[Closed] When fat is the only bike.....(Haters need not look)

Hi Pigface, no not got any mail here,

Coastkid mmmmm don't know what happened to that then, ok mate will re send it are yu t the same address?

Here is a better pic stanfree

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Aye Pigface wwwDOTcoastkid71@yahooDOTco.uk 🙂

Coastkid - Any news on "The Fat Bike Gathering 2012" this summer?

Is that tartan ribbon on the wheels 8) 😯

Aye its tartan MM 😀
Up at 4.30am top go ride this beast

Andy & Jane are organising something this year John, no dates yet, Yorkshire Dales area 🙂

So guys...which of your grandads owned this?

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Lunar Activity in S.E Scotland 🙂

Can I join this thread please?

I run 2.4 Nobby Nics on my SS rigid charge duster... 😆

Can I join this thread please?

I run 2.4 Nobby Nics on my SS rigid charge duster...

2.4........... this isnt a cyclocross thread.. move along please 8)

CK, that video should be flagged as porn! 😈 Did a great job with that one 🙂

*still has envy* 😆

50k of fat fun today on my skinny bike 😉

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Early start

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mm - I could do with some route ideas for an imminent Fat Road Trip...

No problem, where you heading for?

sofaking - Member

Can I join this thread please?

I run 2.4 Nobby Nics on my SS rigid charge duster...

2.4........... this isnt a cyclocross thread.. move along please

ok I understand.. 😥

I did my best with my funds 😥 😥

want to be one 'of the gang' one day.... 😥

motorman - Member
No problem, where you heading for?

Fell in love with the Salsa fatbike at the London bike show last month

Really wanted one, but couldn't justify it.....until a tough days riding in Swinley with 3" of snow earlier today

Surely this is reason enough to buy one??

They look utterly ace!!!

you can be an honorary member for your efforts then 😆

Really wanted one, but couldn't justify it

Can you afford to buy one without having to sell the wife and kids?

If so what more justification do you need. 😉

I would be looking at Burghead to Findhorn, or culbin sands for a day trip.

Burghead to Findhorn is a good option at low tide for a good beach run to Finhorn, fill up on Coffee/cake, then you have the option to return via the dunes & forest. Can make a day out of it if the pace is easy going.

Lossiemouth would make a good base for the day, then take East beach in morning & West beach in afternoon.

Culbin is worth going if you take a days supplies with you, as there is nowt there. Work your way through the forest until you drop onto the beach & flats, then ride till the sun sets! Really needs to be planned around low tide, as the is some fantastic riding, but some parts do get cut off when the tide comes in (quickly) which results in a long detour along the sand bar.
It is a great place & well worth a visit 8)

Burghead to Findhorn at high tide

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Culbin

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From last year's Lossie to culbin bivi trip...

SinglespeedStu....

No wife or kids to sell - but £1.5K for a bike i'll use twice a year is very extravagant!!

The sensible person in me says build a nice 120mm travel bike fro local trails, but the biker in me says that i need a Fatty 😀

but £1.5K for a bike i'll use twice a year is very extravagant!!

Hmmm, reading the Salsa website...

[i]"Want your Mukluk 3 to be more than one bike? Turn it into a 29er mountain bike with a switch in wheel set. The frame is front-suspension compatible as well."[/i]

So could justify it by also getting a 29er - 2 bikes for the price of one (everyone tells me that they're great, but not sure yet)

Becoming more tempting 😈

Seroiusly. After you've had a few rides on a fatbike it's all you'll want to ride.
They're not fast but by **** they're good fun.

I think people classing them as a bike that you can only ride in snow is the biggest mistake that people that have never tried one make.

You wouldn't believe the kind of rocky techy trails you can climb on these things. If you can keep pedlin you'll get up it.

If your life doesn't revolve around going as fast as possible on groomed trails, then a fatbike is a brilliant option. Smell the flowers, enjoy the view.

There's no way I'd have bought and built a Fatbike just for the occasional snowy day.

Epi do you always have to polarise this? A fat bike does not replace a std mtb for anyone bar you!

And while my fatbike (if I ever get it working again) is for all the riding stu suggests, I'll not be selling all my other off road bikes just yet thanks - try cornering at 20+mph at <10psi for starters.

Can you afford to buy one without having to sell the wife and kids?

If so what more justification do you need.

cynic-al - Member
Epi do you always have to polarise this?...

Was I? - not intentionally. Sorry - I like all sorts of bikes.

Actually I'll be very interested to hear your thoughts on your bike as a 29er and a comparison to it as a fat because it will be as direct a comparison as possible of like for like in terms of bike geometry etc (apart from the wheels).

If I seem enthusiastic it's because I like to take my bike off the tracks and my mtbs weren't so good for that. Not everyone needs a race weapon which seems to be the trend in mtb marketing these days.. Sort of RSF rather than XC mindset.

I'm actually thinking of running 26" wheels on it...would sort the bb height issues 😀
Thing is I can't even experiment without building a wheelset, offset rear and Maverick front.

The awesome riding weather continues 8)

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Fatbikes are not the solution for all riding conditions by a long way, but they can do some things very well 😉

Narrowmindedly didn't look at this til today. 😳

Motorman ! I'm sure I shouldn't like that. But, I do...A lot. 🙂

I chose the right week for my weeks holiday, nothing to do but cruise on the coast 🙂
Mud free and just an airline clean and relube of Squirt each evening, yesterdays ride i tried to film the float of the new Moonie, at the start of the film look at the footprints, then the tyre prints, loads of float 🙂
lovin this bike, harder work on tarmac than the pugsley (expected) but unreal on real soft sand and dunes...

So, you lot run less than 10psi, right? What happens if you run say 20 or 25?

No one's ever tried....you're knackered after 8psi TBH.

LOL Al
I usually ride at 8 psi on 3.7" and 6 psi on 4.7" on the beach,
I put 25 psi in my pugsley to ride the 10 miles west on the road to the coast once when the car was off the road. I bunny hopped a kerb and clipped it and the rebound nearly spat me off

Caught the ERC chain gang one night east of Drem and stuck behind for about 200 yards 🙂 they were all looking up from my tyre drone

That's strange Bruce. The only drone I associate you with is your voice......

Awesome video!

Where was it filmed?

How come i've not seen anyone using SPDs on a fat bike?

Most of them are noobs.

Does anyone know anywhere where i could rent one?

Not sure if anyone has posted anything about the [url= http://drunkcyclist.com/2012/02/06/old-becomes-new-becomes-fat/ ]fat lefty conversion[/url] yet, so I will.

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Does anyone know anywhere where i could rent one?

Does Thebikechain have one?

Suss fattys are the future for trail fattys.

Does Thebikechain have one?

Suss fattys are the future for trail fattys.