Originally Posted by Hypno Toad

I hear lots of people complain that fatbikes are "slow" ... they are slow in some conditions; but they can hold their own in other conditions.

I'm half stroking my ego and half starting a thread to talk about getting fast with a fatbike.

I finished The Heck of the North on Saturday in 7 hours 6 minutes on my drop-bar Pugsley (average moving 15.8 mph & total average 15.2 mph). This 108-mile course is a mix of gravel, ATV/snowmobile trails, and some paved highways. The bike is mostly stock, expect the Salsa Woodchipper bars, Gevenalle shifters, and Fat-B-Nimble tires.



This isn't the first time this bike has been fast - on the 2017 Filthy 50 we had perfect conditions and I finished that 52-mile gravel course in 2 hours 57 minutes (averaging 17.6 mph - moving & total)

Do you go fast on your fatbike? Let's hear about fast days and modifications you made to make the fattie a little faster.