How useful is a fat bike...really?
04-07-16, 09:52 AM
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I need to repeat myself: LOL! - Love the use of caps for "ME" but not on "montana"!
"no experience off road" - nope, not me. I ride off-road a lot, summer and winter.
You continue two themes:
Speed - I enjoy 'fast' but it is far from the only thing I like about biking. The fatbike is not the 'fastest' bike, but it's is the funnest*.
Cost - I have enough disposable income to own a number of bikes, and including a fatbike is a good idea. If you can only afford one or two bikes, than a fatbike is a luxury that you likely can't afford.
I think you have made your opinion very clear and I feel that I have done likewise, time to stop ....
* intention use of a non-word.
"no experience off road" - nope, not me. I ride off-road a lot, summer and winter.
You continue two themes:
Speed - I enjoy 'fast' but it is far from the only thing I like about biking. The fatbike is not the 'fastest' bike, but it's is the funnest*.
Cost - I have enough disposable income to own a number of bikes, and including a fatbike is a good idea. If you can only afford one or two bikes, than a fatbike is a luxury that you likely can't afford.
I think you have made your opinion very clear and I feel that I have done likewise, time to stop ....
* intention use of a non-word.
And yes, you are right. A fat bike is a LUXURY, something that can be easily replaced by other, cheaper bikes. That was my point all along. Thank you for making it so clear.
04-07-16, 09:58 AM
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What part of ... .... is not clear?
.... is not clear?
04-07-16, 06:02 PM
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We used to cuss each other like this when the 29ers came out. Now we have a new horse to kill and mash! If you are having fun and staying in shape, ride like a boss!
I hate myself. I broke down and bought them stinkin 29" wagon wheels, and love em.
I hate myself. I broke down and bought them stinkin 29" wagon wheels, and love em.
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04-07-16, 09:15 PM
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I find mine very useful. Particularly since I'm not a technical rider and don't know the first thing about picking a line.
I just ride over every f'n thing!
I just ride over every f'n thing!
04-08-16, 07:09 AM
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We had lots of rain here yesterday, so wet trails and some mud puddles with poor traction...... time for the fat bike because riding the regular mtb will be too sketchy and I'm not about to risk getting hurt. Mtb riding is risky enough without adding to them by loosing traction on wet roots, rocks and soil. Plus, I want to ride up the hills, not hike my bike.
For me, a fat bike is useful in that it allows me to ride and maintain conditioning when normally, I couldn't ride. My buddy broke his collarbone riding last week, he simply lost front wheel traction on a slow but technical section of rocks. It happened that fast.....
For me, a fat bike is useful in that it allows me to ride and maintain conditioning when normally, I couldn't ride. My buddy broke his collarbone riding last week, he simply lost front wheel traction on a slow but technical section of rocks. It happened that fast.....
04-08-16, 04:45 PM
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For me this sums it all up.
