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I do not premote my fatbikes as great xc bikes, they are good with their grip on roots and loose rocks, and their go anywheare ability but my fat rim 29er is better for regular road/ trail riding and climbing with its weight/roll esp now with these Gato tyres fitted running at 20 psi...
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/coastkid71/7913823546/ ]Karate Monkey 001[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/coastkid71/ ]coastkid71[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/coastkid71/7939970246/ ]Harvest cycle, North Berwick 023[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/coastkid71/ ]coastkid71[/url], on Flickr
Sadly the fatty scene has become marketed now like the rest of the MTB scene and at the end of the day a 3.7" tyre drags more than any 2.35" tyre set up 26" or 29" due to its contact area on tarmac and dry trails...
Horses for courses and take them to the right areas and they are ace 🙂
For me thats the beach...
The pugsley is a great example of a frame set made well from day one...
despite all the latest new "must have" fatbikes it still does whats written on the box and rides closest to a regular MTB - if you could call a ridged 29er that, I have the Karate Monkey and both bikes fit like a a glove 🙂
Now a Reynolds 831 inline fat bike frame (170mm Hope rear hub 😉 ) capable of a 80mm rim with 3.7" tyre and a 135mm hub front fork ala Moonlander with clearance for the 4,7" BFL tyre would be nice... 🙂
Er... Genesis is it true your building a fatty bike? 🙂
Fatbikes are shite. There's no point in getting one. They are blatantly boring to ride. They are really heavy too. I mean sure, riding a heavy bike with really heavy wheels will increase your strength and fitness no end but where's the benefit in that!?!? Better off with a superlight xc bike with a compliant rear end I say.
do I ****.
Nice vid mista.