Let's see your Fat bikes….

I’m planning on using it for local xc blasts round Speyside to some bigger days down in the Cairngorms & round Aviemore way. If we get some decent snow that will be a big bonus. OH’s folks live in Lossie so some fat fun on the beach is on the cards too.
I’ll also do my mini commute to work along a section of the Speyside way on it.
Just planning having fun on it really 😀

Anyone outside of Scotland riding a Fat bike? 😉

Anyone outside of Scotland riding a Fat bike?

Yes.

Loads of us.

They are good in mud, but only since the Nate tyre was introduced last year. Prior to that they were pretty pants.

Best aspect for me about a fatbike, is the ability to ride anywhere, any time of the year & as the conditions get worse, the more fun it becomes.

But also rather good for chilling out at the end of the day 8)

That the Gullymonster in the 3rd pic motorman?

Anyone outside of Scotland riding a Fat bike?

East Anglia here, but I have ridden it in Scotland 🙂
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At the Fatbike meet last weekend, only Coastkid, Househusband and myself had travelled from Scotland. I suspect there will be a larger contingent at the next gathering in April.

That 3rd trail looks fantastic, motorman!

next gathering in April.

Tell me more Colin….

Not much more to tell at the moment. Could be last weekend in April. Could be around North Berwick. Could be a ride out to the mini-subs. Only coastkid knows and he’s not got it organised yet 🙂

I’ve heard that The Yak might show up. That would be a nightmare.

Swavis – Aye, that pic was taken from the singletrack path above the Gully Monster. Nice rooty climb to test the nates on.

@druidh because you followed the Red!!

You need to mix and match with the black!

Can’t see a picture if that kona someone made. Who converted that?
My parents live in north Devon. I want one for braunton burrows and beach. What’s the cheapest way of getting one? So would need tyres,wheels,forks and cheap steel frame to convert. What sort of money are we talking about would only get ridden twice a year.

The parts aren’t easy to come by and the “conversion” might not be that simple. The forthcoming On One has a target RRP of around £1,000 for a complete build. I reckon you’ll be hard pushed to match that by the time you factor in tyres, rims, forks, cranks etc.

Whether you can justify that cost for that amount of riding is up to you. However, don’t be surprised if you end up riding it a lot more.

Keep an eye on ebay, they pop up from time to time for under a grand.

Not sure that conversion is that easy – the rear triangle needs widening on most bikes to fit the tyres. I managed to squeeze a Pugsley wheel into my Swift but getting it to turn was out of the question!

A fresh one for you. Just back from a wee spin up the Pentlands.

If all the Edinburgh/Lothian fatbikes turn up in April 2013 for “Forth Fat” Gathering here in East Lothian then there will be nearly 20 local fatbikes alone 😆

The fun bit on the coast is all the stuff between the flat smooth stuff and the trails there and back home…
Over 6000 miles now on the pugsley and 5 years old next month 🙂

If its all just flat sand then get the bike on the back wheel 😉

Roll on the Apocalypse or next moon visit 🙂

My new front hub arrived earlier 😀

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Zippykona about halfway down on page 2

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😀

I’ve heard that The Yak might show up. That would be a nightmare.

Yak’s abrasive atitude and bad language could set fatbiking back 5 years.
Motorman , I do like that Lossie vid being as Im from Elgin originally.

Is the On one fatbike still aiming to be under a grand? , Could see quite a few popping up If so.

Snow is 0.2% of my riding, and beach even less. How do they go on ‘normal’ uppy-downy twisty-turny riding?

mattjg – Member
Snow is 0.2% of my riding, and beach even less. How do they go on ‘normal’ uppy-downy twisty-turny riding?

Spotty Dog, in my ( limited) experience…

May not be the most practical bike for it, but I guarentee you won’t find anything more fun to ride..

Fun is good.

Can these bikes go on Thule 591 roof carriers of are they too FAT..?

coastkid – Member
If all the Edinburgh/Lothian fatbikes turn up in April 2013 for “Forth Fat” Gathering here in East Lothian then there will be nearly 20 local fatbikes alone

With this much notice count me in for April 2013 8)

When fitting Mrs Motorman’s Winter wheels today, I found one of them had a nail sticking out, so with the garage just down the road & nice afternoon, it would be rude not to 😯

Mostly fun, but also practical 😆

Already covered – many times – in this thread and others. Most people aren’t using them on snow or sand (at least not for any appreciable amount of time). If that’s all they were being used for, the Moonlander with its 100mm rims and 5″ tyres would be the most common type.

What does the assembled 26er fat bike brethren think of the Surly Krampus semi fat 29er?

I’ve got a pile of Columbus tubing in the garage and toying with ideas for next year’s framebuilds….

It has a place. Zero mud clearance means it will struggle as a useful tool in the UK. The Rabbit Hole rim/Knard tyre combo will no doubt be retrofitted to a few fatbikes though. I believe the Mukluk will take that no problem.

Most people aren’t using them on snow or sand (at least not for any appreciable amount of time).

Yeah but most photos and copy us normal folks see are about them on snow/beaches/mud. That makes sense because it’s the fatbike’s USP. But it does seem it’s painted itself into a corner there, might be hard to break out of. Most of us don’t live on the beach and it snows a few days a year.

I’d be interested to see some out on normal trails.

q: how does a ’26’ fattie handle relative to a 29 ‘normal’, for ordinary trail riding?

Normal??

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FWIW, I’ve taken mine round Glentress, where it is a hoot. There is so much grip from the wide footprint. I’ve also had it round Laggan Wolftrax where the rock pavement features were just a pain (think undamped rebound).

The comparison to a 29er is reasonably valid. You have a larger rolling mass which tends to smooth out some trail features without slowing the bike down so much. Grip is, as I have said, better, so loose rubble-covered climbs are much easier. The bike is very sensitive to tyre pressures. You want something like 5-6 psi for sand and mud and that will work well on boulders and tree roots. However, it will make pedalling on the flat a bit harder and you’d want anything up to 12-15psi for that. Typically, you are going to compromise and ride accordingly.

FWIW, I have a 29er on my “buy” list and lots of fatbike riders already have one. For covering distance, something with less rolling resistance will definitely be less hard work.

All IMHO of course.

I did 56 miles / 8 hour ride on my Pugsley on the Cheviots a few years back. If you have ridden up there then you will know the conditions are soft grassy paths with wet holes.
I rode the same route on a Cannondale xc bike 3 weeks later in same dry (for Cheviots) conditions and it near broke me, the Dale weighed 22 LBS, the pugsley near 38 lbs… weight did not matter, the effort to ride over/through peat and stone flagstones was a lot easier with the big low pressure tyres…

Here is the film, yep i made it from Jedburgh up Dere Street across to Cocklawfoot and up onto Cheviot on a heavy beast designed for snow and sand and it ate the miles up 🙂

Again here on the Applecross Penulsia a 32 mile days ride on the pug…

After watching this we need to do a fatbike ride up Cheviot and go visit the WW2 B17 wreck on Brendon cragg, not been there since early 90s 🙂

Im considering a fat bike for a bit of fun/winter riding.
Just wondering how much some of the alu builds are coming in at?

Nice views on your first vid, coastkid. I may end up stranded in Newcastle at Xmas so will nip up there if I can.

38lbs… a bit heavy to lift over styles then? 😉

These look like an absolute blast! We just need a place we can get hold of bits and bobs easily in the UK and I’m sure it will take off! (Metaphorically)

These look like an absolute blast! We just need a place we can get hold of bits and bobs easily in the UK and I’m sure it will take off! (Metaphorically)

That place already exisits…

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Although the website is down due to technical dramas 🙁