Yeah I'm never gonna go to the 11 either and probably don't need 12. I do want lower than the 36 though. With the unending grip I feel like I could take advantage of a super low gear.
Yeah I'm never gonna go to the 11 either and probably don't need 12. I do want lower than the 36 though. With the unending grip I feel like I could take advantage of a super low gear.
30 x11 gets used often as i try to ride to trails vs driving as much as possible. 30x11 is barely tolerable for that purpose. It is nice using the whole cassette with going single. Cant hate the weight savings either.
rog
I have a couple spots local that I pedal on the road to ride, but...the idea of riding the fatbike there no matter the gearing... ugh.Quote:
Originally Posted by icelanticskier
I've commuted to work a few nights when the snow/ice was particularly shitty (and my commuter would have suuuucked the next morning) and that was enough to make me not want to pedal it on pavement again, even with the tires pumped up a fair bit.
The v8's roll really well on pavement and i never am more than 10 miles on pavement from home or where i want to get to and 10 miles on fatty at 9/10 psi is nothin. Nice warm up or cool down/bonus miles:)
Stoked for more morning snowy goodness!
rog
RockShox's new Bluto for Fatties
Model Bluto RL
Weight 3.96 lbs.
Wheel Size 26"
Travel (mm) 80mm/100mm/120mm
Steerer/Steerer options Aluminum 1 1/8"/Aluminum 1.5 to 1 1.8" Taper
Crown Forged, AL66 TV aluminum
Upper Tube Type 32mm
Upper Tube Finish Low friction anodize Fast Black
Axle 15x150 Maxle Lite
Damper Adjust Crown or Remote
Remote PushLoc Sprint (Remote must be ordered separately)
Spring/Spring Options Solo Air
Color Gloss Black, Diffusion Black, Gloss White
Fork Offset 51mm
Brake Type Disc
Lower Leg Material Magnesium
Maximum Rotor Size 200mm
Another new hub size is a bit of a bummer though
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Some new bikes already being announced
Rocky Mountain BLizzard
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/rocky-m...-fat-bike.html
Borealis Echo
http://youtu.be/CJG6XmSYLNw
Salsa Bucksaw
http://salsacycles.com/culture/introducing_bucksaw
http://salsacycles.com/files/blog/Bu...ntroducing.jpg
^^ Ya get the feeling there are going to be a bunch of full rigid used fatties for sale soon?
rigid roolz 4 evah. no matter what the tire size:)
rog
Looking at it from another perspective, If the rims are up to it, that might be awful fun in Moab on Porc.
Which I challenge rog to a ride off if he rides it rigid.
I would still keep my Pugs just cus it fkncore. Now that there are tire options it could a dual purpose ride.Quote:
Originally Posted by gravitylover
That Salsy looks as smooth as the prom queens thighs.
So yeah, umm see, its like this - Full rigid no matter what tire size is hard on old man ankles. I get it though, terminally young (read as masochistic and stubborn) of mind and body might have you believing it. I have a feeling one good ride in the Taconics or the Hudson Highlands would have you, yes even you, considering it.
yeah yeah, maybe when i'm in my 50's:)
killer all dirt ride at stratham alps yesterday. the fatty is just too much fun.
new panaracer tire coming out in a 3.8 @ 1180 grams with a retail of 90.00. available in june i guess. supposedly more knob than a knard, but less than a nate. nice way to shed almost another 1.5 pounds off of the charge. fkna. set of marge lite wheels, another pound, carbon carver fork, another 1.5+ pounds.
then i'd race it in regular expert cat 1 xc races just for yucks:D
rog
The weight penalty of going full suspension on a fatty just seems unnecessary. Running big, low psi tires really smooths things out quite a bit. I've ridden my fatty through bike park brake jack and through endless rock gardens pretty similar to what you get around the Hudson. My ankles and knees were fine. Granted, if you take that shit fast you get bounced all over the place because your "suspension" is undamped.Quote:
Originally Posted by gravitylover
Having said all that, that Salsa looks like fun. My wife has a commuting option to work via snowpacked freeride trails. If she sees that Salsa, we're probably out a couple grand for another bike, plus whatever our ER deductible is for falling off of snowpacked ladder bridges.
I'm really glad to see the "my roxx are gnarlier than your roxx" argument make it to fat bikes.
They're really coming along as an integral tool in the mountain bike trade when that happens. :D
Heheh ^^
So what, a year or so and there should be something ~120mm f/r around 28 or 29# that takes 4.6+" rubber. 1 x 10, 12-40 x 28-30t, thru axles, factory tubeless and it has to be a wacky color :-)
^^^ yep. that's evolution. ain't it? :rolleyes2
I'm 56 with some aftermarket parts and more in my future. I've loved my Pug for three years, but think I can see a FS Fatty coming along.
Yeah full squish Fat. Need.
ditto
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That would be me as well, except for the already owning a fatbike part. The FS fatty is the perfect bike for us adventurous old farts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shredhead
BTW, if you already own a Mukluk, and are thinking abut slapping on a Bluto, read this first, it may not be as simple as you think:
http://salsacycles.com/culture/rocks...salsa_fatbikes
bonin up on this split pivot stuff
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Split-P...agle-2011.html
Hmmph. I'm riding this bike faster than I rode my Enduro the last few years. I'm cornering better, laying it down further and trusting the tires that much more. I'm finding the front end generally easier to control, maybe it's the light action and precise feel of the rigid carbon fork? I'm also sprinting and climbing better, that's gotta be because it's rigid. I do miss more turn exits than I've grown accustomed to though because of the bounce and the additional rotational mass pulling the bike to the outside of the turn but that can be worked with and overcome. The rigidness (I like my new word :tongue: ) has it's own set of challenges but thankfully I rode mt bikes for a loooong time before there was suspension so the skillset is there I just have to remember where I put it. I miss being able to preload the suspension for log-overs and I get more pedal strikes than I'd like but again those are challenges to work around not problems that can't be overcome. I think my decision has been made. I have a few bikes for sale :)
Start with this -
07 Enduro S Works size small - XO shifters and rear der with XTR front der - Stylo Team double with bash 24-36 - XO Trail brakes - DT wheels with XTR cassette and 20mm front - 36 Talas in great shape - needs rear shock (DHX 5 air (stock)) rebuild but works sufficiently well to just go out and beat it up - I have extra der. hangers - tell me what size tire you like between 2.1 and 2.5 I probably have something you'll like and I'll give it a full drivetrain service before I take your money. pm for celly and we'll talk $$
I need to get out on my old HT and decide if that needs to go, I'm pretty sure there's still a reason to keep it but money talks. I also have a full rigid abuse machine for ~$400 that should go, again pm for digits.
WalMart special
http://forums.thepaceline.net/attach...1&d=1398444800
Benny = little hope :angel:
Trailwork
http://i1308.photobucket.com/albums/...ps886a3a90.jpg
Up up up
http://i1308.photobucket.com/albums/...ps489b6fe1.jpg
Gotta get a pic of my kid in here
http://i1308.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0915473c.jpg
third place last week but first in points in NY State NICA this year for freshman/sophomore girls! Gonna get on top of that podium this Sunday for sure. C'mon up to Stewart and ring a cowbell for the kid as she kills it!
So...
Moving to Boston at the end of the year so a majority of my riding will be transitioning from Colorado singletrack to east coast riding (never ridden east of Michigan). Anyways, I am in the queue to have Walt Wehner build me a new bike and originally was going to have him put together a low, slack Krampus style rigid 29er. Other option would be for more of a hardtail 29er...Looks like gravitylover and scrubby are using the fat bikes out east with ease.
On that note, what should I expect with regard to riding? I'm fine with mediocre skiing so long as there is good riding
fuck that noise, i own a fat.
you want a five inch trail bike, wheel size is up to you.
this is where you ride said five inch.
http://ascutneytrails.com/
That looks good. Where else? I have heard of the Kingdom Trails, but that is realistically something I'll hit once or twice a year.Quote:
Originally Posted by buttahflake
Welcome to the camp, I guess we all know why your here.
Many good trails to ride. Definitely check the fats, Salsa's new FS fat has got my eye. That and a nice hardtail for buffed out tracks/gravel roads or add a 5"+ bike for those funner rides.
http://www.dirtragdirtfest.com/
http://www.gpstrailsource.com/parks/...rippis-trails/
I know in your other thread somebody mentioned Bradley-Palmer. I prefer Willowdale, just north of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rontele
Got my Fatboy last week. Holy shit that's fun.
Sooper fun! Now that I've finally gotten it out on the beach I really have run the gamut of possible conditions. I think the only stuff I'd avoid is all out chunky rock gardens but if that's what's in front of me I'll live. My other bikes don't get ridden anymore...
I'm riding it like its a regular hardtail...except it can also go places and on terrain types where a regular hardtail would be a struggle.
Simple. Climbs well. So stable on descents. Rolls over everything I've encountered.
Puts a big smile on my face.
AND puts a smile on the faces of those hiking, walking, and biking that I encounter. Great at breaking down user group barriers. Which is nice.
HIJACKQuote:
Originally Posted by Rontele
That 'oughta work well for a general burly hardtail bike out here. Lots of flexibility there to play around with tire sizes and rigid vs. squishy forked. Really, anything works out here, just (obviously) tailor it to your riding preferences. Only bike or adding to the stable? I've only ridden with you twice I think, and haven't got a clue what your pedaling about nowadays.
I love my Fatty - it's a hell of a lot of fun to ride, but... No way in hell would it be my only ride. As an ancillary ride, it's great. If living somewhere with more/better snow than I am, that opinion might differ.
A good 5-6" pedal-able bike, slightly over-forked, 1x something drive-train, dropper post equipped, toobless tire setup ride out here is TITS, IMO. Lighter/beefier wheels and tires to suit your tastes and trails. If I could only have one bike, it'd be along these lines. Thankfully, I don't only have to have one bike. :) The Fatty, the hardtail, and the 7" bike all get their time, but I'd say the TRc gets the majority of ride time. I took it for a long weekend with some riding around Douthat, VA recently and was completely over-biked - I had to actively seek out anything even remotely technical to make it worthwhile for that bike. No wonder the 29er hardtail is king down there. OTOH, the climbs fucking crushed me, because the local this has so little vert. Potato, potatoh.
Warning: gross generalizations ahead.
Riding out here (and the riding areas/community) I have found to be very different than out west. Not in a better or worse way, just different. We seem to be seen far less as nature destroying hooligans out here. Much more of a libertarian mindset - "those dudes riding their bikes in the woods aren't bugging me, so I won't bug them" more or less.
It's all shorter ups and downs with lots of tight bits in trees and slow speed chunky tech mixed in with higher speed smoother stuff. Long ass bits of contiguous climbing, descending, and baby ass smooth bits are far less prevalent. The name for a lot of the riding is cross-stuntry. Skinnies and way more trialsy side options on which to play/drop/roll out here than around CO, if you are into that sort of thing.
Now, this will all depend on where exactly you end up, your preferences, and what your local spots end up being of course.
If you have the clearance on your Fatbike for a 29+ tire, I'm finding it makes for a fun alternative for summer riding. 3" Surly knards for now but there will be a few more tire options soon in the 29+ category. I'm climbing up stuff I've never cleaned on any bike, but it's also the first time I've tried 29er wheels.
About to convert to tubeless but I've been running around 9 1/2 pounds of pressure with no problems with tubes.
It will raise your bottom bracket some, but I'm not finding it to be an issue for me.
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This wheelset makes my 26" wheels look pretty small!
https://scontent-b-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/...ea&oe=53EF278E
When I roll through the hood, the brothers go nuts.Quote:
Originally Posted by iscariot
^^ Funny you say that because we have been selling more fattys to "city types" that have no desire to ever ride them outside NYC. They see it in the window and come in and drop the coin. Then they over accessorize them. One guy last week even had us put monster ape hangers on his Fatboy!
Once more scrubby nails it. Hijack accepted.
Surly ice cream truck, replacement for the Moolandr. Needs a better name.
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I caught a "rumor" the other day about a 4" travel 650B full squish machine with a 5" tire capacity coming out in time for next winter. I know what's on my wish list...
My unicorn has 5" of travel with 26+ wheels, baby fat....
Hell yeah, I love unicorns :zap:
Skepticism appreciated. I'll try to have some better details late next week. Just calling 'em as I see (hear) 'em.