The long, slow twilight of fat bikes
01-13-23, 10:41 AM
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Silly 'merika ... stuck in the distance past with imperial UOM!!
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01-14-23, 11:49 AM
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Would you please furnish a metric example, that way I'll understand when it's fun to ride a fatbike ;-)
I had such a laugh on mine this summer, plus I just love the Jones bars, they make me smile, sorta like the whole fatbike.
Smiles and fun and on two wheels, keeps me happy and sane.
I had such a laugh on mine this summer, plus I just love the Jones bars, they make me smile, sorta like the whole fatbike.
Smiles and fun and on two wheels, keeps me happy and sane.
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01-14-23, 01:38 PM
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ya, but other than 0c = 32f and 20c = 68f, I still have to think Fahrenheit numbers through slowly to try to figure it out in celcius
I can do the mph to kph easily in my brain, but the temp thing and the human height thing can be muddled--although we still tend to use feet and inches for peoples height here, colloquially anyway, as with peoples weight. A very Canadian thing, as we live with lots of crossover between metric and imperial. The temp thing less though as you really don't hear temps in F much anymore, maybe more with old folks.
I can do the mph to kph easily in my brain, but the temp thing and the human height thing can be muddled--although we still tend to use feet and inches for peoples height here, colloquially anyway, as with peoples weight. A very Canadian thing, as we live with lots of crossover between metric and imperial. The temp thing less though as you really don't hear temps in F much anymore, maybe more with old folks.
01-14-23, 03:54 PM
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ya, but other than 0c = 32f and 20c = 68f, i still have to think fahrenheit numbers through slowly to try to figure it out in celcius
i can do the mph to kph easily in my brain, but the temp thing and the human height thing can be muddled--although we still tend to use feet and inches for peoples height here, colloquially anyway, as with peoples weight. A very canadian thing, as we live with lots of crossover between metric and imperial. The temp thing less though as you really don't hear temps in f much anymore, maybe more with old folks.
i can do the mph to kph easily in my brain, but the temp thing and the human height thing can be muddled--although we still tend to use feet and inches for peoples height here, colloquially anyway, as with peoples weight. A very canadian thing, as we live with lots of crossover between metric and imperial. The temp thing less though as you really don't hear temps in f much anymore, maybe more with old folks.
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01-17-23, 03:46 PM
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Fat bikes use is obviously geographically limited - here in Central/Eastern Canada, there are more and more people riding them as the season goes on, and more people this year than last. The main hesitation people have seems to be that most of us are super psyched for XC ski season and there are only so many hours in the day and days in the week. I made the decision last year to leave my skiis in dry dock and focus on fat biking and I am enjoying myself. For people like me (avid cyclists, slightly less avid skiiers) fat bikes were the invention we were waiting for. Snowshoe trails and well-worn foot paths through the snow are now challenging and fun biking trails.
Living near a beach is also an opportunity to get the fatty out, but if you live somewhere with a year-round un-frozen beach, there are likely other non-fatbike riding opportunities that have a better reward:effort ratio.
It's admittedly pretty niche, but so are downhill bikes and track bikes - if you don't have a lift-assisted bike park or a velodrome nearby, these seem like pretty pointless machines too.
As the old saying goes, for those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like.
Living near a beach is also an opportunity to get the fatty out, but if you live somewhere with a year-round un-frozen beach, there are likely other non-fatbike riding opportunities that have a better reward:effort ratio.
It's admittedly pretty niche, but so are downhill bikes and track bikes - if you don't have a lift-assisted bike park or a velodrome nearby, these seem like pretty pointless machines too.
As the old saying goes, for those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like.
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01-26-23, 12:23 AM
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I was wondering about that, because "ski bikes" exist.* Turns out that fat bike skis exist too, which is a cross between concepts. Looks like a lot of fun, and a little of both.
Review of the fat bike ski.
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Review of the fat bike ski.
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01-26-23, 08:29 PM
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Most people I know locally use their fat bikes exclusively in the winter, and the numbers keep gradually increasing. The growth isn't explosive anymore, but it certainly isn't a fad. Since the people I know only use it part of the year, they tend to buy one bike and use it for years without the temptation to upgrade. I'm still using the Moonlander I got in 2013, though I did convert it to 1x11.
IMO this subforum probably shouldn't even exist. I hardly ever check here because to me fat bikes are just bikes, if you use it on Mountain Bike trails talk about it in the Mountain Bike sub, if you commute talk about it in Commuting, if you ride in the winter talk about it in the Winter sub.
IMO this subforum probably shouldn't even exist. I hardly ever check here because to me fat bikes are just bikes, if you use it on Mountain Bike trails talk about it in the Mountain Bike sub, if you commute talk about it in Commuting, if you ride in the winter talk about it in the Winter sub.
01-27-23, 12:41 PM
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I don't visit the Winter forum until it's winter and I'm cycling.
I don't visit the Advocacy forum unless I have an issue or like to contribute to somebody else's. In fact, someone last year (or earlier) was also complaining about that forum too.
And of course, because I'm riding my fat bike again, I'm in this forum to check what else is going on with other fat bikers.
I don't visit the Advocacy forum unless I have an issue or like to contribute to somebody else's. In fact, someone last year (or earlier) was also complaining about that forum too.
And of course, because I'm riding my fat bike again, I'm in this forum to check what else is going on with other fat bikers.
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02-05-23, 01:32 PM
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First Fat ride of the season today. Rent from a guy at the trail head. I really wish our weather was conducive to winter riding more than what fees like a handful of ideal times, it is so much fun.
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02-05-23, 01:39 PM
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Good for you. Late in the season no? Although I just assumed you're in Nunavut.
last week I was out trying out some different tires after a snow storm, and met a couple who had rented fatbikes for the first time, but the poor saps were having a hell of a time because the bikes had way too much pressure for the day's conditions.
last week I was out trying out some different tires after a snow storm, and met a couple who had rented fatbikes for the first time, but the poor saps were having a hell of a time because the bikes had way too much pressure for the day's conditions.
02-05-23, 03:02 PM
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Good for you. Late in the season no? Although I just assumed you're in Nunavut.
last week I was out trying out some different tires after a snow storm, and met a couple who had rented fatbikes for the first time, but the poor saps were having a hell of a time because the bikes had way too much pressure for the day's conditions.
last week I was out trying out some different tires after a snow storm, and met a couple who had rented fatbikes for the first time, but the poor saps were having a hell of a time because the bikes had way too much pressure for the day's conditions.
10-21-23, 08:49 AM
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