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Topic Name: Fat bike with 29 inch wheels
on: August 11, 2017, 02:40:47 PM
vermont
Posts: 90
Fat bike with 29 inch wheels
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August 11, 2017, 02:40:47 PM »
Framed Bikes offers a new set of 29 inch wheels complete with disk, cassette, tires and compatible hubs for 350-400. Looks like quite a deal but will this leave me with a good bike for bikepacking?
AKA... Would you rather bike pack with a fat bike with 29 inch wheels or a full suspension with 26 inch wheels, which is my other ride? After the wheel switch, I suspect the weights will be very similar.
Thanks,
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Topic Name: Fat bike with 29 inch wheels
Reply #1
on: August 11, 2017, 04:57:33 PM
bmike-vt
Location: Horgen, Switzerland
Posts: 1122
Re: Fat bike with 29 inch wheels
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August 11, 2017, 04:57:33 PM »
I've bikepacked VT and ADK terrain on both rigid and front suspension 29+, as well as traditional fatbike (Pugsley), as well as rigid 29r (Fargo, with drops and with Jones bars).
I think it depends on terrain, trip objectives, etc.
Full squish for rocky rooty fast trail. Although I don't have one, and never have had one, barely ridden one.
Hardtail for lots of the single track that VT has to offer.
29+ with rigid for gravel, dirt road, forest service road, and some single track (classic mixed terrain).
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Topic Name: Fat bike with 29 inch wheels
Reply #2
on: August 11, 2017, 08:17:44 PM
vermont
Posts: 90
Re: Fat bike with 29 inch wheels
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August 11, 2017, 08:17:44 PM »
I guess my question is more along the lines of 29 inch wheels in a a fat bike frame. Will it feel like a 29er or will it feel like a strange hybrid? Am I better off spending my money on the wheels or saving for an eventual 29 inch touring bike? For unloaded single track, I absolutely love my traditional 26er and it won't get replaced any time soon. I am very excited this winter with my fat bike. I would like the "fat bike" to do double duty with 29 inch wheels for summer bikebacking tours. Is it a good idea?
thanks,
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Reply #3
on: August 12, 2017, 03:27:52 AM
bmike-vt
Location: Horgen, Switzerland
Posts: 1122
Re: Fat bike with 29 inch wheels
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August 12, 2017, 03:27:52 AM »
Lots of people have done the 29 and 29+ fat old conversion. Local here runs 27.5 and 29+ in a fatbike frame in the summer.
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Topic Name: Fat bike with 29 inch wheels
Reply #4
on: August 14, 2017, 07:37:03 AM
Lentamentalisk
Posts: 248
Re: Fat bike with 29 inch wheels
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August 14, 2017, 07:37:03 AM »
Here is my Mukluk with it's summer shoes on (29x2.5)
Pretty solid, but the Q factor gives me trouble if I go clipless. I keep missing the pedals because I expect them to be so much closer in.
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