Anyone ride a fatbike.
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby crazyjose » Tue Nov 19, 2013 12:02 am
My Trek Farley is slowly coming along, hurry up front derailleur...
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby Mugglechops » Thu Nov 28, 2013 10:12 pm
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby trailgumby » Fri Nov 29, 2013 1:53 pm
http://rlcsport.com.au/site/products-pa ... s-fatbike/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby Mugglechops » Fri Nov 29, 2013 5:36 pm
trailgumby wrote:RLC Sport are now selling Lefty forks already set up for fatbike use:
http://rlcsport.com.au/site/products-pa ... s-fatbike/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Would be awesome but gets pricey when you add it all up.
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby Mugglechops » Sat Dec 07, 2013 12:51 pm
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby Xplora » Sat Dec 07, 2013 1:55 pm
Nice Farley Jose Why did you go Trek instead of Surly etc etc etc?
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby silentbutdeadly » Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:11 pm
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby crazyjose » Sat Dec 07, 2013 11:13 pm
Thanx, it took a bit of planning and some crafty buying parts to make it work. I wanted a 170 mm rear axle'd fatbike that was based on an existing good handling frameset, the Farley is based on the Trek Superfly, shorter chain stays a number of good updates from the Superfly that other Fatbikes don't have. I have a '12 Mukluk and I can say that the Farley craps all over it on the single track, which is what I wanted a single track Fatbike weapon, the Mukluk is more of a trekking bike in comparison. Surly wasn't even in the ball park, and Dirtworks ruined that with their excessive pricing and lack of support in parts.
I had to privately import the Trek Farley as disappointingly Trek Australia would not import one in for me, and when I repeatedly asked they came back with "it's too late". So I said screw them and their mindless attitude and did the homework and brought in my own from LA. If Japan and Europe can get them, then why can't we. I was going for the Bigfoot as previously posted, but Norco screwed the frame up badly on that one, they should have kept with the original frame design, so much better looking and refined it in a betterer manner. The Specialized Fatboy would have been my next choice should the Farley not been possible.
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby sruss67 » Sun Dec 15, 2013 8:06 am
just joined BNA and have been riding Fat since earlier this year
Was riding a Mukluk 3 with upgrades and currently working out what my next fatty will be.
Have a Fatboy Expert on order and am growing tired of the delays from Spec
Looking at Ti or maybe carbon
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby crazyjose » Sun Dec 15, 2013 9:59 pm
And did the sweeper lap after todays SCUM Xmas ride, a little muddy and slippy, took some corners like a dirttrack racer as the tyres were all loaded up with clay and mud and traction was a little lacking. More fun after I dialled in the right pressure in the tyres too. Great to close the ride/race on a fatbike and score free food drinks at the end of the ride, Nice one SCUM.
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby Xplora » Sun Dec 15, 2013 10:46 pm
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby petie » Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:50 pm
I have been pondering the exact same question..! I get bored enough adjusting my 2.2 26er tyres!Xplora wrote:Where's your pump? Only just occurred to me that dialling in the pressure means putting in and letting out a LOT of air?
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby Mugglechops » Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:30 pm
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby Zaibs » Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:11 am
Mugglechops wrote:If funds and wife would allow it, I would have one in a heart beat.
Would be great for riding along the beach with.
Not sure about riding in the water though.
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Postby trailgumby » Wed Dec 18, 2013 8:57 pm
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby Xplora » Wed Dec 18, 2013 9:25 pm
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby Mugglechops » Wed Dec 18, 2013 9:51 pm
If you have the skillsXplora wrote:How do these things go with jumps (1-2 foot high) and tighter nooks and crannies? Had my first run at bush bashing in the last 20 years (I may have done some as a kid but I can't remember lol) and the BSO MTB just wasn't up to the task. I'm quite impressed it managed as well as it did... but it was demoralising how risky everything felt. Bigger tyres for a bigger footprint would help enormously, but is the fat just "too big"? Or do you assume you'll just roll straight over everything like an M1 Abrams?
Nice Farley Jose Why did you go Trek instead of Surly etc etc etc?
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby Xplora » Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:11 am
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby Mugglechops » Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:06 am
Nor mineXplora wrote:I haven't ridden a bike so slowly in decades as I rode on the Fred Caterson MTB trails... the skills is someone else's middle name, definitely not mine LOL
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby mattwilkinson » Thu Dec 26, 2013 7:35 am
mmm that photoshopping on the bottom of the tyre
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby Mugglechops » Sun Jan 05, 2014 4:33 pm
Photo taken from MTBR Fat Bike forum
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby coyote » Sun Jan 05, 2014 6:56 pm
Yes they keep pushing the release date back and there all ready a cue of people growing waiting to get their hands on one.Looks like they are real now just the on going wait for them to come to Australia
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
Postby Mugglechops » Sun Jan 05, 2014 9:47 pm
Mine was half paid for back in October. Not paying anymore until I see it.coyote wrote:Yes they keep pushing the release date back and there all ready a cue of people growing waiting to get their hands on one.Looks like they are real now just the on going wait for them to come to Australia
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Re: Anyone ride a fatbike.
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