Let's see your 29+/650B+ & other "Nearly-Fat" Bikes

Soma B-Side with WTB 2.8 trailblazer tires. Stan’s Hugo 52 rim in the front, Stan’s Flow in the rear.

My new Krampus.
Love it.

I fitted a rabbit hole/knard on the front of my karate monkey at the weekend. Love how it feels. Hopefully fitting the rear tomorrow with a 2.4 chunky monkey.

@ dustyhardtail – What the profile of the tyre like on the Flow EX rim?

Can yiu run a fairly low pressure?

I found the WTB Trailblazer 2.8 to be 71mm wide on the Hugo, and about 64mm wide on the flow. It did lose some girth, but it still rides great. I have to run the pressure a little higher, I run about 12 psi in the front with the Hugo, but much closer to 20 psi in the back with the Flow. I usually run higher pressure in the back anyways, but not having the wide rim causes it to lose some girth. Still rides fantastic though. The internal width of the Hugo is 49.9 and the flow is 25.6? I think.

My new Trek Stache 9 29+

Regards

Denis

I’m waiting for a Chronicle to arrive for my Stooge, is it essential to carry a spare 3.0 tube or can I make do with a regular size tube in an emergency? I don’t really want to carry 2!

The advice I was given from Southdowns bikes, where I bought the Trek Stache 9 from, was that a normal 29er tube will be fine for an emergency puncture on the trail.

Thanks, that saves me a tenner.

I run normal 29er tubes in my chronicle on dually rim with no issue

half 29+ 45mm dually/chronicle on the front, 35mm blunt/2.4 ardent on the back

@rocketdog

That looks a lovely machine.

I’m thinking of some 650b+ wheels/tyres for my Solaris – lots to mull over 😛

@rocketdog
Is that a classic swift? With the old forks? What’s the clearance like on those tyres? Contemplating some semi + rims/tyres on mine .

1st gen swift with 29+ forks, plenty of clearance front and back

Thanks for the ride today Dennis.
Now to convince the wife!

Hi stoddys

Good to meet up, hope you enjoyed your visit at Afan.

I saw your comments on The Blade, will give it a go tomorrow.

Regards

Denis

Genesis High Latitude: half-semifat in rigid and with bounce.

Next stop: Longitude…

I got an email from Cotic today saying that 27.5+ would be an option on Solaris. I didn’t even know such a thing existed but I see from Cy and this threads that it certainly does

Finally got round to fitting the rabbit hole on the rear of my Karate Monkey with a 2.4 Chunky Monkey. Knard on the front.

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The most versatile bike in the world.

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Fargo.

I’m hating that stem 🙁

Is that a cut and shut?. 😀

Any word on when that 650b+ genesis prototype is out?

That’s a thing of beauty Brant; what frame is it?

happybiker – Member

I’m waiting for a Chronicle to arrive for my Stooge, is it essential to carry a spare 3.0 tube or can I make do with a regular size tube in an emergency? I don’t really want to carry 2!

Normal 29er tubes are fine with my Rabbit Hole rims and 3″ tyres, and they’re a whole lot lighter to carry than the fat tubes 😀

So where can I actually get hold of some 650b 2.8″ tyres, ideally WTB trailblazers?

That’s a thing of beauty Brant; what frame is it?

Cheers. That’s a PACT FatCat.

£1200 frame only. Ti. Custom geometry.

I hate ipads

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