Fat tire bicycles?

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FYI: I was up at Hardwood Hills this morning, and they had only one fatbike (a Trek Farley 6 for sale, $1500). Wasn't sure if they were still renting it or not. Also not sure if it is a good sign or a bad sign that they only had one; it appears that they sell off their rental bikes at the end of the season, so maybe all the others were snapped up quickly. It did look like it would be a lot of fun.
 
Roomie's prolly right though. I've only been on one half-decent bike in my life, a Kona Jake the Snake, and it was light-years beyond anything I'd ever ridden before. My brother and I used to run laps of the F1 circuit in Montreal, and we were close to 2 minutes quicker on his Kona vs. my crappy Minelli hardtail.

Alas, there's no way I can justify paying $2k to occasionally ride around town. Bikeshare costs me 90 bucks a year.


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What's a good fat tire one for like 2 grand. Want to get my wife one this week. Need to find in stock.
 
Picked this up the other day just in case I have a bernie moment and come home one day with a fat bike.

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FullMotoJacket said:
Picked this up the other day just in case I have a bernie moment and come home one day with a fat bike.

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LOL, I've got a Girvin Vector on my Thin Blue Line Hurricane hanging from the rafters. Lets just say the elastomer feels like a hockey puck.
 
Matt Rain said:
How terrible would that be to use around the city? I'm thinking it would be useful during mild/snowy winter days.
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In the city, mild/snowy winter days can be dealt with on regular MTB tires, or studded tires if you want a bit more grip.

EDIT: Or 700c as daught said.
 
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inreb said:
Fat tires give better floatation on snow.
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That's useful on trails, but in the city the number of times you're better off riding on top of the snow pile rather than cutting through it are very, very few. I use studded commuter tires, but they'd be terrible on hard packed snow ruts as you can't steer, and therefore can't balance. So fine for fat tires but like I say, hardly ever see such conditions in the city.
 
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kwtoxman said:
I'd recommend the Norco Sasquatch 6.2 rigid instead at that price. Check it out inreb.
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For some odd reason I can't access the Norco website right now. I ruled the Sasquatch out for me personally because the rear hub is 27mm wider to accommodate a wider cassette and rim, tire (4.8 tire vs 4.0 on Bigfoot) also, if memory serves, Sasquatch has double chain rings on crank vs single on Bigfoot. As it is my shoes sometimes graze the chain stays on the narrower Bigfoot. The Q factor for double chain rings and an already wide bottom bracket and the chance of snow and ice in the front derailleur eliminated the Sasquatch. Personal preference.
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