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  • April 5, 2013 at 4:09 pm #966694
    jabberwocky
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    @TwoWheelsDC 48451 wrote:

    Actually, this brings up an honest question….what is the purpose of a fatbike?

    People will think you’re trendy and cool.

    April 5, 2013 at 4:24 pm #966696
    Bilsko
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    @Rootchopper 48460 wrote:

    BTW, for some reason I am wondering what happens if you put helium in those tires.

    I’d be willing to try, but I have a feeling that even 4100 cubic inches of Helium wont do much against the 45lbs of bike.

    April 5, 2013 at 4:28 pm #966698
    Bilsko
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    Wikipedia and Google inform me that the buoyant mass for 4100 cu inches of Helium should be around 2.45lbs. I think that would negate the weight of my handlebars.

    April 5, 2013 at 4:29 pm #966699
    GuyContinental
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    @jabberwocky 48463 wrote:

    People will think you’re trendy and cool.

    Three weeks ago in Davis WV, I saw a fatbike with studded tires bust out of the singletrack in fully 18″ of snow and head downhill at 20+ mph (in a blizzard). That was pretty awesome. There is also a local guy who took his on a off-road, off-trail 45-day crazy adventure in Alaska and some crazy people who do sand racing out in AZ. Beyond that…

    April 5, 2013 at 4:36 pm #966701
    GuyContinental
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    @Bilsko 48467 wrote:

    Wikipedia and Google inform me that the buoyant mass for 4100 cu inches of Helium should be around 2.45lbs. I think that would negate the weight of my handlebars.

    Seal and fill the frame tubing too! That should give you another 5-6oz of lift…

    Add 4-5K Heilum balloons and you’ll be approaching road bike weight.

    April 5, 2013 at 4:46 pm #966704
    jabberwocky
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    @GuyContinental 48468 wrote:

    Three weeks ago in Davis WV, I saw a fatbike with studded tires bust out of the singletrack in fully 18″ of snow and head downhill at 20+ mph (in a blizzard). That was pretty awesome. There is also a local guy who took his on a off-road, off-trail 45-day crazy adventure in Alaska and some crazy people who do sand racing out in AZ. Beyond that…

    I know they have their uses, I’m just being snarky. :p I am amused at how fatbikes have been embraced by the rigid-singlespeed-suspension-is-evil MTB crowd as a way to keep their bikes from beating them up on rough terrain (a suspension fork would be morally impure, but apparently the suspension a 4″ tire provides is a-ok).

    April 5, 2013 at 4:54 pm #966709
    eminva
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    Congrats, Bilsko, are you riding this on the fleche? That choice would be, um, unexpected.

    Liz

    P.S. In all seriousness, best wishes with the fleche.

    P.P.S. So funny that you changed the pedals! Wonder if anyone’s ever done that with a Mongoose before?

    April 5, 2013 at 5:12 pm #966714
    ShawnoftheDread
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    @Bilsko 48467 wrote:

    Wikipedia and Google inform me that the buoyant mass for 4100 cu inches of Helium should be around 2.45lbs. I think that would negate the weight of my handlebars.

    Well, hydrogen it is then!

    April 5, 2013 at 5:23 pm #966720
    Bilsko
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    @eminva 48478 wrote:

    Congrats, Bilsko, are you riding this on the fleche? That choice would be, um, unexpected.

    Liz

    P.S. In all seriousness, best wishes with the fleche.

    P.P.S. So funny that you changed the pedals! Wonder if anyone’s ever done that with a Mongoose before?

    I did send an email to my Fleche teammates yesterday saying: “Whew!! FedEx delivered this a few minutes ago – just in time for our Fleche!” It elicited a few chuckles and groans.

    Alas, no fatbike Fleche for me (although, that may be a future challenge) – the time limit is 24 hours, not 24 days. ‘

    As for the pedals, it was one of the first ‘mods’ I made. Most of the other people I’ve seen on the various fatbike forums have put non-stock pedals on, although I’m the only one I’ve seen with any type of clip-in pedal.

    You’d be surprised, but the component specs (BB, dropout widths, headset, seattube diam., etc.) are all *pretty* standard. A few oddballs, but by and large a very quotidian set of measurements – for a fatbike.

    April 5, 2013 at 5:35 pm #966724
    DismalScientist
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    @ShawnoftheDread 48483 wrote:

    Well, hydrogen it is then!

    Better stay away from downed power lines then.

    April 5, 2013 at 10:53 pm #966755
    mstone
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    @eminva 48478 wrote:

    P.P.S. So funny that you changed the pedals! Wonder if anyone’s ever done that with a Mongoose before?

    I think most of the cyclists who are buying this as an n+1 start doing upgrades. The trick is stopping before it would have been cheaper to buy a more expensive bike in the first place. :)

    April 8, 2013 at 2:13 pm #966821
    dasgeh
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    Walmart?

    April 8, 2013 at 2:42 pm #966832
    consularrider
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    @dasgeh 48601 wrote:

    Walmart?

    Yes

    April 8, 2013 at 2:45 pm #966834
    baiskeli
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    One downside I see is carrying a spare tube would add about 14 pounds.

    May 1, 2013 at 12:16 am #968779
    jopamora
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    Awesome sauce.

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