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06-05-22, 04:48 AM
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1st fatbike
Been thinking about a fat bike for about 6 months now. Pulled the trigger yesterday! 2022 Kona Wo. Can't wait to get out there.
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06-05-22, 06:45 AM
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I'm jealous of the space inside your frame triangle - mine will only fit a short water bottle and I had to mount it on a swivel mount so I can get to it. Not the best for touring but it is what I have. lol
I hope you love it as much as I love mine
I hope you love it as much as I love mine
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For most of the local trails, a low pressure 4.8" tire took everything, but the occasional surprise rock or very large root still rang my bell.
Added front suspension soon after.
Note: seat post suspension is worthless on a fat bike.
06-06-23, 09:30 PM
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I've never ridden with suspension, other than one rental. I'm saying bigger tires are where mountain bikes should have been developed instead of developing suspension.
06-07-23, 09:10 AM
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MTBs were originally "baloon tire bikes" with ridiculously wide tires and no suspension. That's what fatbikes are.
I'm basically arguing that the last 30 years of MTB should be called something else and fatbikes are what should have been the next step in the 90's.
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06-13-23, 12:52 AM
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06-13-23, 08:01 AM
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I have both types of bikes. The fatty beats you up on rocky rooty trails and fat tires are a lot bouncier than mechanical suspension. One is a giant rubber airbag with maybe 2" of "give" and the other is a sophisticated gas/hydraulic system with 4"-7" of travel and valving that can differentiate between fast and slow impact and control rebound and compression.
Don't mistake a $100 fat bike tire as being equivalent to a $500-$1000 shock or suspension fork.
06-13-23, 08:37 AM
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I am pretty familiar with the term Fat...
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06-13-23, 09:59 AM
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Regardless of how many times you repeat yourself, you are still wrong here. Adjusting tire pressure is adjusting its compression rate.
You are now arguing against your previous point. Fat tires do have a couple inches of "give", or compression, which means they are a substitute for mechanical suspension, in some situations. Those situations are ones with many small surface imperfections ( ie gravel ) and not those with large ones ( ie roots ).
There are also $50 mechanical suspensions, which you are ignoring, and which do not work much, if any, better than a fat tire.
I have both types of bikes. The fatty beats you up on rocky rooty trails and fat tires are a lot bouncier than mechanical suspension. One is a giant rubber airbag with maybe 2" of "give" and the other is a sophisticated gas/hydraulic system with 4"-7" of travel and valving that can differentiate between fast and slow impact and control rebound and compression.
There are also $50 mechanical suspensions, which you are ignoring, and which do not work much, if any, better than a fat tire.
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