scrublover

This is where the On-One and some of the other newer ones shine - not just meant as snaux bikes, but just a mtb with super fat tires. The geo is more tuned towards general trail riding, IMO, than tooling about on snow with loaded racks, etc.

After the first few minutes of figuring out how the thing handled, it was just damn fun. Not as fast as my trail bikes in general, but I knew that going in. Bought it more for just screwing around on rocks, winter solo riding, snow/ice. The TransAM was sitting around built up more or less redundent, and not really being ridden, so... Selling that frame/fork/wheels is funding over half this venture, and I'll not have to figure out how to cram another bike into the garage!

The traction of those tires is amazing. I was just craaaaaawling down and across some rollers, just to see how slowly it'd work. Techy moves are not bad either - stop, trackstand a bit, line up a move and go! There are a couple spots around here with some wicked chunky rocks that I've not cleaned on the other bikes, but think I'm going to have a lot of fun on this there. Stuff built as hiker/scrambling trails without bikes in mind at all, but that is totally legit for me to be on. This think does some trialsin moves pretty well, for all its girth.

phoebeisis

Kinda cool- maybe not a fad since it makes a lot more sense than a single speed and infinitely more sense than a fixed gear.They are just retro fads.
These actually do something you might want to do-ride places you normally couldn't or wouldn't because it would be so unpleasant.
Yeah lets you go new places.

scrublover

Meh - fixed isn't the fad people think it is. Fixed gear bikes have been around a loooong time, all over the world. The fad with them is the coffee-shop/hipster-ism lifestyle stuff. Fixed gear has stuck around because of their utility, ability to get one going super cheap, they just work, and take little upkeep. Not really sure how they got grabbed onto by the hipster doofuses. Doofi? Not sure what the plural there would be.

Figure it this way as well: once one of the big companies starts cranking them (whatever the them of the moment is) out, it's no longer a fad.

phoebeisis

scrublover
Yes the hipsters-not sure why they annoy me. Maybe it is because I'm old-they seem harmless, but..... annoying... maybe it is the hats?
In any case you could run these fat tired bikes thru muddy trails snow sand normal streets your backyard anywhere
The tires wheels must be 10 lbs each??

scrublover

Pssst: go peek at the daily rides thread - last page has pics from my first ride on my fatbike. It's a mountainbike (duh) that just has reeeeeally fat tires. Ride it wherever and however you want. Snow? Sand? Street? General trial riding? Whatever. It rides like a bike.

The tires on mine weigh ~1500gms. so, uh, negatory on the ten pounds. Right around 3#.

I picked up mine as a rock crawler/rigid playbike/snow and ice bike. It's by no means going to replace my regular rides, but makes a nice adjunct to. It'll probably get more of my solo ride time, particularly in winter, and on some particular rides.

YMMV.

phoebeisis

Thanks-I'll take a look.
So tire 1500 wheel maybe the same -just under double a normal wheel- 6 lbs or so-not bad at all.
Thanks

thehammerdog

My local shop has a sweet high end Salsa with op o the line stuff for a swet deal $2400.....Crazy yo for what will be for most of us a 3rd or 4th bike

scrublover

Psst: you don't have to spend that much.

The On-One Fatty complete bike goes for 1449 shipped I picked up my frame/fork/wheel setup and fat crank for under 1000 shipped. Then built up with the spare parts bin stuff and parts swapped off an older bike, which the rest of is being sold off to offset the rest of the cost.

Priorities, man. I drive an eight year old paid off car. My wife's car is paid off, we don't have an exorbitant mortgage on more house than we need/can afford, we don't have kids, we both work decent paying jobs and don't carry much in the way of other little debt.

Daspydyr 

Are you kidding, what a way to meet guys. They would be all over ya!

joyota

BD's done it again. A 100% exact copy of the KHS 4 Season 3000 re-dubbed a Motobecane Boris X9.

Just in case anyone had any sliver of doubt that this wasn't a total rip-off of the KHS...

Dannihilator

That's because neither makes their bikes, likely a frame each ordered from a catalog.

FlatSix911

Not bad for $899 ... I want one
https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...9-fatbikes.htm

joyota

As do I. If only money, space to store it, and time to ride it were no object...

bikemig 

I wanted one bad when I first saw one but now I'm not so certain. I've heard mixed things about them on the snow and icy conditions which would be my main use for one.

scrublover

Yep, exactly. A catalog frame. Way, way more bike companies do this than many people realize. Order up the frames you need with your paint and graphics, slap on your parts spec of choice, and there you go with your own bike company.

No one is "ripping off" anyone.

Roadrash3

I just ordered the bikes direct boris x9. When i first saw the fat bikes, i was like blah! I have a mountain bike, road bike, and cyclocross bike. I used the cyclocross bike as my evening workout ride whens its dark as it does not flat as easy. However, the family got back into beach camping again, one of our favorite things to do in the bay area here. I picked up a cruiser to ride the coastal trail however, it does not fit me well. I since saw this boris x9 and the price. I never planned on spending that money, however, the thought of being able to ride up and down the beach has me excited. Then i started thinking of just cruising my kids to school on this instead and cruising to the grocery store. I am actually really excited. We will see when i get in feb/march