Fat bikes ?

[FrankCrank]

....what are they all about? I'm seeing more and more of them over this way, and always being ridden on paved roads!

Nothing to me looks more ridiculous.

Perhaps I'm being a bit disingenuous, but aren't they meant to be for sand and snow?

Visited several bike shops here recently, and seen several of these beasts up close now, and am baffled by their sudden rise to fame. Got to be well overweight and stodgy compared to a normal rigid MTB with balloon tyres, which would be more than adequate for pottering about on ..........I just don't get it.....

Rant over

 

[djb1971]

Perhaps I'm being a bit disingenuous

yes

but aren't they meant to be for sand and snow?

no

 

[Sim2003]

Some people just prefer the looks Lad at work is after one for no reason other than the fact he likes how it looks.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I know someone who has one, he loves it, he rides as direct a route as he can to work on it, says it's great fun.

 

[TissoT]

I prefer thin bikes Carbon and as lite as possible ...

 

[Joffey]

I'd love one!

 

[Arjimlad]

A pal of mine will be doing the Tasty Cheddar Audax on one of these with me in October. Should be interesting getting up Cheddar Gorge !

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

They're great fun and very different to ride

 

[Racing roadkill]

They're good for training purposes. They weigh as much as a small moon / Death Star, and are unbelievably draggy. Try getting a tube for one, on a Sunday afternoon, with a p*ncture.

 

[djb1971]

They weigh as much as a small moon / Death Star, and are unbelievably draggy. Try getting a tube for one, on a Sunday afternoon, with a p*ncture.

utter rubbish

mines not super heavyweight and is tubeless, maybe you've tried an ebay special for £200

 

[arch684]

I had a ride on one a couple of weeks ago along a bumpy dirt track.I was surprised how good it was

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

They're good for training purposes. They weigh as much as a small moon / Death Star, and are unbelievably draggy. Try getting a tube for one, on a Sunday afternoon, with a p*ncture.

A 26inch tube fits IIRC.

 

[classic33]

Home build!

 

[djb1971]

A 26inch tube fits IIRC.

continental do 2.1-2.6 tube that fits 4" tyres

 

[FrankCrank]

.....well, each to their own I guess - live and let live and all that. Would be good to see one being ridden on a beach over this way, unlikely to see one on snow

I do a lot of cycling here along a canal path that is rutted, bumpy and strewn with rocks. Suspect the cycling equivalent of a Chelsea Tractor would do an admirable job on this type of terrain, but I won't be rushing to find out......