[Closed] Whats a fat bike like in the lakes

is it snowing?

Be really good for low level Loughrigg type stuff, steep tech Wharnscale rocky stuff, not so much.

I rode the Jen Ride on mine a few years ago, it was really good. Loads of time, grip and confidence on rocky, trialsy climbs. Very steady on the really loose descents like Garburn. Fun everywhere else.

Depends who you're riding with, though. If you're smashing descents with Enduro racers, you're going to get out of shape earlier than them.

I believe they float so good in lakes

Solo long day rides really...had a 27 plus specialized once

Didn't everyone sell their fat bikes to buy gravel bikes?

I think they sold their guitars to buy synthesizers.

They are spot on for general riding..did jennride on mine this year and it didn't miss a beat..climbed most of walna scar rd fully loaded..they ain't slow imho.

It will be brilliant and you should buy mine!

Zippy what is it ?
And will £20 quid be enough lol

Be prepared for nearly every walker to comment: "Ooh those are big tyres!" and want you to stop for a chat.

Here are a few fat bike notes for you.

1. It's a bike. Budget makes a difference.
2. The only people in general who slag off fat bikes are people like on here who have never ridden a quality fat bike.
3. Having bike packed the jennride and the lakes 200 on a fully rigid fatty as well as the cairngorm 200 I can testify they are great imo.
4. Yes, suspension makes a difference, but tyres and pressures more so.
5. They double up really well as a 29+ bike.
6. Think of them more as a bog or beach bike rather than a snow bike.

A guy on a lovely looking Ritchey fat bike passed me the other day but that was on the beach just south of Blackpool, not up in the lakes.

I had one for a while in Peak District, I didn't like it that much but I didn't spend enough time setting it up and getting to know it.

The tyres will help it float more than a standard bike but it'll still tip over quickly enough!

They're so good, you see loads of them about.

They're OK for bimbling about on easy trails but soon get out of their depth on anything remotely interesting.

The only people in general who slag off fat bikes are people like on here who have never ridden a quality fat bike.

😁 One of the early* fatbike owners here and ridden many more than the three I've owned over several years.
Salsa, Onone and Fatback.

*2010

While I live next to a beach - hence the fatty, I found Tiree, Coll, Sanday and the coast of Aberdeenshire to be very interesting for bikepacking.

When the time comes, will definitely be getting another fatty.

@MadBillMcMad - you only live round the corner from @sefton and you are both about the same height so could you let him have a quick go on yours so he gets an idea what it’d be like? Just a thought.

They’re OK for bimbling about on easy trails but soon get out of their depth on anything remotely interesting.

Found a rigid fatbike OK for the Torridon Lolipop and Ben Damph round but maybe that's just me.

Mr sparkle.

Just messaged him through here.

Bill

👍

I've been riding my Rose Tusker fatty since 2015, this last year I've been out most Sundays with some mates on their skinnys...keeping up and beating them up climbs....a few weeks ago the fatty actually let me down .
Surrey hills was soaked and where the fatty normally shines I actually got stuck about 3 times as the ground was just slushy mud, where as the skinny boys got though them all.
Could have been my fault I might had too much air in the tyres...Next year I'm going to go tubless and get some maxxis

Where I am we have exactly the wrong kind of mud for my for a fatty. Just slides all over the top. Narrow tyres cut straight through.
For rocky environments the fatty is a must. Shame there’s no rocks around here just mud.
I always feel that someday I’ll drive for over a hour to ride sand at Frensham but taking a skinny and riding locally always wins out.

Fatties don't do mud! As said above, rock is great with them.

One thing I have noticed is more deep tracks around the place. Physics! Those who traded their fatties for gravel.

Cheers Simon, cheers Bill! Probably a bike too many at the moment (I have a canoe to sell first) haha