Running a Dually 29er (tubless) on the back of my half fat and although faultless it does need re inflating every other week.
My 29er Hugo’s on my 29er+ are fantastic.
If I was to choose one ot would be the Hugo for sure

bikebouy – Member

Yes JohnC, that’s an interesting bike..

Tell us more

Travers Rudy 29er http://www.traversbikes.com/travers-frames.html

Lauf Trail Racer forks http://www.laufforks.com/

Genetic Digest bars http://www.ison-distribution.com/english/product.php?part=HBGED44K

2 x 10 set up
Stans Flow rims
Brooks Cambium saddle

Are 29er gravel roaders allowed in here?

2 from Liverpool today

I just hope there are less photos of un necessary wheelies and tail whipping. There are far too many in issue 99.
Please leave that sort of thing to mbr and remember your target market.

I didn’t watch it but the wife did.

She asks, Who was the guy seen hanging from a rope in the very last shot?

It’s a great show.

Although I don’t like the look of the second series Elf new puppet face.

I’ve got one spare if you can collect it from Merseyside.
email address in my profile

Happy days

Had a Fatty (a great trail bike) and a Mukluk (a great long distance bike)

Now with a Travers Bat Fastard with Lauf Carbonara forks that offers both comfort and great trail fun all in one bike

Light
Strong
60mm travel

Lauf Trail Racer forks

Not cheap

I love mine

I like the fork’s internal cable routing idea

Go large

Cheers Cyclebiker.
I’ll have a google and strava heat map search for trails tomorrow.
Are you riding this week on any evening? Fancy guiding a northerner around?

Cheers and no it’s not me.
Was looking to ride from the hotel rather than drive somewhere.
Cheers for the offer though

I don’t care about the standard of housing just where about to ride off road in the area :wink:

Zero Cool, can you tell me more about “North Nibley” please?

Deadkenny’s right

This is the same photo posted last year
http://m.imgur.com/gallery/WbdwG
No mention of Cannock, in fact the replies look to be mainly from the USA

Take off

Sunrise

There are no cycle paths from under the M57 to Evertons football ground.and plenty of traffic lights to hold you up.

The end of the M58/M57 (Switch Island) is having major road works ATM and can stop traffic for a long time.
As mentioned, get of at Maghull, find a quiet street near the canal and ride in on a long twisting gravel trail that’s only a bit narrow just after Aintree for a couple of bridges.
Just ride past the drunks at Bootle very fast.

Liverpool is the quietest city for rush hours traffic I’ve known, but maybe it’s just that I avoid it at the peak times living on the outskirts.

Been riding fat since 2010 and now onto my 3rd one, they put a smile on your face every ride

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/marmite-bike-shield-your-eyes

Not done it myself and I guess it depends on your fitness etc, etc.

Take a look at this months new edition of your favourite Singletrack Mag as there’s an article on it.

Done it 3 times.
Quickest on and off the island is from Heysham meaning only 1 night on the island.
If it’s still the same from Liverpool it’s 3 nights on the island.

A great event but if you’re slow expect a bottle neck traffic jam or 2 on the first singletracks

The Craster Arms down the road in Beadnell is ok

Wonder if you can get 20% off this one
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dildo-throne-replica-of-Game-of-Thrones-Iron-Throne-/271897948867?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3f4e6172c3

Same here

Went out with a few Fat mates tonight and had a go on a Fatty running on Blutos for the first time

we had a bike swap a couple of times and over small bumps up to house brick sized bumps I preferred the Lauf forks which smoothed out the bumps that came quick and often better than the Blutos.
But if there ever was a drop off I’d prefer to be on the Blutos.
But the Lauf isn’t designed to be ridden drop off’s too often

First ride review compared to my 29er Lauf Trail racers.

The trail racers make my Travers Rudy 29er more comfortable over longer rides than the rigid carbon forked Niner Air 9 that it replaced, it’s a bit heavier and feels as quick as it’s using the same wheels and drive train.
The Trail racer is a “regular” for riders over 65kg

The Fat Carbonara is a “light” for riders under 85kg

On todays ride of 43 miles I found the Carbonara a little bit stiffer that the Trail Racers but I guess they have to be stiffer as the wheel is 2 to 3 times heavier than 29er wheels.
High pressure tyres rolled well on canal paths and tarmac, once at the beach the tyre pressures were dropped to about 10psi and again the fork absorbed all of the small vibrations and modest bumps as well as any other forks I’ve ridden*

* Granted that’s not many (about 5 over the years) as I like my rigid bikes.

I’d say buy them if……
Don’t use them for downhilling.
Don’t do long techy trails without a bit of a gap between sections.
Want to eliminate the trail buzz that you get from riding rigid forks.
You want to lighten up your 29er hardtail race bike.
If you can afford them.

Ok so it’s got BB7’s and the wrong bars for “aggressive riding” (have you seen some of the things Jeff Jones rides?) but it’s perfectly at home for my type of riding near me on the beaches and in the sand dunes.

Taken this morning just for you

The benifits of the Jones Loop Bars are many but the main one is comfort over longer rides as there are many more different places for your hands than you get on trail centre handlebars ;-)

I love BB7’s sorry

bedmaker – Member

Have you ridden the forks yet John? Or tried grabbing the wheel and shoving it side to side to see if it hits the sides?
They are truly ugly but I really can’t wait for mine to arrive

I’ve ridden the 29er version for the last 4 months and I love them, yes the top of the wheel does move about 12mm either way when climbing out of the saddle but the small bump vibration elimination is better than any fork I’ve ever ridden.
A short Fat fork ride this afternoon felt a little stiffer than the 29er and with very little lateral movement.

I made this last month

howsyourdad1 – Member

What is it?

The next generation Fat Bike from Travers Bikes http://www.traversbikes.com

With the new light weight fat 60mm fork from Lauf http://www.laufforks.com

A couple more shots for you (whether you want them or not)

I’m heading out on it for a big ride tomorrow in the sun and heading up to the beaches and sand dunes.
Enjoy work ;-)

60mm and 4.8″ of undamped travel

Sell it and buy a strong bike ;-)