Redpill me on the rarest and stupidest type of bicycle and why i should/nt get one.I plan to build up a fatbike to do everything with. Commute, shopping, taking it on vacations and riding it literally on every terrain. Maybe even get a small trailer for my dog.Any frame recommondations?Been looking at some surlys recently because i like the contrast of fat tires with a nice steel frameset.
do you live in a place with near constant deep snow or quicksand or rugged, brushy desert? If not it will be convenient 1% of the time and a fucking slog for the other 99%. Something like the Bridge Club also from Surly seems like it would be much more suited and versatile if you indeed do not live in those harsh environments.
Why would you do this....
>>2028335Deep snow, no. But i have a lot of trails with handsized rocks and woods with a lot of big roots. I can ride around perfectly fine with my full sussy trail bike but i want something without a suspension and 'tractor' like. I know that it will be slow but i already have my fast bikes so theres that. A bridge club would be not the right thing because i really struggle with my gravel bike with 40c tires on said surfaces.>>2028337Because i still have room in the bike shed.
>>2028330I picked up one of these used a few months ago for $80 and it's been a load of fun. I ride it on pavement and gravel trails.It's basically the bottom of the fat bike quality hierarchy, but even with some less than optimal design choices its been fun.Lowest gear is 36T chainring and 28T freewheel, which is less than optimal for a bike that weighs almost 50 pounds, but I am able to manage ok through sheer strength.I think a higher end fat bike with better gearing and lighter, lower rolling resistance tires would be awesome regardless of where you ride it. Riding one is kinda slow like a cruiser, but cooler and more fun.
>>2028341I'd say get a 650b version of the bridge club and you can still put like 3.0s on it which are obviously narrower than a fatbike tire but still absolutely massive when it comes down to it. I mean if you just wanna throw money around do what you want and get the fat bike, but considering you want to do more than just ride through the dumbest conditions I really do think it would be a waste and a massive pain to run errands in and travel with if you really do wanna do that. Also when it comes to big rocks and roots the massive tires begin to offer diminishing returns, like getting that rear tire up and over cumbersome shit becomes a bigger and bigger chore and the handling becomes worse as well. Which is counter productive for trail riding. The reason I mentioned snow and sand in the original post is because I've ridden fat bikes before and the only time they felt useful was in deep snow in Quebec. The only time I've even seen one around me was a guy riding it in the middle of nowhere desert and his reasoning was deep sand and fear of punctures when being far from water. Two extreme use cases. If you have money to waste, do what you want.
