Showing posts with label Fatbikes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fatbikes. Show all posts

Monday, 3 February 2020

Bike line up for 2020...


Into February, better post up off road bikes now in use,
I sold 3 non Surly Fatbikes and a Surly ECR last December to thin the fleet, and now riding two old and two good Surlys now - 3 Pugsleys in various builds and the Surly Wednesday,
The two old Pugsleys are set up and will be ridden until worn out and retired,
The Wednesday and Pugsley 2.0 have both 29+ and Fat wheels and will be the long term bikes in use and will prob see my riding days out with these steel frames lasting over 10 years i have discovered..

All my bikes are set up with tools on board, tubeless tyres, Ergon grips, low maintenance Avid BB7 brakes, low maintenance Microshift thumb shifters,  mech Gears are Shimano Zee 1x 10 speed with Sunrace 11-40t cassette - with a 22t front ring bail out gear for the odd ride in the hills,


Surly KramPug;
Medium frame with Jtek lay back seat post, 29+ wheels set up Ghetto tubeless, Shimano 8 speed internal gear hub (IGH), Steel chain rings with stainless 1/8th pitch chain, Square taper Bottom Bracket, Avid BB7 cable brakes, Thumb shifter,  FUNN 760mm bars,

Bomber low maintenance set up for night rides this now and local trails, in summer it will see harvest cycling and overgrown field boundaries  where no mech to get tangled,
Reversible wheels just in case of a mechanical...







Surly Pugsley;
Medium frame with Jtek lay back seat post, 1 x 10 gears and 4" tyres set up Ghetto tubeless wheels, full lenght `Big O Manufacturing` mudguards, BB7 brakes, Alpkit frame bags, Brooks C17 saddle, FUNN 760mm bars, and again this Pug has reversible wheels just in case of a mechanical...

Low maintenance go to Fatbike for mid week cycling after work and wet days where the full mudguards help keep you dry and clean,






Surly Pugsley 2.0;
2019 Size large Pugsley 2.0 which fits larger 100mm Surly Clown shoe rims and  4.7: Surly BFL tyres - these are same size as new 4.4" tyres,  Also a set of Surly Rabbit Hole 29+ wheels ready to bot straight in with Maxxis Chronicle tyres. 1 x 10 gears with bail out 22t front ring, Alpkit mudguards, Alpkit saddle rail for saddle bag, Surly (Revelate)  frame bag, Brooks C17 saddle, Microshift thumb shifter, FUNN 760mm bars - also have a pair of narrower Nitto Moose bars for long bike packing trips,


Weekend and summer Ridged beach bike with Fat wheels and with 29+ wheels a ridged trail bike and bike packing rig...







Surly Wednesday;
29+ Halo wheels with Bontrager `Chupachabra 3" tyres which along with the the fat wheels have discs and cassette ready to bolt straight on,  Rock Shox Bluto 100mm travel suspension fork,  Rock Shock Revelate dropper seat post, Sram cranks with Hope bearing converter cups and Hope Bottom Bracket, Alpkit saddle rail for bike packing saddle bag,
Fat wheels are Halo hubs on DT Swiss BR710 rims with Schwalbe Jumbo Jim tyres - 4.4" rear, and 4.8" up front, 180 front 160 rear brakes, old Epic design frame back, Alpkit fuel pod tank bag and mudguards, FUNN 785mm wide bars,


Hooligan bike for out of the saddle riding with 29+ wheels - my mountain bike,  with fat wheels fitted a very confident bike for Rock Crawling and riding technical stuff where the dropper  post comes in handy and the forks soak up big hits...







Ready to roll on the coast and trails....


More soon...

Monday, 27 August 2018

Weekend...


Was an ace weekend, home and a quiet Friday evening, then out a walk with M at Gullane and surprised at the lack of sand under Gullane cliffs!, look at the exposed rocks!


I have made films riding right under the cliffs!...


Down to NB and Hendo`s 50th Birthday,  the Posses unmasked...


Home early evening and good friend Mike arrived,  up for a couple of days doing the Uplift at Innerleithen,


Now when Mike comes to stay over he always bring some sweet bikes,  and along with his Surly Ice Cream Truck Fatbike for a beach ride the next day he had his downhill rigs he had used today and Friday, and like me he sources stuff secondhand and likes to be a bit different...


Lucky to see another Diamondback Downhill bike... and with tuned suspension...


And his Enduro rig...


And that PUSH tuned coil shock cost the original purchaser around £1000...


Sweet ride...



Time to fire up the Chiminea and open some Ciders...




A Combine was out until near Midnight...


As were we sitting out until dark and a full Harvest Moon rose... and a nice Rum to night cap the evening...







Sunday and despite the forecast of heavy rain we were out on the Fatbikes and so far it war more or less dry with just light drizzle...


Some film riding through some of Binning Wood,
Song and artist unknown...


Coastrider; Binning Woods Aug 2018 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.


Peffersands, and some dune surfing...








No sand under Ravensheugh crag...


Here is now ride able after some rain, was real soft sand during the drought...


Along Secret Trail, always a fun trail and with Mike to film ideal for a non stop film of the trail...
Song is `Butterfly` by Crazy Town


Coastrider; Secret Trail, Aug 2018 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.


Cafe stop at Tyninghame, then home along the Tyne then a blast down a harvested field to round off a fun day`s cycling...







Here is a 3rd film, an edit of the days ride,
Song is `Culture of Fear` by Thievery Corperation


Coastrider; Tyninghame Woods, Aug 2018 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.

An ace weekend...



More soon...

Monday, 20 August 2018

Beachride to a BBQ...

Pics by M`s friends...

M and her work colleagues book the BBQ site at Yellowcraig every summer for a get together,
M suggested we cycle down on the Fatbikes and get in some beach as been a while, so we rode down from Gullane  and spent a nice afternoon with nice company who over the coarse of the afternoon most of her work colleagues  got on the beach on a Fatbike and they all really enjoyed it...




I find socialising with people i have never met a bit uncomfortable, i dunno guess i am not a big social person.  Once you find a common interest though it`s a lot easier, and here was a bunch of folk who have never ridden a Fatbike, but heard about them at work from M,
Once again Fatbikes bring out smiles in folk :)




Always an excuse to show off...


Short film, Song is `Nylon` by Phontaine


Coastrider; Beachride to a BBQ... from coastkid71 on Vimeo.


More soon...