What fat bike?

So as promised I thought I would get a thread going to see what fat bikes people are loving at the mo.

Waiting for my Marge lites with Alfine to be built up this week to complete my pugsley build, will post some pics to show the build story when I can remember how to post pics!

I’ve become a little fat bike obsessed at the moment and with global fat bike day around the corner it gives an excuse to get some readers rides pics on the forum to ogle over as well as advice/experiences.

Dont leave me hanging✊

Another Pug owner here. I will have had mine 3 years tomorrow.

I haven’t got a picture to post but it was on fat-bike.com a while back.

not got a fat bike.

lusting after this tho.

https://www.specialized.com/us/en/fatboy-comp-carbon/p/154358?color=236321-154358

I think I’ve changed every component on my felt dd other than the frame……

Singular Puffin

Oh, there’s something fat bike related in the pipeline 😉

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I keep swithering between my two. I really can’t justify keeping them both, but I transfer the wheels and various components onto one frame, ride it and think it’s brilliant. Then transfer them back to the other frame, ride that and think that’s brilliant too. Luckily the fatbike bubble has burst and nobody is interested in either of them, so I can play this game for as long as I like 🙂

In the blue corner we have the ICT. Heavy, flexy, possibly a bit short for me, but looks great and so much fun to ride.

In the green (and a bit orange) corner we have the Dude. Lighter, stiffer fits me better. In fact better all round really, but never feels quite as fun or looks as good (to my eyes).

Salsa beargrease here.  Only mods carbon bars ( narrower) and seatpost, shorter stem, hope brakes, full mudhuggers front and rear, tubeless.  Ends up same weight as stock but has pedals which the stock weighed one does not 😉

PSA: Anyone beargrease curious

https://www.merlincycles.com/salsa-beargrease-alloy-x5-fat-bike-2017-108268.html

Super-cold -25C on the Ounasjoki River, Rovaniemi earlier this year. Barely a breath of wind and blue skies but stop for a minute and you could really feel the cold – fortunately the ski-tracks were solid and we were barely marking the surface. Bike is custom titanium frame and forks, 90mm carbon rims.

I won this Swiss Transalpes… so Ms Rickmistress got it. I prefer the 9:Zero:7 frames

I’ve had my Salsa Mukluk 5 years now and the Salsa Bucksaw 2 years. Both are great!

Go on then, I love posting my pics of my fat bikes!

This was from Saturday morning:

20181117_074858 by Jeff Price[/url], on Flickr

20180507_080052 by Jeff Price[/url], on Flickr

20180529_084756 by Jeff Price[/url], on Flickr

20170728_114452 by Jeff Price[/url], on Flickr

DSCN4244 by Jeff Price[/url], on Flickr

20160529_182228 by Jeff Price[/url], on Flickr

For me fat bikes are friggin awesome!

My current debate is about future upgrades to the Calibre Dune. Either upgrade all the running gear, 1×11 or 1×12, hydraulic brakes, second set of tyres. Or, get some sort of suspension fork, i.e. a Lauf Carbonara, just to ease the chatter. Or, go all in on some snazzy bike packing kit. Choices, choices…

Rick – do you still have that green carbon frame ?

Wozo

Loving my ice cream truck. I now think of it as my bike rather than my fat bike. Put 29+ tyres on it once. Don’t know how people get around on something so skinny. 

Specialized Fatboy for me; great fun and only minor changes since new, dropper post, SLX brakes and tubeless set up.

Colin, PM sent

My Dune recently.

Untitled by kayak23[/url], on Flickr

I’ve kept it 100% original, except for carbon bars, new grips, 1×11 with a Sunrace cassette, different pedals, Reverb post, different saddle, hydraulic brakes, tubeless, Jimbo Jim 4.8 tyres and a Gusset stem. Apart from that, showroom spec.

Ah, Trigger’s Broom 🙂

Had, OO Fatty trail, Loved it!

Had, Surly Wednesday, Loved that too

Currently, Canyon Dude carbon, Totally in Love with it 🙂

Sonder Vir Fortis, now with Surly Edna 4.3 on the front and a 4.0 Nate on the back .

https://instagram.com/p/Bj4hroSh2VH/

https://instagram.com/p/Bi6yB-bBBQ5/

On One Fatty Trail, now with 4.8 Minion FBR on the front and 4.0 Nate on the back and rear Mudhugger to go with a Mucky Nutz Fat Fender up front .

https://instagram.com/p/BZgPl_7DPx4/

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Not so sunny Southport, now to look for a chip shop #beach #fatbike #goniceplacesdogoodthings #southport

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I bought a Felt DD70 on a whim but it’s the most fun bike I own.  It’s standard apart from deore brakes and 1×11 gears.

Only made it out in the snow once.

Primary bike for towing the kids around in the bike trailer (although not usually on a pump track!)

Still on the STW urDune. Only bike I have that I can’t think of any way to improve.

That half pricep Beargrease on Merlin – why did I click on that link!?

That half pricep Beargrease on Merlin – why did I click on that link!?

Go on, you know you want it!  That’s exactly how I ended up with the Felt DD from Merlin

Salsa Bucksaw ownership imminent as a result of the Merlin site…. 😄👍🏻

Mine s an On-One Fatty Trail. It’s a cracker

Spesh Fatboy – heavily upgraded – for summer hooning around

And the ICT for sand, snow and shit. Weighs a tonne but sooo nice to ride.

Any excuse to post Fatty photos…

Love my Puffin. Its just bloody ace.

Puffin – just getting on with it. No colour matching here. Or tartan. 🙂 by pten2106[/url], on Flickr

My lads eventually muscled in on the scene too.

FoD Fat by pten2106[/url], on Flickr

It wasn’t that steep, I can assure you.

Stupid bloody forum. 🙂

Behold! Freshly repainted and blinged, should have the finishing touches (Alfine on Marge lites) added by the end of the week. Serious pug love going on.

Just bought a Mukluk…..combination of half price and 0% was just too much.

Am I mad?

Just bought a Mukluk…..combination of half price and 0% was just too much.

Am I mad?

Probably. I’ve just done the same. Great spec for the price with the exception of brakes.

Yep. Alternate drop outs , internal routing and carbon fork swung it for me over the beargrease despite my slight reservations on the 4.8 tyres!

Still I’m thinking that a pair of 27.5+ wheels might make a good alternative wheelset somewhere down the line for summer riding

Haven’t been this excited about a bike for a while hope it isn’t a let down…

Chinese carbon fattie here. I’ve thought about b+ wheels, but 4″ JJs on 45s did such a fine job this summer I’ll not bother.

120mm Bluto and dropper.

South Downs, Wales, Scotland, Alps, been a fun year 🙂

I’ve got an Ican Chinese full suss fatty I use it all year round and for everything, I love it and wouldn’t want to go back skinny again. The one thing I would like to try is a skinnier rim  I run 4 inch tyres on 80 mm halo rims which have been great just curious as to how skinny I could go maybe a trials rim. I don’t ride beaches very often it’s mainly xc and trail centre stuff every now and then so a bit lighter rim tyre combo might be interesting. I think fat bikes have died off a bit but still great fun