I asked the price of a frameset, I was told £650, which is OKish for a steel frame and fork as it uses standard 100mm/135mm hubs and a 73mm BB so I could source cheap second hand parts to build it up, but when I got home and checked the prices of the unique parts I would need to buy new, the rims are £135 and the tyres are £75 each, which bumps it up to over £1000.
That's a fair bit more than I was planning on spending, but a half hour test ride has got me thinking I might anyway.
I'm still undecided, but I'm really enjoying making my mind up!Went out yesterday and rode Blue trail near Fair Oak Hampshire, a mix of woodland trails, a bit of fire road and a nice little jump park. It was great fun hitting some ten foot or so doubles, big berms and a few drops. My brother in law had a go and couldn't believe the grip or how much fun they are.
I can really see the appeal of a Bluto on the front, but for the winter I will be staying rigid.
I might be about to become a fatboy because I'm special 😉
Descending Holme Moss yesterday at 70km/hr on my On One Fatty overtaking roadies - slow? Definately fun
Northwind - Member
Still want to get one of these and go fatduroing. I've only ridden one really briefly, but I reckon kinlochleven or innerleithen enduro stuff will be basically a 2-day long near death experience, which seems ace.
Now that sounds ace!
MidlandTrailquestsGraham...a few rigid forks will take a Surly Knard, running a 29+ up front might be a cheaper option. Knard is £63 at all-terrain-cycles, & Dually rim is only 5mm narrower than a Rabbit Hole at £104.
I tried a Krampus at Cannock & loved it, as did the lads I was riding with.
I thought the Krampus frame was a bit of a lump though, & £650 is a lot of cash for a plain cro-moly frameset.
Be good when there are a few more options available.
I'm going to run 29+ front (compatible swift fork) with a dually & biggest tyre I can find on a blunt on the back of my ancient Swift
29+ is my favourite fatbike tyre size for riding away from the coast.
This old Puglsey frame was Scotland`s first fatbike and now 6 years old and over 10,000 miles clocked up on it, last 2 years it has been a KramPug, thats a offset Krampus 29+ wheelset that bolts straight into the Pugsley, and is my PUG/ECR alternative (with 4" fatbike wheel option if required. With a 1" higher BB to a regular wheeled Pugsley it is great for local xc trails, maybe it needs a Jones wide loop bar for riding off steep stuff, i will see..., but i love this bike and its old and so deft not a fad... 🙂
No one has mentioned cycling harvested stubble fields yet!, 29+ is the easist fun option for this 🙂
I tried a Charge Cooker Maxi when on hols in Canada.
It was nice but there was definitely a weight there.
I'd still like one though, they are the n+whatever bike.
Love riding my Puffin though the tech bits on Mendip, it could never replace anything, it's just a unique different bike to ride.
Great fun!
I got my old asr7 out of the cupboard this wkd and couldn't believe how skinny and frail and odd the wheels looked.I think I'm a bit of a chubby chaser 😉
As a non-non fatbikist, it seems most anti complaints are about a lack of speed in comparison with other forms of mountain bike. The criteria for praise/devotion/obsession by devotees is fun, not speed.I like speed. I have a fast bike.
I like fun too. Time to demo a fatbike.
They aren't that much slower and I got a pair of the slowest tyres (apparently, Nates) I reckon about a MPH at the moment but I think I've worked harder to achieve that.
I'm not about to stop riding my fast MTB since getting it though. Maybe if I could afford to build a 25lb one I might stop riding other MBTs.
I think I'd like a pair of Sus forks though. I suspect that would make it acerer.
Just looked at the price of the Surly Ice Cream Truck. Bledy hell, that on-one Fatty definitely is a great deal by comparison. I know, I know the rims aren't as wide but they both have similar trail style geometry
My 2p's, for what it's worth.
I've had a bit of a falling out with MTBing over the past few years, meaning I only push the hardtail up the woods in the winter when it's too bleak to ride the road bike. Outside the fact that its pretty impossible not to enjoy riding my bke, I have to say that I never love taking it out and it's generally for fitness rather than fun. However, this year I've got my first CX bike, and my god it's so much fun hammering it around the woods compared to the hardtail. I just 'feel' more enthused by riding it, in a way that I don't really understand. On Sunday, despite the perfect road riding weather, I took the CX bike up the woods. I even had an ice cream. Perfect.
So my point is thus; It's all about the bike, and how you feel about it.
I am very close to buying a fatbike, for no reason other than I look at them and think "that looks so pointless and so cool". For me, it almost doesn't matter that it's essentially not the right tool for the job, but it might just be the best tool for the job.
Im selling this if anyone here fancys a fatty. Turns out its not for me, or at least my knees, after all.
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witty.name, where are you based? that looks lovely.
Cannock, Staffs. 19 inch frame. email in profile if you need any details. Dont want to hijack the thread any more than i already have 🙂
I rode my Surly Krampus in the OktoberFest 8hr Solo category yesterday at Ashton Court. I'm absolutely broken today but had a great time on the fat tyres railing the loose corners, hitting the jumps and bouncing over the rock gardens. Yeah I would almost certainly have done more laps on my carbon full-susser but not that many more I suspect.
As others have said, if always going as fast as you can up and down is your thing then you probably shouldn't get a fat bike. But if you want a bike you can ride almost anywhere, anytime if year, with low maintenance thrown in, then give it a go. You'll stop worrying about your Strava times and just enjoy the ride.