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>go into LBS >looking to buy all arounder >sales guy takes me over to Pugsley >this is the true all arounder he says >buy the Pug, use it for commute, trails, everything >perfect.jpg >about 3 months later tires start to get a little thin >get flat tire >patch and re-inflate >tear valve stem >go down to LBS for new tube >oh sorry anon we don't carry those tubes, we'll have to special order them >should be here in 3 days anon >3 days!?! >outraged.jpg >this is my only transportation, how am I supposed to get to work for the next 3 days? >not my problem, you should commute on a bike with more common components. Fat bikes are for sand and snow. That is why your tires wore out so quick, all that paved riding >b-b-b-but your salesman said this was the best all-arounder >Oh, he just meant it was the best for extreme conditions >it kinda sucks for road riding/commuting >well that is all I use it for! Maybe 10 miles a week of trails, but mostly just commuting >will you let me return it then and get a cross bike? >no sorry, we can't do that. We could buy it back from you, how's $130 sound? >$130?!?! I paid $1,200 for it 3 months ago >sorry anon, it is the best I could do for that bike. Not a lot of interest in fats around here. They're just not very practical in an ruben environment.
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You own a bike for witch you have no spare tubes?
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OP is kind of a moron, to be honest, for several reasons.
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>>1956545 >I paid $1,200 Why can't you ride a $100 bike from Walmart?
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>>1956545 Just bought a surly ice cream truck. Only complaint is there is no room for rear fender except maybe one of those stupid seat post ones. This is a complaint I have with just about any bike though. Everyone thinks they're lance armstrong and don't need fenders or that they need to run a setup like the "pros." Anyways, for me a fatbike is a kind of necessity as it snows where I live for more than half the year and the cycling infrastructure falls by the wayside during this time. Not sure how you ran through your tires so quickly as I've never had an issue with mine.
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>>1956545 >Fatbike >tubes Are you bullshitting us OP?
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>>1956573 >there is no room for rear fender except maybe one of those stupid seat post ones. You could run a thinner tyre in the back. 4.0" or 3.5" might give you room for a fender?
The bigger issue I have is where do you actually find a fatbike sized full fender to mount on your bike? I've only ever seen seatpost mounted mudguards sold anywhere.
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>>1956573 >it snows where I live Does it work? I run thinner spike tyres in winter to cut trough snow. But if its been a snowstorm i got to take bus / car / walk.
Does it float above thick, messed up snow ( stampaded by pedestrians, cars, with ice chunks ) or just give enought traction to slowly push teough at walking speed?
E.g. my studded will just dig the front in every rut and spin out the rear.
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>>1956576 Not OP, but I wouldn't dare run tubeless with the extremely low tyre pressures you have to run sometimes in proper snow. I'd burp the tyres immediately.
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>>1956556 Exact text was posted here years ago. These days the part about not being practical in an urban environment is laughable since most of the low end no-name e-bikes comes with fat tires. Also the Pugsley has been discontinued for several years now.
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you faggots really don't recognize pasta anymore?
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>>1956607 I believe that bike shop employees will continue to be brain-dead high school dropout drug addicted monkeys no matter which year it is
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Fat bikes are the biggest meme
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>>1956679 >Both can only manage about 2 inches of fresh powder or else there it no traction, you really have to always ride on hard packed groomed trails which you can do all the same with a normal MTB. Try lowering your tyre pressure even more. A year ago I would have said the same thing as you, but last winter I discovered I was able to ride shit I previously thought unrideable. I was barely going above walking pace so you're still sort of right in that fatbikes are a meme.
Still, I like mine as a winter commuter, which is the purpose I originally bought it for.
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>>1956580 Thought about smaller tire but that would kinda negate what I'm going for. Still workshoping what i'll do, but here are two full fender sets I was looking at. I've used the seat post ones in the past, but i'll be running a dropper post this year so...
https://www.baddogbikesllc.com/?product=steel-fenders-black https://jonesbikes.com/jones-fenders/ >>1956592 Sorta and depends. If conditions are so bad that a car can't drive through, then you're not gonna be fairing much better. Good example is when they push all the shit from the road onto the sidewalks. I got a fatbike years back because I was tired of basically pushing my beach cruiser through the snow. You will fair better with a fatbike but that doesn't mean you'll be unstoppable. Tire pressure and the suppleness (TPI) of said tires play a big role.
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>>1956545 I know this is a larp but if you don't do any research of your own and just let some salesman trick you into buying some stupid shit then you deserve what you get
boomer mentality
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>>1956700 >car can't drive through With half decent tires a car will stop only when snow under it lifts wheels. What would happen to fatbike? Float above or spinning on place hub-deep?
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>>1956700 3.5" is still quite fat for a bicycle.
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>>1956700 Also, what kind of riding are you doing where you need a dropper post AND full fenders?
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>>1956710 Dropper is merely to facilitate getting on/off in deep snow. Not necessary but nice to have.
Where I live winter is bordered by these extended freeze/thaw cycles that create alot of road slush. So fenders are nice.
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>>1956545 Weird a bike shop doesn't have tubes.
Also no mater what kind of sales men, if you are dealing with a sales man and don't want to get fucked you need to do your research ahead of time and have a good idea of what you actually want/need.
Also, no matter what kind of tire you run you should always have extra tubes on hand.
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>>1956693 Even at 3psi you can really only manage 2 inches of powder, the rolling resistance at that pressure is insane
and you cannot go up any grades more than about 3 percent
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>>1957154 Unless you can float at certain snow thickness trying to pedal trough snow becomes main point of pressure. Even if your tires go trough and have traction your feet just dig into snow and stop you.
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>>1957154 3 psi is a bit on the high side.
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>>1957179 Any lower and you are riding on the rim.
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>>1957208 We're talking about riding heavy snow here, not hardpack. Also, stop being fat.
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>>1956545 >3 days!?! >outraged.jpg >this is my only transportation, how am I supposed to get to work for the next 3 days? i know this is probably a copypasta but it irks me, what is your lbs supposed to do, order parts before you come in? teleport them to their location?
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>>1957438 >what is your lbs supposed to do, order parts before you come in? Not op, but unironically yes. Keeping things in stock for availability when you need it is the only thing a local shop is good for.
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>>1956545 >he doesnt have a spare tube at all times with him. lso the shop told you to wait a normal 3 days delivery interval, not 3 months. Its only your fault.
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>>1957462 >>he doesnt have a spare tube at all times with him. Do you know how large a fatbike tube is?
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>>1957464 So big it cant it fit in one of those large saddlebag?
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>>1957465 Who wants to ride around with one of those everywhere?
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>>1957455 yes, keeping SOME common parts in stock. it's not like small stores have an giant warehouse with the exact thing you need, like uncommon tube sizes.
