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Thanks Northwind, your bike looks great by the way. I'm most likely going to order one tomorrow, I've had a good read at this topic tonight and learned a lot. Has anyone managed to go tubeless on the standard rims? I went to see a Dune on Sunday in the Clydebank store and it had been set up with 3x8 shifters and a double ring at the front. I had a quick shot instore and the chain came off. I can only assume it had came with missing 2x8 shifters and the mechanic had improvised?
Cheers! Yep, running tubeless both ends on the standard rim, I posted about it just the other day if you want to look back. One of the methods is just a continuation of how I did the rim tape really.
Pretty common to run double setups with a triple shifter tbh, it's how we always used to do it when doubles were first becoming popular. But it should be set up so that it can't come off, you dial the end stop on the mech right in. TBH I'd have thought it'd have a double, though. No idea if mine did, never used the stock shifter 🙂
Purple and fluoro yellow, you sure about that Jim?!
It used to jar, but I've got over it - might change to black for a monster truck look, can't find any fluoro yellow tape 🙂
only assume it had came with missing 2x8 shifters and the mechanic had improvised?
Std setup is 2x8 with 3x8 shifters, must've been cheap! I never got on with the front mech, I'm not sure whether it was the amount of muck it encourages you to ride in or the freehub or what, but I was always losing the chain off the front or it sucking and jamming and having to stop and faff about with it, covering me and gloves in mud, sheep poo and chain oil. The Dune is good enough to deserve better, so I shelled out and went 1x.
Std setup should do you fine for a few months, but very likely the bike will get under your skin, you won't touch your bikes, and you'll end up upgrading it 🙂
slimjim78 - Member
This stuff looks perfect
That combo of purple with fluroscent yellow is even ringing my fashion-less colour combo alarm! 😆
But to help you get some more purple hints on the bike to go with the rim tape...
http://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/alpine-evo-rotor-arctic-cooling-fins.htm
http://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/nano-x-pedals.htm
http://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/lexan-headset-spacer-set.htm
http://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/zenith-stem.htm
http://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/brewster-direct-mount-cover-uk-made.htm
http://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/brewster-direct-mount-cover-uk-made.htm
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Yeah I think the purple and yellow would look retrotasticallygoppingly awesome!
Not sure y'all picked up on my little joke though, did you see the brand of tape in the link?
Buy 2nd hand bondage tape, it's prestretched & usually stickier
Sounds like there's a gap in the market
I think I've already got some of that tape... 😳
Spotted this morning that bikeradar reviewed the Dune on 3rd May. What I find really odd, unless I'm blind, they moan about there just being one frame size... Yet the large became listed on the Go Outdoors site almost a week previous!
extra 10% off all depts at GO, just had an email
Delay to print (the bikeradar review was originally in MBUK or WMB) covers that I think, we knew the large was coming but it wasn't available. But putting a 6 foot rider on a medium frame bike and then complaining that it's short is pretty absurd- if the large had been out but they got sent a medium to test, they wouldn't do that.
slimjim78 - MemberNot sure y'all picked up on my little joke though, did you see the brand of tape in the link?
Not only did I see it, now I see it in my ebay recommendations. Cheers for that! 😆
Haha! You're welcome. Heck, maybe it's perfect for rims?
TBH I think it'll be the perfect thing to add to my tarp-lined boot, with its shovel and roll of old carpet.
rOcKeTdOg - Member
extra 10% off all depts at GO, just had an email
10MAY16 makes the Dune £521.99
Zippy, I don't use tubeless; causes more problems than it solves in an area of the country with few thorns but a lot of sharp rock to tear sidewalls. The Minion can be inflated to sit up on the bead, but it only goes into place above 35psi. Then if I deflate below 12, it slides back into the rim bed in one or two locations. That's not helpful, when I want to get back to the 7psi that will hold a Floater tyre in place on that same rim.
For whatever it's worth, my Minion stays on the rim at atmospheric. Not when riding obviously 😆
Not long recovered from a minor panic, thinking my Wazoo's rear wheel was horribly out of true, dipping in ~1cm when spinning the freewheel. Turned out the Jumbo Jim was not sitting properly on the rim bead at that point, with the two closely spaced seams on the carcass wall dropping under the rim at this point! 😳
Deflated almost to nothing, had a squeeze/play with the tyre/tube especially in this area, then killed my arms pumping the tyre back up to 30 PSI with the track pump. Now spins much truer and seams can be seen at a roughly constant distance above rim. 🙂
Given I am running with one SV13F and one SV13J tube, after one of the lightweight tubes died upon installation last week (~4" split along a tube seam, not far from valve), I keep wondering in and OCD way whether I should swap the tubes so the J is on the rear wheel that supports more of my ~85Kg lump. 😆
Well I didn't go back to get the Voodoo even though I was tempted.
Got home late-night however, opened the garage up & lo & behold here was same said bike. Gotta love my Mrs. Early Xmas present apparently.it was even wrapped in tinsel.
So I'm off to read all 26 pages of this thread again on my train journey home.
Your Mrs is awesome.
Think I've read the thread 3 times now. I almost know what I'm talking about 🙂
Well done indeed, Mrs dahedd! 😀
Wives can be awesome like that. My fatbike was an early 20th anniversary pressie. By early I mean 6 months early. Didn't want me to miss out a winter of ride time.
Enjoy your new bike.
Is that bondage tape likely to attract dirt. Do you think this would be a good colour match https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/361083896982 ?
Bondage tape might attract filth?!
Not sure about the non-slip aspect, but the colour looks like it would work.
Are you sure the fat bike in the garage wasn't someone else's? After all fat bikers have to fight off the opposite sex and you did deny your wife the chance to be married to one by walking away.
Just thinking out loud
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What's the best price that Blutos can be picked up for historically?
I've tried my front tyre down as low as 4psi but not quite sure I'm achieving the fabled 2" of cushion that fats are famous for - my wrists are well aware this morning that I went for a ride last night!
I'm enjoying g the back to basics fully rigid experience after years of front suspension - but in the fast descents I'm beginning to crave a little extra help up front.
Had several miles on a tow path last night towards the end of my ride and noticed the additional drag from the tyres for the first time. Not sure I'll be happy switching to heavier/draggier tyres! Goes great up climbs and grips nicely everywhere though. Staggering how much off camber grip there is
slimjim78 - Member
What's the best price that Blutos can be picked up for historically?
~£400 new is the going rate, Winstanleys is £380 at the mo.
But here is an alternative approach to ponder...
Buy a Fatty Trail for £1k, if you prefer the Dune frame, pinch the Bluto; front wheel; brakes etc.
Put the bits you don't want on the Fatty and flog it as a unique modded Fatty with a fluro yellow rigid fork.
😆
There's a tapered carbon rigid forks (plus an alloy) at http://www.carboncycles.cc/?s=0&c=105&p=1662&tb=001 , as another option to consider.
I've tried my front tyre down as low as 4psi but not quite sure I'm achieving the fabled 2" of cushion that fats are famous for - my wrists are well aware this morning that I went for a ride last night!
Give it a while before you decide. I got arm pump for the first few rides but it went. At CyB the other week I got less pump/hand issues than the two guys I was riding with (on normal bikes).
Having said that, I wouldn't say no to some rear suspension...
Slim Jim , I swapped my 120 tpi tyre for one with 60. It was noticeably harsher. Swapped back to my old tyre and am happy again.
I'd invest in a Floater just to check.
Adapting your riding plays a big part too, unweighting the fork more and working the trail a bit more. But I think my main criticism of the Dune is still that stiff fork, it does beat up the wrists a surprising amount. (I moved my bars and stem from a carbon forked scandal to the Dune and the Dune definitely wears my hands more in some ways).
I just put a set of Crank Bros Cobalt bars on it-their daft 780mm wide XC bars. They're seriously soft- you can bounce on them and see and feel the bend- doesn't bother me while riding but it's really taken the sting out, now I can spend a day riding really rough stuff and feel fresh. Not for everyone I think but I'm really pleased.
Adapting your riding plays a big part too, unweighting the fork more and working the trail a bit more.
Yeah, I think my arm pump going away is down to riding differently rather than anything else.
Yeah I'll persevere, you're right about adapting style - I'm used to being lazy! Having said that, I hit a hidden rut at about 30mph last night which I'm fairly sure a suspender would've just soaked up - if it were any deeper I'd probably have been in a bit of trouble..
Running a Knuckleball bar, but wish it was the 'chewy' option - I've got the firm, and for carbon, it's firm. Less buzz than Alu though.
First time I rode a fatty at a trail centre I felt like I'd been in a ring with a pro boxer, really battered my shoulders & back, 18 months on though & I've adapted my riding style and have few problems on rough terrain
My thumbs really don't appreciate it. There's a few bits at Swinley where you pick up a lot of speed, then suddenly turn into a series of roots/steps upto a foot, and you can't manual them because they're usually into a corner! Every ride I come back with sprained thumbs!
Had the same issue with normal rigid bikes though.
slimjim78 - MemberYeah I'll persevere, you're right about adapting style - I'm used to being lazy! Having said that, I hit a hidden rut at about 30mph last night which I'm fairly sure a suspender would've just soaked up - if it were any deeper I'd probably have been in a bit of trouble..
Yeah, this sort of thing has caught me too. I did a day/night enduro race on mine not long after I got it and that was the learning curve- for most folks, there's some stuff like big compressions and ruts and that that you don't have to worry about on any other bike, you have to worry about on the fatbike. (because on any other bike that can't deal with them, you'll normally be going much slower)
For me this is a total selling point though now i've written that down, I see this is moronic. But what the hell.
So thanks to the Mrs I've got one now.
Had its first outing in the local woods yesterday, lots of fun but a culture shock from riding Full Sus for the last 2 decades. Sods law but the terrific run of weather this last week in Moray has pretty much dried the trails out so little mud to float through. Still obvious though that in the mud ill get mucket, what do you recommend for a mud guard combo
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Another 20miles on the Wazoo over the weekend. Great fun but seriously weird to ride being so used to a full sus. Going to have to modify my riding stance & Style on this bike.
Found it to be great thrashing up the fire rds with the kids for a picnic in the morning, great traction on the lose dry gravelly stuff, like wise on the damp old railway line.
Out myself In the afternoon after a mate pulled out. Felt really weird on my local tight, rooty singletrack & I'll need to work on the jumps & I avoided the drop offs. Sore back by time of got home but I reckon that's down to my riding style betting not quite right for the bike. It'll take a little getting used to. Felt the front end pull & wash out a few times, think id dropped the front the pressure a ill too much (need a better pump)
All in all though I good first weeks fattie riding.
Got my first fatbike snake bite flat yesterday, riding down some Rocky steps, BOOM! Rapid deflation at speed, full on tank slapper & nearly soiled my shorts
OK, I have a question.
I love my Dune, but would like to "upgrade" to a large frame, now that such a thing is available. But GO will only sell me a complete bike, not a frame only.
So, is there any reason not to buy a Fatty trail frame and swap everything over? The seat posts are a different size, so I'll need a new reverb, but will wheels etc all just transfer?
dahedd, what tyres have you got?
As with anything, tyres make a huge difference.
fadda, the Fatty Trail has a 170qr rear, Im sure that's different than the Dune.
So, possibly just a new rear wheel and most of the bits should swap over. There are lots of cheap second hand bits out there that would probably suit.
Fatty trail has 170 rear spacing & QR fitting, dunes have 190mm & bolt through iirc but everything else should swap + it would clash a bit with the yellow fork! (& u might want to check fork length as fatty trails are 120mm suspension corrected)
@ dahedd
Keep playing with your tyre pressures too, till you find that sweetspot that works for you.
Dahedd, are you still using the default stem and if so, are you finding the front end feels very low?
I think crashtestmonkey raised the front end, possibly with a high rise bar, I swapped to my 80mm ~35 degree On One stem to get a 4+cm raise.
How funny, I dropped the front to get a bit more reach, got a stiff neck and tingly palms at 3+ hours, but I didn't notice anything negative about the ride, better than ever in fact (might be getting used to the 1x10 setup mind)
Might go for a wider flexi bar too - after that a longer seat post but then there's only the frame and wheels left!
I find the front slightly lower than I'm used to, but it feels kinda good. Switching over to an 80mm stem with +6 degree rise later in the week - coupled with my 780mm bar I think it going to feel sweet.
Been plagued with a bit of chain suck this week and have lost a fair amount of paint as a result a looking forward to my 1x10 gear arriving
Oh yeah, need some crank advice - I have a spare standard Hope 68/73 bottom bracket with GXP adapter fitted so ideally would like to use it - I'm looking at the SRAM GX1000 which looks good value at around £75, guessing that the BB would be fine to use without the standard width plastic tube spacer thingy?
ie, just run the BB at 100mm.
Bit worried about chainline with a SRAM crank, anyone know the centreline of them?
Also, the GX 1000 has an 11sp ring - are they ok to run with 10sp chain?
Lightman, at the moment I'm using the tyres that came with the bike; Mission Command's, never heard of the manufacturer before. They'll do fOr now.
Might get a steeper stem or riser bars later, I'll see how it goes. Only been out on it 3 times so far. As far as weight reduction goes I've more need to lose over a stone myself before I start fitting carbon forks & bars on what was intended as a cheap & cheerful winter ride.
'May' have been perusing the Go Outdoors site, 'possibly' looking at Dunes - they've got a 10% offer on today, so with the member card + 7% from Quidco should give decent discount. If my maths are correct (they may not be), think it would come in at sub-£500...so very, very tempting...
I'm thinking of buying a L and giving my 15 year old daughter the M. She does love riding it. Sounds like a plan 🙂
Do it. You won't get more fun for your money.
Oh yeah, need some crank advice - I have a spare standard Hope 68/73 bottom bracket with GXP adapter fitted so ideally would like to use it - I'm looking at the SRAM GX1000 which looks good value at around £75, guessing that the BB would be fine to use without the standard width plastic tube spacer thingy?
ie, just run the BB at 100mm.
Yes, but it may be susceptible to water inside the frame getting to the bearings. Pack them out with grease on the inside and drill a hole in the BB shell to let the water out if there isn't one already and should be fine.
Bit worried about chainline with a SRAM crank, anyone know the centreline of them?
Also, the GX 1000 has an 11sp ring - are they ok to run with 10sp chain?
SRAM certainly have a narrower Q -factor than most, Raceface and others are 200/220mm (170/190 spacing), but SRAM are closer to 175/195. Not sure what the chainlines are, I just use a 2x X5 chainset on my fatty with a single ring, works fine on a 10s cassette. The GX versions use similar arms to the X5/X9 (GX-1000 is solid like X5 and deore, GX-1400 is hollow like SLX and X9) but use a 94mm BCD which ties you into SRAM chainrings.
I'd best wait for child 2 to come back from School to ensure we've got our story straight in case of cross examination... they have one in Gloucester as well!
The GX versions use similar arms to the X5/X9 but use a 94mm BCD which ties you into SRAM chainrings.
Damn, I stupidly assumed 104 BCD - I already have a SuperStar 3-T NW in transit. Suppose i could send it back and use the Sram ring.
do I have any other/better options to run with my Hope BB?
[b]dahedd[/b], the Vee tyre Mission Commands are one of the worst off road tyres out there!
You really need to look at the tread like you would do with any mtb tyre and see if its suitable for your riding. Just because its a fat tyre, it doesn't mean it will magically make a poor tread really good in conditions it was not meant for.
I got some VEE8 tyres and they are rubbish off road, but I only use them on the road because of that and will run them 15-25 psi. They will go off road but I don't expect much when that happens.
I would suggest that keep your tyres for road rides and get a pair off On One Floaters to get you going if you're on a budget, thats what I have.
There are better and more expensive tyres out there, but the Floaters are a very good budget tyre and will transform your bike straight away 🙂
Plus, if you run them at 20psi, they are actually quite fast on the road too.
Cheers [b]Lightman[/b] I'll upgrade them b4 the autumn. Still got my 29er Stumpjumper to play with as well. I've a mate who has fat bikes for ages, ill pick his brains on tyre choice (see if he has any cast offs)
Saying that I see On One still has a sale on. The Floaters are down to £30. Is it worth replacing just the rear tyre or is it best to do both ?
Just changed the innertubes on my on-one for the schwalbes recommended on here.
Bloody hell the difference is immense, 570g each down to around 180, are they really strong enough?
I can see me using them for all the mtbs, cant see why i'd use anything else. The mtb tubes ive been using are 325g.
Lets just see if the buggers are up to the job
dahedd, the Vee tyre Mission Commands are one of the worst off road tyres out there!
Vee Missions were horrible, Mission Commands are a new version and apparently pretty good.
Just changed the innertubes on my on-one for the schwalbes recommended on here.Bloody hell the difference is immense, 570g each down to around 180, are they really strong enough?
I can see me using them for all the mtbs, cant see why i'd use anything else. The mtb tubes ive been using are 325g.
Lets just see if the buggers are up to the job
If it's an original Fatty, drill the rims and go tubeless too, makes a huge difference.
570g tube + 150g of extra metal down to ~120g of tube and ~120g of sealant, doesn't feel that different to my 29er now.
One aspect of riding a fatty didn't become apparent til last night.
Making progress on a gravelly descent and spied a dog walker coming out of a side path. Slammed the brakes on.
There was no suspension dive, no skidding , just a very controlled stop.
I always reckoned I would put my Fatty away in the summer. Really can't see me riding anything else.
I have officially become a Fatty Bore.
I think crashtestmonkey raised the front end,
no, it was what a few other reviewers had mentioned on the Wazoo.
The Mission Commands are excellent on hardpack/trail centre stuff. I currently have a Floater (£15 in a recent sale) on the rear and Jumbo Jim on the front, but the MCs will be getting used, not binned.
My Schwalbe 180grm tubes are holding up fine.
Grip on fat bikes really is immense. I was the only bike to clean a few super steep climbs on our last (local Chilterns) ride (my legs were cursing the grip!), and I found I was carrying so much more speed on swoopy stuff as every corner feels like a berm I was having to brake to avoid steamrollering mates I'd thought I was riding at the same speed as. No slower anywherre than the HTs or FSers I rode with and occasionally quicker.
My fat bike will be getting used throughout the summer with the big bike only coming out for stuff like the non-trail centre stuff at FoD.
Talking of cranks, does anyone have suggestions for a replacement 36t ring for a 2x10 Sram X5 on my older Fatty? Would much prefer steel to butter/sorry, alloy.
Well, bit the bullet thanks to this thread. Ordered a medium Dune for Mrs MM...which may get pinched 'occasionally' - will be comedy small for me though. Still can't make up my mind whether I really like the Rooster. If the Dune's as fun as I hope, might sell the Rooster f&f and swap bits over to a large frame. Shame they don't do a different colour option though, his+hers bikes...not sure...
Anyhow arrives tomorrow, can't wait 🙂
Dfs , sorry I mean PlanetX, have a weekend 15% discount code for components, pxfounders50
Makes the RDS On One Carbon Fatty Fork £127.50 less ~2% using Topcashback.
The default Wazoo wheels and fork are Front Disc Spaced, would either need some lathing skills on the disc mounts to remove 5mm, or buy a relatively expensive and heavy Fatty front wheel for ~£63 (have been ~£37).
Sadly, the Fat Not Fat 29er wheelset was increased in base price from £120 to £150, so using promo, it is same price as fork.
Still no idea if the front wheel of this set is RDS or FDS.
Makes the "chewy" Knuckleball bars £51 less cash back, due in June.
Fat tyres are at least £25.50 less cash back, they have been at least £15 each.
How do the Emmental/El Guapo wheels weigh up?
Annoyingly unavailable in a Dune friendly pair - but if they were any lighter/better than stock wheels they would probably be worth a bash at £169 a set.
http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/WBOOEELF/on-one-emmental-fat-rim-on-el-guapo-fat-hubs
Might pick up a chain in thier sale though - which is best for 1x10 Zee/Sunrace set up?
Have heard KMC work nicely - any model to pick in particular?
Annoyingly unavailable in a Dune friendly pair - but if they were any lighter/better than stock wheels they would probably be worth a bash at £169 a set.
Same rims as the Dune (and Halo tundra, Charge fat bikes, and a few other budget wheelsets), so no they're unlikely to be much different (unless you need new hubs).
Cheers for the heads up though, I've been slowly accumulating bits for my Fatty Trail build, ironic really, it's probably going to end up being near enough the stock build at this rate!
Ha. Hopefully you can beat the stock price then
Pretty sure it's not the same rim as the Tundra? Might be the same basic extrusion but the cutouts are different and it's a fair bit heavier claimed weight in emmenthal/Dune/Porg form
Ha. Hopefully you can beat the stock price then
Should be, if nothing else it'll get the aftermarket version of the forks and my choice of finishing kit.
Pretty sure it's not the same rim as the Tundra? Might be the same basic extrusion but the cutouts are different and it's a fair bit heavier claimed weight in emmenthal/Dune/Porg form
Pretty sure it is, saw them side by side and they looked identical apart from the cutouts. The Halo does have bigger cutouts. What's the difference in weight, I've not seen one listed for the dune/emmental?
Really fancied Surly MOBD rims, but seems they're the same high prices as all their others.
p.org says 940g for the rim with round holes and 2 rows of spoke holes. So it'll be a wee bit heavier in the 32h version. Halo say 870g. Course, either or both could be Made Up Bollocks.
the El Guapo hubs are pretty good by all accounts. Probably worthy of a rim upgrade in the future.
p.org says 940g for the rim with round holes and 2 rows of spoke holes. So it'll be a wee bit heavier in the 32h version. Halo say 870g. Course, either or both could be Made Up Bollocks.
That probably isn't far off, IIRC drilling knocks off ~150g, so another 70g isn't unreasonable a weight reduction.
Still, we're comparing rims that weigh 300g+ more than the cheap carbon stuff, what's 70g!
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Cheers. Been watching them for ages but was too right to pay the postage. worth £37 now he's dropped the postage.
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Rode this:
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after my pikes died in the Lakes. Just a 15km ride around Patterdale and Ullswater. I loved it tho, even tho it's the cooking version of the Farley. Rode everything I'd have ridden on the FS although some of the steppy stuff a bit slower. The 4.8 tyres were definitely better than my 4.0s - might have to get one for the front.
But funny shaped seat tube means I can't see how you'd get a dropper in there...
Nice.
But funny shaped seat tube means I can't see how you'd get a dropper in there...
You can* 🙂
The limiting factor is the bottle cage mounting boss (as on many frames).
*I have a 125mm x 420mm Reverb on mine (17.5" 'virtual' frame size), and it fits comfortably - I can drop it down another 1-2" before it hits the bottle cage boss in the frame.
Ah right o, I preferred it to my dune (although too small as it was the 17.5) - maybe it was the bigger tyres but it just felt a bit more floaty. The descent off the top of patter dale ridge was amazing, didn't slow me down at all and got back with massive grin on my face. And round ullswater just climbed over everything. Brill.
Great photo - scenery looks stunning.
Tempted to try a 4.5 or 4.8 up front myself.
I took my longest local decent at a STRAVA PB of 35mph last night - you know that point where you're having a great time at what seems like warp speed and then the little voice in your head goes ''if one of these components undeneath you happens to fail now, you'll be a in a real bad way'' ?
Whatever, will be going back to beat the time tonight!
Also fitted a KS Lev with lever operated action - looks nice and neat in place but so bloody fiddly reaching the lever on the move, especially when trying to stand and lift. Have promptly ordered some bits from the remote lever kit from ze germans and will be using a Spesh SRL lever I have laying around.
Guys, I need to commit to a chainset - Ideally want to run the Superstar 30t ring, and retain the Hope BB cups I have spare so a GXP crank in 104BCD would be ideal.
What are my options? I can't seem to get my head around the chainline/spacers/BCD/axle width/dropout width conundrum.
Great picture, but why do so few fatbikes have dropper posts fitted? It was the thing that surprised me most when I had a demo on a Surly Ice Cream Truck; a hooligan of a bike, but no dropper!
Great picture, but why do so few fatbikes have dropper posts fitted? It was the thing that surprised me most when I had a demo on a Surly Ice Cream Truck; a hooligan of a bike, but no dropper!
Depends on the bike, but most fat bikes are designed as XC bikes foremost. And as an N+1, so spending £200 on a dropper is probably an excessive extravagance. And get used on a beach (the salt would kill most droppers and their mediocre seals).
My fatty has a dropper though.