Any other Fat Bike riders on here
TheJohnClimber
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Before you jump on here and think it's funny to say I've a Bike and I'm Fat, it's not funny any more now that Fat Bikes are becoming more popular ;-)
Anyway, I'm leading a Fat Bike* ride around the beaches and sand dunes of Merseyside on Sunday 24th November from 10am, we've 12 to 15 riders signed up already if you want to join in please let me know.
Ride will be 20 or 30 miles long depending on where you want to start as there are 2 options.
* Fat Bike is a bike with front and back tyres 3.8" of wider
Anyway, I'm leading a Fat Bike* ride around the beaches and sand dunes of Merseyside on Sunday 24th November from 10am, we've 12 to 15 riders signed up already if you want to join in please let me know.
Ride will be 20 or 30 miles long depending on where you want to start as there are 2 options.
* Fat Bike is a bike with front and back tyres 3.8" of wider
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Trek Remedy 2014
The Northern Monkey - There are plenty around now on the trails, or nip to the On One shop for a test tide
Just remember IMHO - the classic looking double triangle framed Fat Bikes are for longer rides, beach riding and touring. The On One Fatty (as a stock bike) is an out and out Trail bike, perfect for hills, single track and trail centres, but not for beaches or touring
That's what I keep thinking, are they really heavy and slow ?
Are they slow?
This is a shot of me on the 2012 Isle of Man End 2 end race where I finished in 59th out of the 1150 finished who finished before the 7 hour cut off and just 51 minutes down on the elite winner.
Wanna race?
I was thinking more of uphill riding
With low pressures, around 8 or 9psi they tyres grip and climb stuff you can't on most other bikes.
A shot from todays local beach ride
On-One Inbred
Trek Remedy 2014
9 riders out today
Just ordered myself an On One ''Fatty'' for a bit of winter fun as no doubt as per normal we''ll get 6 months of winter :?
Over on mtbr forums it wont let me register (just get 404 forbidden, despite repeated attempts) and the UK fat bike forum hasn't yet approved my account.
Any other good resources anyone knows of ?
Cheers
Paul
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Hi Paul
I'll email the admin who lets people in to UK fat bike and the spam bots out, I know he's been busy.
Did you use the name Grisley Paul?
When you're on the forum please introduce yourself and join in.
From yesterdays ride
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No I didn't use Grisley Paul.... I used ''clarkep''
Great piccie, would love a bit of beach action with my fatty lol
Cheers
Paul
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You don't quite get the full-float fat bike experience, but the lighter, big wheels roll way quicker than you'd first believe - it downhills as fast as a full-susser and leaves them for dust on steep climbs and the big round tyres means you can lean it into berms at ridiculous angles - it's pretty handy for singletrack for such a big beast. I run the tyres at 8/10psi tubeless which really helps with grip in soft conditions and tames rooty, rocky stuff. Best of all, it's simply a blast to ride.
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Rides like one too! Rolls over drop-offs, big greasy roots, rock gardens and flights of steps with ease. Rode a 4 hour enduro, there was a drop-off into a wide ditch for 20 metres with a 45 degree bank on one side - got caught in the back-markers for the 2 hour race - simply rode along the side of the bank, others tried to follow and slipped into the ditch 8)