Fat on the beach

[Tony G]

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from last year at the canal...

Looks like Manasquan inlet

 

[Kaleidopete]

Wildwood Beach



Long Branch Beach

 

[ebineezer]

 

[Paul Longo]

Wildwood Beach



Long Branch Beach

I'm so IN for the beach race in Long Branch this year! I hope they do it!

 

[krink]

What pressure are you guys running on the beach? I see a huge difference on my 3.8"s btw 4 and 7 psi. Im 195 lbs (at least before christmas I was).

 

[Steve Vai]

Depends on the sand. Keep letting air out until it works

 

[krink]

Depends on the sand. Keep letting air out until it works

Damn. I was hoping for a magic number. I’m amazed how I can be going 11 mph one day and crushing the pedals and redlining at 5 mph on the same appearing sand depending on the day.

 

[Over the Bars]

I was expecting something more like this

 

[Steve Vai]

Damn. I was hoping for a magic number. I’m amazed how I can be going 11 mph one day and crushing the pedals and redlining at 5 mph on the same appearing sand depending on the day.

The Magic number changes every time, just like snow. Some days I can run 10psi and others it might be 2 or 3. When the tide is low you can run higher psi because you can ride further down on the packed sand. High Tide you'll be in the soft stuff and riding LOW psi. Cold days, high...hot days, soft...etc...I run a Lezyne XL pump so I can adjust accordingly.

 

[krink]

The Magic number changes every time, just like snow. Some days I can run 10psi and others it might be 2 or 3. When the tide is low you can run higher psi because you can ride further down on the packed sand. High Tide you'll be in the soft stuff and riding LOW psi. Cold days, high...hot days, soft...etc...I run a Lezyne XL pump so I can adjust accordingly.

How long does it take you usually to dial it in? Done in the first mile, or adjusting through the ride with changing conditions?

 

[Steve Vai]

How long does it take you usually to dial it in? Done in the first mile, or adjusting through the ride with changing conditions?

Depends on what's going on. If I'm doing road and beach, I'll adjust once on the beach, and pump back up for the road. Snow is a whole other thing entirely, I'm all over the place, hence the good pump.

 

[knobbyhead]

Does this count as a beach? I normally ride at low tide, hence I ride higher pressure, 7 or 8. But I run 4" tires

 

[krink]

Does this count as a beach? I normally ride at low tide, hence I ride higher pressure, 7 or 8. But I run 4" tiresView attachment 174344

Looks like beach to me. If you maintain the same pressure regularly, does the ride difficulty change much from day to day if you’re away from the surf zone?

 

[knobbyhead]

Looks like beach to me. If you maintain the same pressure regularly, does the ride difficulty change much from day to day if you’re away from the surf zone?

Hmm. I only ride this on the beach at low tide. The ride does get harder the dryer the sand.

 

[icebiker]

I posted this pic in another thread a couple months back, but Fat-bike.com published a piece on it in last Friday’s Dose of Fat:

https://fat-bike.com/2022/03/dose-of-fat-march-22/