Are you fat? Do you like it? What would you do different next time?

[strawjack]

^^ mmm Nope. Well yeah it is hot but it isn't "the one." I know because I have one but I ride the Fatboy and the kid or wife rides the Farley.

I didn't know it was coming but that Salsa doesn't surprise me at all. Ehh, I still want 4.6+ potential. That tire size limit will keep me waiting or maybe think about the King Kahn. Long travel and 5" tire just sounds like a winning combo to me.

Do you have the bluto one either one? Why are you riding the Fatboy over the Farley? $$ does factor into decisions if you don't get the pro deal like you two. Well even when I got the pro deals, money still was a factor

[Mudfoot]

A few people around Durango have progressed from the 26" fat bikes with 4" tires, to these 29" fat boys with 3" tires. http://twentynineinches.com/2013/03/...acing-29-bike/

Chris Herting at 3D Racing is always pushing the envelope on new designs. It must be nice to have an idea and be able to walk out to your shop and just build up a frame, and then after you ride it if you don't like it you can cut it up and modify it until it works like you want. He also builds them in a single speed model, with an option for belt drive.

[ridevt]

The 29+ set-up really only works well on machine groomed snow and packed trails with a little fresh in my experience. Def more of a dual season contender as it's WAY faster on dirt vs any 4.0 Fatty. I rode a Krampus all last Winter and told myself when I got it that it would see some Summer use. Didn't really happen. Main reason I'm considering selling it.

[Shredhead]

I've got about 2k miles on my Farley 8 so far and I'm very happy. I'm not really much of a techie and didn't want to jump into the first Gen FS fatties.

Anyone in Chicagoland looking for a well used, small Pugsly with two sets of wheels, hit me up and I'll cut you a deal.

[nickwm21]

Clunk meets fat - http://www.statebicycle.com/collecti...my-green-khaki

[Shredhead]

I wouldn't recommend a SS fatty. You really need a low gear to get through anything really soft, snow, sand or mud. I wouldn't want to be spinning that low all the time.

[scrublover]

Still dig my highly tweaked Fatty, bought as a rolling chassis. Frame/front wheel are all that's left... It's grey and chilly, and I'm attempting to fight off a head cold so here we go.

For the fat haters - you know who you are.




For Rog's inevitiable "ditch the dropper comment" - dropper, but in the frame using a beer can shim. Acceptable for your twatted up luddite sensibilities?


The 90's LIIIIIIIIIIVE!



Drivetrain fuckery. 26t ring, 11-36 rear. Works for me and mine.



The outer cover/sheath bit of my 12" trail saw is covered with the other half. Makes a convenient place to carry it. Plus, covers over the nice crack in the clear coat I gave the fork on its first ride.


30# on the nose. I've no desire for a Bluto. Getting lighter would involve mucho dinero. Quite happy with it as-is. Only gets part of my ride time, but when it does, it involves lots of giggling.


I don't want to even think about how heavy and hard to get rolling that State fatty is going to be.

[scrublover]

A few people around Durango have progressed from the 26" fat bikes with 4" tires, to these 29" fat boys with 3" tires. http://twentynineinches.com/2013/03/...acing-29-bike/
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Not a 29er guy, but that is sweet!

If I didn't already have a fatty and a hardtail I love...

Custom steel with a 120mm Bluto. 67* HTA, short as possible stays with the intent of a 1x only drivetrain. Internal dropper routing. Two wheelsets, skinny and fat. Basically would replicate my hardtail, just with the shorter fork and fatty tire clearance.

Sweeeeet.

[thewon]

Sweet on one scrub!

[SB]

Yes, very nicely dun.

[rip]

Just got my sturgis bullet from the bikesdirect.com pre sale. goddamn is it fun! Very satisfied with the bike and how it rides. Already mobbed it up and over some snowmaking piles and down a downhill 600yd par 5 full of whoops and roilers not to mention GS turns down the fairway. Pure fun.

[biggins]

For the fat haters - you know who you are.

"...are LITERALLY steamrolling America with their gay agenda"

[SB]

this bike is NOT ghey, off of Chips site

[Tips^Up]

Should I buy a Boris X7 from bikesdirect? My main bike is a ht29 "race bike" but this would see use on snow, trails, commute.

I should save up for a dreamy FS 275 next summer but feel like there is so much new kick ass stuff going on that I may wait a few years and buy used or keep saving for the ultimate everything bike once I lose the race motivation.

[SB]

Fk racing, buy fat bike, move to colo and start vaping.

[Shredhead]

Should I buy a Boris X7 from bikesdirect? My main bike is a ht29 "race bike" but this would see use on snow, trails, commute.

Where do you live?
I love my fatty, because it's wet here almost all the time. But I do realize they're not ideal for everyone.

[SB]

Fat bikes will increase yor penis size if you have one.

You should also buy a goat cause they r kewl and chicks digg'em.

[iscariot]

Fatbikes turn almost any riding condition into hero dirt.

[rip]

I'm a few more rides into mine and kind of get the feeling like I'm riding rossi axioms back in like 1998. Overkill and klunky in firm conditions and some people just don't get it but holy shit does it open up new ways to ride.

Snowmaking piles... just be smart and stay off when soft so you don't track dirt all over them.

I need to convert to tubeless and get a shorter stem still but I think my camber comp is now relegated to cc duty only

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[stuckathuntermtn]

A chainsaw? I'm sold.

[Tips^Up]

I live in Eagle, CO. Perfect candidate for fat bike: 20 min from Beaver Creek, 30 from Vail, awesome trails during the summer, groomed nordic trails on the golf course (conditions permitting), surrounded by trails, FS roads and public lands. Only problem is my toy addiction. Give it a month and I'll be regretting that I didn't save the $ for new skis.

[Shredhead]

I live in Eagle, CO.

I love my fat bike for the mid west, but I ride a FS in Aspen.

[El Chupacabra]

Any recommendations for 26x4 (approx) fatbike tires, that are good in snow? Not studded, but just decent treads that will work on packed snow.

My fatbike came with Vee "Mission" tires, which suck. Rim sizes are 100m front, 80mm rear -- I don't think I have clearance on the rear to fit a 4.7 tire, so I probably need to stay with 4.0 width.

Looking around, fatty tires are really expensive. Anything decent but on the cheaper end of the spectrum?

[Tech Tonics]

Surly Nate is an excellent 4" snow tire. Yeah, $110 for the 120tpi...which is pricey but they were $150 a few months ago!

[thewon]

the vee rubber snowshoe (not the xl version) 120 tpi is a bit bigger, but not much bigger than the nate, is 100 grams lighter per tire, similar price and good tread pattern for snow.