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Community => Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) => Topic started by: rafiki on April 30, 2015, 08:47:14 AM
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I saw a fat bike in the flesh for the first time yesterday. Odd looking things aren't they!
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I agree, but if it sells then make it applies !
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the slimmer the better for this kid. ;)
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Give one a go they're fun!
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I want one. Surly Pugsley with Rohloff, perhaps? Or the 29+ ECR please! Yum!
N + 1 and all that, ya know!
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Okay, I'll bite. What "29+ ECR"?
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Okay, I'll bite. What "29+ ECR"?
http://surlybikes.com/bikes/ecr (http://surlybikes.com/bikes/ecr)
- Dave
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Rohloff reckon "FAT Summer is commin"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe_yeMu_jvo
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I rode a mates Krampus at the weekend while we were up on some mountain trails, and it was surprisingy not-slow-at-all and a lot of fun. The only negative I see with it is that the chain line is awful, and on the lower sprockets it's rubbing/falling off. This is to get the chain around the fat tyre. I'd be interested to know how long chains/cassettes last, especially in muddy conditions. And I'd expect the ECR/Moonlanders to have more of a problem; as the rim is proud of the lower cassette sprockets.
I think the Krampus bike is better than the ECR, because it's a bit more versatile. Sort of a half-fat bike (3" tyres), which I think works better for the type of terrain we have the in the UK.
http://surlybikes.com/bikes/krampus (http://surlybikes.com/bikes/krampus)
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Hie thee away, Temptation; I have a bike already!
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I think that his one is rather beautiful...
(http://budnitzbicycles.com/images/slideshow_assets/772/budnitz-bicycles_Budnitz_Bicycles_FTB_Hero_1500_large_njrhjohf.jpg)
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Brian i dont think theres a place here i could ride that bike
pure waste of money for me. ;)
i like road bikes skinny tyres 23mm or 25mm
if ever i get the clubtour 28mm will be my max i reckon.
anto.
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It's too beautiful to be a mudbike. Gotta be a snowbike.
I think that his one is rather beautiful...
(http://budnitzbicycles.com/images/slideshow_assets/772/budnitz-bicycles_Budnitz_Bicycles_FTB_Hero_1500_large_njrhjohf.jpg)
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Looks like a moonbike.
- Dave
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Wellll, pretty, and pretty slick too. BUT, "Fat bike...Fat chance" In these parts, the guys that ride them do so in (to me) unimaginable conditions. So, f'rinstance, shortly after I returned home from Oz in mid-Feb and the temps were around - 20 to 25 (that's the high, y'understand, sans windchill), some guys at my LBS were headed up the valley for, they said, a Fatbike weekend in the snow. Jeezus, Mary an' Joseph, I said to myself, but didn't say anything 'cept "Good luck and enjoy, eh?" Turned out that it remained just as cold, but snowy and windy too, so they called the whole thing off.
I wondered what was going on: Can one use Fatbikes only in such conditions?--do they require such conditions to show their stuff, snow & savage cold I mean? (They are sold her as winter bikes/snow bikes.) Or, owning a Fatbike, does one have to venture out in such conditions in order to show manliness? (Or in Canada, to avoid having your passport revoked if you choose to stay home 'cos you're somehow unworthy?)
A good friend used to teach at Univ of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, and he rode his 10-speed across campus to work, back in the day. His reckoning was that it made better sense to ride his bike to work for 5 minutes at 30 below, rather than spend 20 minutes walking. I understand that logic, not least 'cos "it's a dry cold", as they say on the Prairies. Hard for me to fashion or fathom a similar case for the Ottawa Valley in Feb.
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I am actually building one, a Salsa Mukluk (http://aushiker.com/salsa-mukluk/) which will be set up as bikepacking bike ... mainly for chasing dirt roads and 4WD tracks etc.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7680/16628843484_20446ddb98_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/rkraQ1)
Maxxis Mammoth (https://flic.kr/p/rkraQ1) by aushiker (https://www.flickr.com/people/10562638@N02/), on Flickr
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8665/16037708214_4d2ba040d9_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qrcrUA)
P2270003 (https://flic.kr/p/qrcrUA) by aushiker (https://www.flickr.com/people/10562638@N02/), on Flickr
Andrew
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You will want one of these then Andrew...
(http://www.rohloff.de/fileadmin/_migrated/pics/rohloff_speedhub_xl2_Kopie.png)
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OK, It looks cool but I notice with interest that the one in the picture has a BELT not a CHAIN !!!
Obviously the way forward.
Also no mudguards/fenders so it won't be a case of "mud in your eye" it will be "clods in your face"
:-[
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Noticing the breed of dog featured I'm surprised you've not opted for a Pugsley!
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Noticing the breed of dog featured I'm surprised you've not opted for a Pugsley!
My cat says, "Those are the dogs that bite first and afterwards asks no questions."
I could do with a bike with tyres that big. Some of my potholes are a whole crosscountry course by themselves.
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Noticing the breed of dog featured I'm surprised you've not opted for a Pugsley!
Two snorers is enough thanks :)
Andrew