[Pics] Bicycles with extremely fat tires

[Z]

They're great up in AK in the snow and are superpopular, despite the steep pricing. There are those that ride them year round.

rz - it is a comfy ride on snow, sand, grass or pavement. Not necessarily a fast ride (unless comparing to a normal bike on snow).

Random linkage:

http://fatbikes.com/
http://surlybikes.com/bikes/pugsley
http://salsacycles.com/bikes/2014_mukluk_3

http://www.singletracks.com/blog/mtb-gea...et-models/
http://www.singletracks.com/blog/mtb-gea...ge-models/
(and for those with more money than sense or are going to do this race http://iditarodtrailinvitational.com/)
http://www.singletracks.com/blog/mtb-gea...nd-models/

[kj]

steve... wrote:
I haven't kept up with bicycle technology. They use disk brakes with these tires & rims?

Oh yeah. Some of the newest models are carbon fiber, some with front suspension, and I think full suspension ones are on the way, if not already available. Definitely a hot item right now. kj.

[jdc]

Black wrote:
I saw someone riding one in a fairly low-income neighborhood (assumed it had to be a Surly Pugsly or Steamroller) and just out of curiosity searched to see if I could find evidence of one like it being stolen. In the process I learned that you can buy these at Wal-Mart/K-Mart for $199.....

http://gearjunkie.com/walmart-fatbike

Yup, saw the same one(?) at ToysRUs in March shopping for my 7 years olds new bike. 4" tires. $175.

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp...d=33308186&mr:keyword=&mr:trackingCode=F02E1AFF-2496-E311-B8AB-90E2BA285E75&mr:match=&mr:adType=pla&mr:filter=38524438486&cagpspn=plat_18098910&mr:referralID=NA&mr:ad=35201259046&mr:device=c&camp=PLAPPC-_-PID18098910&KPID=18098910

[mrlynn]

My first bike had fat tires. It was a 24", single speed, traditional American bike with a coaster brake. I was about 7, and it was too big for me. I got on it and headed down the hill—and ended up inside a large sewer pipe by the side of the road.

Something like this:



Nothing like the fancy machines today.

We moved out to the country when I was 10, and I got an red English-style 3-speed bike with caliper brakes and narrow tires. I rode that one all over the back roads.

/Mr Lynn

[Black]

mrlynn wrote:
My first bike had fat tires. It was a 24", single speed, traditional American bike with a coaster brake. I was about 7, and it was too big for me. I got on it and headed down the hill—and ended up inside a large sewer pipe by the side of the road.

Something like this:



Nothing like the fancy machines today.

We moved out to the country when I was 10, and I got an red English-style 3-speed bike with caliper brakes and narrow tires. I rode that one all over the back roads.

/Mr Lynn

Why is there an upcharge for the coaster brake? :terror:

[mrlynn]

Black wrote:
Why is there an upcharge for the coaster brake? :terror:

There's not. that image is from a 1960 catalogue, and by then Schwinn offered "2 or 3 speed" models that had hand brakes:

http://schwinncruisers.com/catalogs/1960.html

/Mr Lynn

[mrbigstuff]

I remember the balloon-tired bikes that my great-uncle had in his musty basement on Cape Cod; they were wild, all streamlined, with built-in lights and chrome. Tres cool.

[OWC Jamie]

mrlynn wrote:
[quote=Black]
Why is there an upcharge for the coaster brake? :terror:

There's not. that image is from a 1960 catalogue, and by then Schwinn offered "2 or 3 speed" models that had hand brakes:

http://schwinncruisers.com/catalogs/1960.html

/Mr Lynn
methinks Howard is yanking your chain.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

kj wrote:
I think it would be painful to replace the tires at 100.00 a piece though! kj.

WTF? I can buy a car tire for less than that!

[freeradical]

N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
[quote=kj]
I think it would be painful to replace the tires at 100.00 a piece though! kj.

WTF? I can buy a car tire for less than that!
For a Geo Metro perhaps...

But seriously, those tires are probably kevlar belted. I have kevlar belted tires for my commuter bike, and they weren't cheap.