Winter bike / Snow bike thread

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  • I get the impression most UK fatbikers, are riding swamplands and beaches. Seems logical that running 8psi in 4" wide tyres, is going to allow the tyre to deform around, and grip rocky terrain. I havent tried it myself. Most probably not the most effective set-up. But fatbiking is'nt about getting from A to B as fast as possible. Its about slugging along at 10mph, and making an attempt at reaching Z.

    I have no idea why somebody would want to run 4" slicks on the road. But I do find myself lusting after some black floyds. Reading reviews of the black floyd. You need to have the perfect PSI in your tyres, or the bike will handle horribly.

    mdcc tester. That photo is classs. I think I remember seeing it on MTBR. Definitly needs hipster glasses potatoe chopped onto the lass.

    Its a singlespeed, you've probably never heard of it..
    Its a fatbike, you've probably never heard of it..
    Its a truss fork, you've probably never heard of it..
    It a fully rigid MTB, you've probably never heard of it..

    etc.

  • ^ can anybody remember that custom ti bike for riding across morecambe bay?

    EDIT:

    Here it is:

  • I love the look of the bike. But the track clearances + geometry, and the fat tyres seem to be at odds with each other.

    Still cool though.

    Those Hookworms look awsome mounted on 80mm rims.

  • Yeah, it's been designed for an uber specific purpose.

    For some reason I just can't find the guy who it belongs to posts in porn. I'm certain I replied at some point to explain exactly what he used it for.

    Basically caning it across flat wet sand somewhere in England.

  • Change it for Big Apple, add some brake + drop bar hood lever, and I reckon it'll be shitload of fun riding in the city.

  • Apparenty, Charlie have a "Big Fat Front End" kit;

    http://www.charliethebikemonger.com/bikemonger-big-fat-front-end-kit---snow-bike-for-29er-1908-p.asp

    Not badly priced considering the price of the Surly hub and rim. But the Mukluk and Pugsly framesets are only £450.

    Posty delivered a couple of these yesterday :D

  • Just spotted this...

    ![](http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Jones-Bikes-Diamond-Frame-Truss-Fork-Black-29er-Fat-Front-Compatible-LOW-USE-/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjAw/$(KGrHqFHJBcE63VgygIfBOzrTpc-bg~~60_12.JPG)

    Fat front Jones 29er. Kinda tempting to buy it. Sell the frame (doesnt fit me), then use the fork on a Fatty frame.

    Very nice indeed.

  • Was about to mentioned the headtube length but realised a couple spacers would be fine... i think.

  • Whered you spot that? And how big?

  • ^ can anybody remember that custom ti bike for riding across morecambe bay?

    EDIT:

    Here it is:

    The name of the bike is lollobrigida,is the bike of Bilbao´s bikebuilder(vasque country), he uses it in the mountain but he also run the titan desert race years ago

    Pd: the name of the bikebuilder is Amaro

  • Saw some nice Ti 9zero7 frames on their facebook yesterday. Would love to go with a Ti frame and a carbon fork. But I cant afford or justify the cost.

  • Winter wheels ready to roll


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  • 5357g with rotors and 16t sprocket, so I dread to think what fat wheels must weigh

  • 5357g with rotors and 16t sprocket, so I dread to think what fat wheels must weigh

    Nice winter hoops! I'm a bit jello TBH.

    Theres a recent thread on MTBR where the new knobbly from surly has been studded (I think by folk involved with Sandman bikes).

    Nate tyres (120 tpi) = 3040g
    Flat 80, 907 rim = 1600g
    266 studs = 170g
    hubs (pair) = 800g
    Rim strips = 50g
    Spokes = 382g
    nipples = 64g
    rotors = 240g

    So 6346g (without sprocket). Although that is a pretty high end build, using drilled out rims. The target for my (flotation orientated) wheels is under 6Kg, with a 108mm tyre width. If I do some home studding. It will be with the budget Ortigin8 tyres, which would add 500g to the build. Taking into account my rims are probably nearly 100g each heavier. Thats over 7Kg the pair (sans cassette).


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  • Gabes has a triton custom built ti frame, it was made in Russia. The guy also has made some snowbikes. Its about £600 for a custom geometry, you may wish to contact Gabes for more info if you have not yet bought a frame.

  • Gabes has a triton custom built ti frame, it was made in Russia. The guy also has made some snowbikes. Its about £600 for a custom geometry, you may wish to contact Gabes for more info if you have not yet bought a frame.

    Cheers James. I spent half of yesterday trying to get Ti-Products to make me one. I have detailed geometry worked out, as well as, tyre clearances, all the braze-on, cable routing details etc.

    I've just sent an enquiry to Speedway. To see if they have any small 2011 fatback frames left. But I'll shoot Gabe a pm.

    I need to know which frame I will be going with. So I can send out a Xmas wish list. I'll just get slippers from everybody I know anyway, but its nice to have the build on paper.

  • think I might need to take off the slicks and stick the knobblies on the 29er.....

  • think I might need to take off the slicks and stick the knobblies on the 29er.....

    I woke up to a foot of fecking wet snow yesterday. Figured it'd be gone by the end of the day. So stuck to the semi-slick commuter tyres, as I can fit better guards with them (it was fecking slushy). Woke this morning to lumpy frozen slush, and no time to swap tyres.

    I fail.

  • its Gabes, not Gabe - 2 different people on the forum with one letter of difference in their names

  • its Gabes, not Gabe - 2 different people on the forum with one letter of difference in their names

    It was Gabes I pm'd. I've had a pm from Gabe in the past. So nearly fell into that one.

  • Mounted the winter tyres on the commuter last night. Had to cycle to the in-laws, and I decided to take the mountian path. There's a foot wide line of hardpack from walkers I had to balance in, while spinning 34:28. Loads of fun, but I'm gagging for some floatation.


  • Gabes has a triton custom built ti frame, it was made in Russia. The guy also has made some snowbikes. Its about £600 for a custom geometry, you may wish to contact Gabes for more info if you have not yet bought a frame.

    Found the Triton bikes thread on MTBR.com. Looks perfect. I've contacted him with my proposed geometry and frame spec's.

    My idea is to add stand-over by simply lowering the top tube, and have head and seat tubes extend a touch more than usual. Then add front tyre clearance by lifting the down tube a touch higher up the headtube. I fancy adding cool looking gussets to the seat tube-top tube join, and the lower head tube- down tube join. I'm thinking 1.5" headtube. So I can run a tapered fork steerer if I want (Carbon Fatback fork).

    Boring numbers for fellow nerds....

    ETT 580
    HT 110
    HT ext upper 22
    HT ext lower 15
    HT dimensions 1.5"
    ST (c-t) 405
    ST(c-c) 340
    BB drop 60
    CS 452
    TT angle 24,5
    HT angle 70
    ST angle 73,5
    Tyre clearance 120
    Distance to axle of clearance 352
    Rear OLD 170
    BB width 100
    Reach 403
    Stack 592
    Fork ATC 46

  • Is such a slack HT common on Fatbikes?

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