Got mine nearly rideable ( just the head badge to fit )
but no time to ride it at the moment.

Just picked up mine this morning and Waxoiled the insides thats as far as my build has got so far

I had one and the seat tube cracked

Weird thread this one
most of the criticism is from non Fatty riders and as to be expected heavily defended by the Fatty owners .

Does it need Chris Akrigg or Danny Mac to do a film before they are excepted

Anyways Fatbike owners dont really give a toss what others think or say they just get on with having fun on their chosen cycles

Bluto forks are Ace by the way

My two penniesworth.
the Fatty Its more smiles per mile than riding my Mega

Who is he using for delivery?

dont open the thread if it bothers you that much

re Buy something else approx 56 of us funded this project through Kickstarter last year with a promised delivery date of Feb
so buying something else is not an option

Waiting , Waiting Hate waiting

strapped to my leg just above the boot

Bikes in better nick than I am only a bent rotor

been looking at it frame by frame and it seems the stone stood up on edge and went into the back tyre
I need more skilz

Slow mo
dont know how to get realtime from 120fps

also trashed the rear skewer and disk upon landing

Seems to me the stone flips on its side and goes under the pedal which then flips me
I did hear a metalic thud just before losing control

Water pump seal did that on mine
they can be a mare to get out need a special tool about £400 for the job at VW van centre Thought that was 5 years ago

Can you all seriously tell the difference ??
and your asking it to work in a vast range of terrains and conditions
I doubt any one could do a blind tasting and tell which tyre is which

Its a bike tyre
not a racing car tyre

Bloody roady shouted Fatty at me the other day with a big grin

I was on a Fatty at the time

Seemed a happy bloke

Farmer Johns for the win

” little britain ” Yeah I know :D

Yes unless you have a grain mill then you need ready crushed grain .

Or another way is a hop tea

pop your hops in a Cafetiere add boiling water / steep for a while
and add the hop tea to your brew when cooled .
the instant dry hop method

The whole point of fatbikes (excluding sand and snow) is to have massive fun on them. Do you think suspension will somehow diminish that?

Well a week in and tried it on a few local ( yorkshire dales ) trails and its very good on all the ones so far.
And nope having bounce on the front has not diminished the fun at all
it has meant my wrist ( fubared from 35 years of wielding a stanley knife ) does not suffer as much when the gnar gets gnarly .

I think it has transformed the Fatty from fun to funtastic , Rockshox have made a cracker with the Bluto

Banana skins I believe take absolute ages to decompose compared to apples………and robins and other wildlife font eat them!

The banana skin I left on my lawn went black and had disappeared with in 2 weeks so me thinks that is a bit of an urban myth.

also Blackbirds love apple and I chuck the cores on the lawn and gone pretty fast

My Fatty has a Hope 34 retainer up front and an 11 x 40 10 speed on the back and I find it a super setup
But not going to be leading out many roadies on one

its not good on the road with the nobbly tyres but with some semislicks is pretty good
always going to be some bit of your ride that it is wrong for but for the rest you will be grinning all day .

I love mine and even more so not it has a bit of bounce up front
currently running the front at 10 psi and the back at 12 psi works for most of my rides but do lower them a tad when on gnarly stuff to avoid the suberball effect

Wonder if the ship has docked yet or are the slaves still rowing up the river

Just started raining here in Silsden west yorks

Little Diggers needs to get some skills as looks pretty safe to me
if this is the correct track

you have got the correct Trex for the sram cassette and not a shimano one

I am old and need all the help I can get
its called progress and evolution

Grabbed a quick ride between showers up on ilkley moors stone pitched trails just to get a feel for the forks and rode the same place last week and remember how knackered my wrists were .

That must be a seriously light frame with all that extra gubbins on
just weighed my Fatty and its 34.5 lbs with pedals on

Not very exciting first ride

Had a good afternoon  building the Fatty up again  
not had a chance to ride it yet as still pouring down
I will need to shorten the brake lines but wanted to give it a go first

Bastids :-)

some weights for the weenies

On One fatty fork 1274 grams
Bluto with steerer cut 1830 grams

First outing will have to be with the semislicks on until I get time to swop the tyres over so wont be loving this rain

I built a couple of wheels with Hope Fatsno hubs and your rims and spokes
and have had to make 2 x 7.5 mm endcaps ( I believe Hope are doing a 150 hub soon )
also made a spacer for the disk +7 mm

Headset I used the original Smoothie and just needed to machine out the crown race as it had a 1.5 bearing in

Clearance is good

I just found out today that the black 10 speed links are nearly impossible to remove and Google says they are not meant to be opened again

Take em via big viaduct[/url]

Have a look on youtube there are a few idiots gargling with a bottle of the stuff

Whay hay light at the end of the tunnel at last
latest update from Sam

Hi all,
Finally some positive news. I’ve had notification that the the long awaited ship full of Puffins will finally arrive in the UK on the 8th of June. All being well with local customs I expect to start shipping frames on the 16th of June.

My apologies again for this taking so much longer than expected, thank you for your continued faith and patience – not long now. If you have changed address from what you originally gave me please let me know by email to sam@singularcycles.com when you can.

Best regards,

Sam

Malt group buy anyone interested
I put a post up last night and then thought it should have been here

Any Allgrain brewers within collecting distance of Skipton want to join in a group buy of crushed grain from Fawcetts Maltsters of Castleford

My Brother and I are getting some bags Minimum order is 10 bags and we have hit that with our requirements but can add on some if anyone is interested
Prices are approx £20 for a 25KG sack

I will be collecting the order before the 14 June

Not too shit as I am going to win a hol in swiss alps and a new car