Hmmm, that's a good point. Hardest part about w7.5+ it seems is that it's such a new concept, you are forced to buy new which makes my wallet sad. Grabbing a used 29er and just swapping wheels seems a lot easier.

Thanks for the tip, gonna research tonight

dont forget that you can run 29+ on a fat bike

I'm also looking into building a 27.5" SS hardtail or rigid MTB. Been rocking an early 00's Gary Fisher SS hardtail for about a year, that I picked up used super cheap just to see how I liked SS MTBing... and freaking love it. Don't even have a frame for the new rig yet, but just ordered this handlebar for it using a Christmas gift card I got: https://www.biketiresdirect.com/prod...-mtb-handlebar $60 for a sweet Ti bar from a cool local company? Hell yeah!

@cali_axela - someone posted that deal on here weeks ago and i immediately saved it to a wishlist, i want it but i have no use for it. but such a good deal tho. lol

however, for the same reason theres gonna be plenty of people that tried it and hated it and are selling their gear

if you do the 29er/B+ thing, look for something with common spacing (135/12x142), not the boost hubs. itl be easier to find stuff (i.e. boost 29 wheels dont exist unless someone built them for themselves). you can get a regular 27.5 wheelset, you dont need super wide rims (just dont go below 30mm with a 3" tire, IMO)

Oh jesus my bike costs like $7.5k retail.

Since you brought up Jesus...

i think what i might end up doing is selling the ECR, and replacing it with a fatbike.

then i have one bike that i can use for long gravel tours with 29+, fat wheels for being fat and weird, and 5" tires for sand and snow

thats like 4 bikes in one! and i can jusfity buying a fatbike!

having never owned a fat bike before I couldn't pass up the surly deal a few weeks ago. I know the pugs is "old school" but it really appealed to me. extremely happy with it.

I'm super stoked on my Ritchey 27.5 HT... Love riding that thing.

old school is cool

I feel like the pugs will be a cult bike within the next couple years....

i feel like its already there, fat bikes are cult in themselves and pugs was numero uno

I need to finish my builds lol.

yes. you do.

WHERES THE ****ING GT?!??!??!??!!

Proper old school fat bike. Maybe proto fat bike, since they didn't call 'em that back then...

Couple of rims laced to one hub!



I think I remember some triple wheels from some olde Iditabike article.

Here's more pics of that bike:



Clark Kent Fat Bike Slideshow by jerrysneck | Photobucket

Those were the days! Pure badassery and ingenuity and some great Deore stuff!

Checked out a 2015 rockhopper 29 today, the components were garbage but price was decent. Gonna sleep on the purchase and see how I feel.

https://vimeo.com/81033392

cult bikes? fat bikes are trendy as hell!

I wonder if they just cut off the center-facing beads of the tires and glued the side walls together? I would think getting them to seat would be horrendous.

Found some delicious looking snacks in K-Town last night.

Poop flavoured pork rinds?

I like the anal star graphic element they dropped in there!

And the hand?

They look like Poopie Puffs but I have no idea what flavor they were.

That was the hand of the other delicious looking snack I have been hanging out with lately.