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you probably look like a dick whatever bike you are on
Looks hellish? No just not my cuppa.
I think I sit halfway between dirt and stw mags ideals. I dont want to 'get out there and bivi or do 24hrs across a snowy Alaska, nor do I want to wear the latest POC and shred uplifts or trail centres.
More power to everyone though. Its all bikes.
Hora is unable to grow a man beard 🙂
I cant but I can grow a killer 70's tash
Not really me thing (probably due to my complete lack of fitness tbh, and I like sleeping in a warm bed lol), but that sounds like an interesting trip. Plus as you point out fatbike territory.
I would love to have a go on a fatbike for an afternoon but suspect that I don't need to own one. I like Steve Jones and Dirt and have subscribed for years but will probably stop soon. I ride and enjoy bikes now more than ever but have found i like reading about them less than I did as areas of progress seem less relevant to me. I seem to be turning more towards books these days!
Maybe my prime riding days are now behind me and subconsciously I am settling for 'my' era and admitting that I am not going to progress anymore.
How philosophical/drunk/insightful of me.
Becus they are Sht
I hate Singlespeed stu and his fat bike fetish.
When i see him at the airport on saturday i'm going to do a poo down his seat tube.
Its not just DIRT! Its most of the media. Its ignorance and the lack of ability to look out side the norm. We are all in the cycle biz so should embrace all sorts of bikes and cycling. Fatbikes are here to stay and will become anothet type of bike. They have mass apaeal. The secret is to get your leg over the right type, there are a lot of so called "Fatbikes" that are just copies of established designs which are already "Out of date". The new breed of fatbike is a fat mountain bike, a All Terrain Bike. remember ATB's, the fat bike is the true ATB. anyway i digress. Ed at Dirt is coming round, The "fat penny" is slowly dropping. slam69 (Fat69)
I can't think of a UK mag that is positive about Fat Bikes, so Dirt are not alone.
Pretty sure the same was said about 29ers 10 years ago - that has changed now.
everyone has their opinions and i agree in lots of situations fat bikes arent as good as 26ers and 29ers
but rubbish, no not at all
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mtbmatt - Member
I can't think of a UK mag that is positive about Fat Bikes, so Dirt are not alone.
Pretty sure the same was said about 29ers 10 years ago - that has changed now.
Both MBUK and ST (just the 2 I've seen) have had features and reviews that came to the conclusion that they were fun but different. Can't think of a truer conclusion.
If I was going looking for articles or magazines cheerleading for fatbikes, I wouldn't start with DIRT. That's neither a good or bad thing, DIRT have their niche to occupy and fatbikes have another.
Most people's prejudices are just that. I think most folk who enjoy 'mountain biking' would probably have fun on a 180mm DH bike [i]and[/i] a fatbike.
Not seeing support for your chosen method of 'off road' fun can be a little dispiriting, we all need reinforcement, the idea that some-one can write (in a national mag preferably) that they agree with you, that you're right, that you're 'cool', or on the right side of the bell curve...makes us feel good, if only fleetingly, and everyone needs that in their lives, and gets pee'd off when they don't.
Just checked.
No shit yet .:-(
Fat bikes are fine where you need them I guess, 3 feet of snow or on a beach. Not much of either round our way, so I don't feel bad about not wanting one.
That's what I thought when I saw someone riding one in the park in St Albans this morning.
It's just really weird that anyone who is into off road biking in any way can be so antagonistic towards another branch of the [s]sport[/s] bombing around the woods and hills.
I've never done more than a car park pootle on a full on DH bike and I have no need for one but I still think they are great. I don't even need to spend time riding one to know that.
I think 650b is a bit poinless but at the same time great.
Crossbikes are the worst of two worlds for me but I can see how they are ideal for lots of people I know I could have great fun on one myself.
Fat bikes are fine where you need them I guess, 3 feet of snow or on a beach
Ive tried mine in three feet of snow at the top of the Fort bill WC track in winter. It's just as rubbish as any bike in that situation.
I've also ridden on the beach with a bit of a headwind. It's as dull as you might imagine it to be, but a good way to access more fun coastal riding.
Haha, i love the fat bike conversations, the longer people thing they are only for going slow, riding on a beach or snow and just a fad the better, that means all us fatbike riders can kick ass for a bit longer, haha, love it. The look on peoples faces every single day, day in day out when you surprise them with your speed and agilty is fantastic. No one bar the people who have an open mind and have tried a proper fatbike understand, we let proper demo bikes out and 9 times out of 10 they buy one and never ride their previous bike again. Its strange and i was one such rider. I laughed at them when i saw one at Core Bike Show, then i rode one. Now i wouldn't touch anything else for anything offroad bar an extreme downhill track. For me its something new and fresh that is not hype, its not hi-tech, its a simple hardtail that takes you anywhere you wish to go and in comfort and as fast as any other offroad mountain bike. There are the not so good fatbikes out there just like there are the not so good skinnies so don't judge them all by what you have seen.
Only ridden the Specialized fat bike a couple miles but it blew away my misconceptions - if I had cash and space but add one to the stable
As an [i]only[/i] bike, i don't think it'd suit me (can be said of other specific styles of bikes) but as above, if i had the room and money i'd like one to play on from time to time.
The fact that a magazine does/doesn't like them means nothing to me (and it shouldn't to you).
Fatbike = Grandad/Beard/Singlespeed/Camping and working out how to make a cappachinomochalatte using s stick and some rabbit turds
Dirt = Kool, down wit da kids - Grandad
Since when is it compulsory to like something?
I don't like road riding, but some of my mates love it.
I **** ing hate football, but some people, god knows why like it.
Each to their own and all that.
[quote=uselesshippy ]Since when is it compulsory to like something?
I don't like road riding, but some of my mates love it.
I **** ing hate football, but some people, god knows why like it.
Each to their own and all that.
Some folk need confirmation.
On the other hand some folk hate to be seen as mainstream.
Everyone ridden one?Its 'ok'. I wouldn't go much further than that. I thought it looked a novelty and it rode like a Novelty.
and yes anyone riding one is partly doing it for attention directly or inadvertently whether they admit it or not.
Same with the big-beard growing shit.
This, especially the beard bit.
and yes anyone riding one is partly doing it for attention directly or inadvertently whether they admit it or not.
The look on peoples faces every single day, day in day out when you surprise them with your speed and agilty is fantastic.
did i ever mention how much i hate fat bikes?
they're imo embarrassing and they should be kept out of the public eye/banned.
but i like Dirt.
probably because there is not a freeride type fat made yet,which I guess the magazine would like, only xc type fats.
that will never happen though will it? theyre inefficient compared to the regular offerings in 95% of the situations you'll find yourself in. that will never change.
it would be like putting xc tires on a road bike. why is this so hard for people to grasp?
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that will never happen though will it? theyre inefficient compared to the regular offerings in 95% of the situations you'll find yourself in. that will never change.it would be like putting xc tires on a road bike. why is this so hard for people to grasp?
It's mainly hard to grasp because you're talking total shite 😕
C'mon Dirk, whats not to like ?
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Great day out, 1414m up, bit of snow, stunning scenery, great trails ...
2013
Fat bikes are really simple, the tyres replace the need for complex suspension systems.
2014
I can't wait to get one of those new Bluto forks.
Weird thread this one
most of the criticism is from non Fatty riders and as to be expected heavily defended by the Fatty owners .
Does it need Chris Akrigg or Danny Mac to do a film before they are excepted
Anyways Fatbike owners dont really give a toss what others think or say they just get on with having fun on their chosen cycles
Bluto forks are Ace by the way
It's mainly hard to grasp because you're talking total shite
enlighten me.
I really don't think I could, even if I could be bothered.
You need to find enlightenment yourself grasshoppa.
I definitely liked this one
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I'm not sure how anyone could resist a ride on that ^
Anyways Fatbike owners dont really give a toss what others think or say
This, and many other threads would suggest differently.
I really don't think I could
No surprises there ey.
dirk_pumpa - Member
I really don't think I could
No surprises there ey.
Not really, you bike Nazi.
Godwin?
Hopefully?
Of those people above that are scorning fat bikes, how many of you have actually ridden one out of interest? Is it just that big tyres look funny, therefore must be scorned even they do provide float where other tyres don't and provide silly amounts of grip?
I seem to remember when everyone on 26" wheels constantly referred to 29ers when i first got one about 5-6 years ago as "clown bikes", now they are accepted as just another wheel size.
In the words of Paul Calf "if you like it, do it, if you don't like it, try it, you might like it!"