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I know I'm like 2 years behind the fashion, but I was looking at smallfurry's fat bike a couple of weeks ago and it has made me want to be riding something with supermassive tyres on. I'm imagining rolling clean over all the bumps and potholes (and peds) in the road like some kind of two wheeled monster truck. So, time to get all Massey-Fergusson on one of my bikes!
There are Specialized Fatboys, which run at a recommended 100psi (great for fat boys like me), but they're only about 30mm wide. Then there are Kojaks at 50mm (but with poor puncture resistance) or Big Apples at 50mm (they used to do a 60mm but it's now discontinued) which seem to be about the tubbiest clinchers around. I'm not interested in a compromise tyre, I'm thinking, "Go FAT!! or go home".
So, anyone tried any of this breed of super-fat tyres in that last couple of years? Is there anything fatter than the ones above though, in the 50mm+ range? And would I need to move up to a wider rim (currently have 1" rims available) to use them?