Going Long and Hard.

[thegock]

Winter is coming!

Quick question Jim: I’m considering going N+1 and purchasing a FatBike. I would only ride it when winter biking conditions get unfriendly and studded fat tires on some towpath seems like the way to go. As a bonus the ability to rig it up for bikepacking on quad-trails too rough for my Cutthroat would be great.

Any specific bikes that you think I should be looking at?

Thanks in advance W

W,


I kind of like having the fork on my Fatboy for trail riding. It effectively doubles the suspension provided by the fat 4.6" tires.

 

[FitmanNJ]

W,


I kind of like having the fork on my Fatboy for trail riding. It effectively doubles the suspension provided by the fat 4.6" tires.


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What kind of rear fender do you have there, Tom? Is that a "homemade" job?

 

[thegock]

What kind of rear fender do you have there, Tom? Is that a "homemade" job?

Old picture of the homemade. Currently it has a Portland Design Works, Mud Shovel.

 

[Steve Vai]

Have another week off from events so spent time dialing in this setup. It’s fun. 2026 Brevet Season actually starts November 1st so I have that and probably the race in the dump before Thanksgiving. I’ve been toying around with the idea of hitting Fat Pursuit on the SS to keep my winter chops up. Maybe Wendigo? Surprisingly both events cost about the same…

Anywho. Biggest thing I’ve been trying to acclimate to on this bike is the low BB. My comp bike BB is almost 80mm higher so the front end is much heavier feeling on a the P.3

At some point I’m gonna buy a Hex frame and swap this stuff and the stuff from my other bike and put this back to stock. King Cheeto has made that scenario impossible for the moment.

 

[Steve Vai]

This was a monster dream come true moment. I had them sign my Images and Words cassette that I’ve held onto since my Junior year of High School. And John signed the electronics plate for my Majesty.

 

[iman29]

This was a monster dream come true moment. I had them sign my Images and Words cassette that I’ve held onto since my Junior year of High School. And John signed the electronics plate for my Majesty.

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You fit right in like one of the band. 😜

 

[Steve Vai]

You fit right in like one of the band. 😜

I can only play about 50% of tonight’s set list though 🤷😂

 

[Steve Vai]

Starting to get a little more comfortable on this setup, but I secured an actual Street Trials frame so now I’ll have to start over in a couple weeks 😂

Good thing is that I’ll be able to convert this back into DJ mode and rip around the park again.