My new Fat bike

I’m still bartering my Fat tyre/Nate Xmas pressie early from Mrs Stuey. But here is my STW classified effort to date ( Thanks Cozz, Richard Charlie, and all the other folk who help me gather parts)

Weighs as much as a Falcon Sherpa – but having fun ‘ridding over old ladies and not feeling the tins of cat food’ – now please can I have my 4″ tyre?

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Cynic Al – have you tried an Endo and Larry on the front,back to back? The Endo had a strange wandery feel, that was described as self steer and it didn’t corner well either. The Larry transformed my bikes handling – I don’t think this is down to the change in tread pattern.

is that my old frame Stuey ?

I have ftr, albeit briefly, and it’s easy and tempting to think it’s all down to tyre profile – but the contact patch can’t change due to profile.

Maybe the curve of the carcass on the shoulder has an effect, along with the tread pattern.

LOL at the Falcon Sherpa and old lady references 😀

I don’t believe that the change in tread pattern alone could account for the change in handling.

Why did Surly change the profile then, if it make no difference? Cheaper and easier to add some knobs to the existing Endo case…… just a thought.

add knobs to the casing?

ha ha ha…

no doubt Al will be on his way to the local stationers to buy erasers and PVA glue as we speak.

frc – your homework asignment for this week is go and find out the actual process involved in manufacturing bicylcle tyres

Yes Cozz – bargain -sorry 😉

I’ve just seen the MTBR thread with the guy running a BFL in a Mav fork – and a Nate out back -now I’m wondering if that’s the best all round UK set up – for mixed use?

<more questions> Will I still need ear defenders for a Nate on Tarmac ?- These Nokias are far from ‘stealth mode’.

[/quote]Will I still need ear defenders for a Nate on Tarmac ?- These Nokias are far from ‘stealth mode’.

[/url] DOUBLE NATE COMBO[/url] by SoFaKiNg.[/url], on Flickr[/img]

i rode with double nates today , they are pretty noisy on tarmac, but sounded ace to me 😉

Double nate’s here too….

At the top of a Scottish mountain…

Soft in places…..

At the top of a Scottish mountain.

I wish I had mountains to ride on 🙁

motor man your drive train looks incredibley clean, what lube do you use on it ?

Funny you should say that, it was all degreased a few days ago 😆
I had the cassette in pieces to swap cogs & fit spacers to sort out the chain rub with the Nate.

I use Purple Extreme…excellent chain lube IMO, but pricy, but worth it for the conditions I take the bike in 🙂

This was the return section of today’s route…looks like a nice landy track on the map, Hmmmm?

I found my Mukluk cranks are a bit wobbly while washing the bike down after todays ride.
Not bad I suppose after 11 months of abuse and 1500 miles with about a 3rd of that on beaches.

What short should I upgrade to?

the best IMO is phil wood bb and middleburn RS8

Fatty’s use 100mm BB shells don’t they? best 100mm BB shell crankset IMO would be a profile racing BMX 3-pc, kinda overkill for fatbikes but not actually all that heavy if you use the ti axle option. BB bearing sealing isn’t wonderful TBH but they’re easy to get hold of cheaply and change yourself.

Maybe not to everyone’s taste but crank arms stripped and left to rust would look ace on a beach bike too.

John why not just get new bearings?

Jeez GW why not try actually reading my posts?