As fat as I can get
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As fat as I can get
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This will fix 'ya right up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spats
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I just built up a Borealis Yampa. Blister reeled me back in with a chance to review one, and i pulled it out of the box 2 hrs ago. This thing is mental. I opted for 65mm Marge Lite rims and Dillingers, because my angle is more about riding fat on dirt, but it's still gonna see some snow. 26lbs with pedals. Crazy.
Those things are siiick.
My take as well, though the snow benefits will be good as well. Not as fast as the other bikes, not the same for droppy/jumpy stuff, but way more poppy and faster than I'd anticipated. Not going to be taking it on fast group rides or drop fest rides, but otherwise...Quote:
Originally Posted by flowtron's ghost
The main thing: it's just been stupid amounts of fun on trail, and particularly slow speed trialsy rock crawling.
I wish I had enough time to go ride some weird shit in the desert. That's what really fires me up about fat bikes. Riding them in places my other bikes can't go, but I sure as hell won't hike...because walking is for jerks.
i'd echo that they're slow
but TWICE as slow? spats you crazy
my friends ride at a pretty quick pace (some ex pros in the group...so fast but more beer drinky than trainy pace)
and i can still hang on the fatty. im maybe a little off the back on the climbs and just about even on the dh
slow, but not prohibitively so...
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Originally Posted by flowtron's ghost
Review wanted ASAP!
It's amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by flowtron's ghost
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I would think for serious desert crawling setting up tubeless would be mandatory, right?
Where is that?
I didn't know anyone was making studded fats yet. $175 kinda salty, but I'm sure I'll end up getting a pair.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
First time I ever saw one was a few years ago - some dude making his way down Porc on one. Wasn't as fast on the absolute chunky stuff, but was able to just go take whatever damn line on/up/down rocks he wanted, blooping up into the air off stuff, plowing through sandy sections like nothing.Quote:
Originally Posted by flowtron's ghost
Had a super sized grin on his face the entire time I saw him.
Tubeless would probably have helped, but I was running Surly fat tubes with 4 to 5 psi. The riding was good on the wind packed sand, but difficult where the motorized had been (which was almost everywhere). Slightly damp sand would have been a tremendous help.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
It was Sand Mountain, just south of Sand Hollow reservoir in SW Utah.
Bud n Lou list for $170 apiece.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shredhead
Yeah fat rubber is kinda pricey right now. We'll see what happens though as more tire manufacturers get on the fat train. Vee is adding models pretty quickly now and I'm sure a couple of the big boys are looking at it. I know that T will have something soon too and they're looking at 120-180tpi, so light and "racey" which is a good thing and S will have the GC 4.6 available in the spring with more models to come by next winter. This segment will get carved up pretty quickly so there will be a bunch of subcategories just like the rest of the industry, fractured and sorta broken :wink: We'll have beach, cruiser/bike path/city, trail, race and backcountry/snow (or something similar) so we should have a fair variety of tread and build quality/casing integrity/weight options soon enough.
When I'm riding this thing I don't think of speed or any of that. I'm more focused on what I can do to create another chuckle and it just keeps delivering. I think I probably ride just as fast as on my other bikes (other than downhill) but I'm a slug so take it for what it's worth. I know I am actually climbing better, not necessarily faster but better, because the traction is phenomenal and like scrubby said the low speed stuff is easier and more fun so I search it out more and the trail isn't as important as finding cool lines to ride. This leads to what flow said, the exploration capacities and new options are something I'm truly looking forward to also. I don't know about walking being for jerks :tongue: but I do like the thought that I can ride one of these bikes into what was previously foot only territory and leave little to no trace.
I've never had to buy a fat tire. I bought my pug off a guy that worked for Trek in Waterloo about three years ago. Almost brand spanking new bike with two sets of rims and six pairs of tires.
Just about every tire they offered at the time.
does anyone know if a Surly Bud will fit on a Rolling Darryl Rim with a Salsa Enabler Fork?
Not sure but I just fit that combo in my Beargrease fork, might have to add air after it gets past the caliperQuote:
Originally Posted by Tech Tonics
newly FAT!
first ride today, mind blown.
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Its just the start, happy trails!
yep! i have just as much fun on my Fatty as on the other bikes, just...different.Quote:
Originally Posted by buttahflake
fml.........
rog
Yup. I got out on the Yampa on fri night and Sunday. Sooo sick. We climbed the controversial west side of flying dog.Quote:
Originally Posted by buttahflake
Woot!! We're all fat :eek:
Flow- Pretty amazing how well these things climb isn't it?
Buttahball- What was it that really blew you away? For me it's the techy rocky stuff that I can just point it and roll through. Makes me laugh out loud every time.
Scrub - You able to get out for a (cold) ride either Thurs or Fri morning?
i actually caught myself laughing as i was rolling through wet chunder.
and the climbing, forget about it! they go up so nice.
oh fuck me. I really need one of these and my wife is gonna kill me...again.
What I did to alleviate that problem is the Farley that I got is actually for her. I've test ridden it a couple of times now to make sure all the bugs are worked out :redface: Amazing thing is it's been here for about two weeks and she hasn't seen it yet, I haven't made any attempts to change that though :wink: and our anniversary is Sunday so my plan is to give it to her because my Fatboy should be on the way by then. Moral of the story is you have to get her one too :biggrin:
edit: Oh and since Rog is getting one soon you'll have someone local to ride with this winter. Perfect timing :fmicon:
fuck you guys:)
http://www.chargebikes.com/bicycle-c...on/cooker-maxi
a buddy sells these^^^
he has a large coming in.
and I love white
stay tuned:fm:
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D
rog
Quit yer bitching and just buy a fat bike. We all know you can hardly contain yourself thinking about how you'll spend your days preaching their greatness
^^^^^me? nonsense:biggrin:
fatrog
I dig how quiet it is riding thru newly fallen snow.
Saw the Cooker awhile back, looks like a good deal. You'll only regret not getting it
ya for the price/weight it seems like the ticket. I have a feeling I might have found a one bike year round quiver:)Quote:
Originally Posted by ticketchecker
rog
dialed in the pressure, 8.5lbs is $$$!
i was riding stuff today, that would have been a chore on 2.2's.
lot's of half frozen deep puddle's, ride right through that shit!
i laugh a lot.
from today in Walpole , NH.
Happy Thanksgiving.
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I got a Meiser low pressure presta specific gauge just so I could get it right. I'm running 9 in the rear and 7.5 up front. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...d=0CJEBEPUBMAgQuote:
Originally Posted by buttahflake
That's a perfect way to describe one of the biggest differences - makes certain (many) moves less of a chore and more of a "just roll it" thing.
Yup. That's why I called it a gigglefest.
Uggh, I wish we had gotten some mood snow to ride in this morning, I might have actually gotten my shit out of bed and gone. Instead I decided to let things firm up and go tomorrow. Cold is just cold without the snow.
Now it's Turkey and beer time! Happy Turkey Day all :chug: :wave:
I've discovered I want the front tire even fatter. The bike lets you know pretty quickly it's still a rigid bike, if you're riding it the same (or making attempts to) way you are riding your other bikes.
Thinking one of the 4.7-4.8" meats up front. Then the current front can just be a spare rear, since that'll be the one needing replacement first anyhow.
I like the bike rigid, don't want to mess with a fatbike suspension fork, so a fatter tire it is.
I'm thinking pretty much the same thing but I like how light the front end feels. I guess adding 200-300 grams isn't really that big a deal is it?
Grand scheme of things, no.Quote:
Originally Posted by gravitylover
I'm planning to offset it with On-One's carbon fat fork once available, and a Hope Fat rear hub/Marge Lite combo down the road. Just gotta sell off some more old stuff to offset the pain.
You know, 'cause a 30# fatbike will work so much more awesomer-er than a 32# fatbike.
It's fun. Like, may get more of my solo ride time than the Chromag hardtail does fun. Which is sort of scary.
Bud up front is $$, can run mid 5's now. Plus it looks downright bossy.
rigid roolz. any wheel/tire size or width. was out on the unit today lovin the 2.2's, but can't say I wasn't seeing the trail with 4.0's:fm:
rog