Thursday, October 24, 2013

Fat Bikes, Fat Bikes and more Fat Bikes

Old guys, young guys, big guys, little guys. 
Road riders, recumbent riders, MTB riders. 
Everybodies getting into FatBikes!
Bad thing? 
Good thing? 
Ha, at least it's a bike!! Lol

Dec. 09 I got my regular old (now boring;) Surly Pugsley; 1st one (that I knew of) on Minnesota's Iron Range.
I had done the XC racing, the 24 hour racing, the 100 mile gravel rides; but what I really loved was the exploration, and my regular MTB bike just wasn't cutting it. I was a fan of the Pugsley at 1st sight. 
That's the bike I needed to do the type of riding I loved to do!!! 
So a trip to the LBS and we hammered out my fat tire build...... Yeah back then you couldn't buy a complete FatBike.
Well, today you can get pretty much whatever you'd like in a complete FatBike!
Way too many FatBike manufactures to keep track of, yeah that's not a small feat!! 

Anyway, WAAAA WAAAA I know!! LOL

Ok, ok, back on topic.... 1 guy from Wisconsin, and 3 guys from Mn. that I've talked to over the last year about what my FatBike was all about, and what it meant to me.
Over that time I've answered more emails than I can remember. 
What about this FatBike?
What about that FatBike? 
Are they hard to pedal? 
Those damn tires!!!!???
What do you think about this? 
What do you think about that? 
Surly? Fatback? 9:zero:7? Salsa? Specialized? The Bikes Direct FatBikes? 
New? Used? 
Those damn tires!!!! 
This, that and that other thing. 
Carbon? Steel? Aluminum? 
SS? IGH? 1x, 2x or 3x??
LoL
It was interesting and fun to hear the excitement in each and everyone of their emails!!! 

I always said "this is what works for me." You do whatever you'd like!! 
This is your FatBike, do it up how YOU want to! 
You could have someone tell you, get this do that, no no, you don't wanna do that.
You want new, get new. You want used, boom, there ya go! 


Brad, Frank, Marty and Brian....... Welcome to the club!!!!
2 Moonlanders, a Surly Ops Pugsley, and a Motobecane respectfully!! 
Your pedaling life's will never be the same! 
Some of you have found this out already!!! 
3 of you have your FatBikes and I just can't get over how much I want to say 
"NA NA BOO BOO...... I TOLD YOU SO, I TOLD YOU SO.... NA NA BOO BOO!!"
;) ;)
I'm happy for each and every one of you!!
NOW JUST WAIT TILL WE GET SNOW!! 
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha 

AND DONT FORGET.............. ABOUT
LET'S GET IT ON!!!! 

Ok........ In no particular order here's the new rides.......

Oh yeah..... There'll be a new carbon Beargrease roaming Da Range here soon..... Way to go Rick!! I threw in a picture just for you too!!! Lol

Brad

Frank

Brian

Marty


Rick

And we can add "Westside" Larry and his  Big "S" FatBoy Expert FatBike!! 
Which he picked up today..... 1/8/2014.



Peace....... AND 
PEDAL ON..... WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE!!


4 comments:

  1. Congratulations to those lucky fellows!! They sure are fun and like you I find them fun anytime of year. Carbon...who would have thought?

    RL

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  2. The best way to describe a Fat Bike: It speeds up where all other bikes slow down.

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  3. Boring!!! You find your Pugsley boring???

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  4. No way Bill, far from it!! Best bike purchase I ever made!!
    Just with all the new FatBikes..... "People are like, a Pugsley?" I totally love it and it will always ALWAYS have that special place in my riding life!! The smile per mile, is soooo worth it!!

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