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on one fat tires?

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Seen them on website for £30 any good at this price they seem really cheap compared to the other brands?
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Seen them on website for £30 any good at this price they seem really cheap compared to the other brands?
You bought a fat bike?

I've got a Vee tyre Mission coming today, same price as the Floater ... no idea whether they're any good but for less than thirty quid it's worth a punt.
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Can't fault them, but I'm pretty new to the fat bike lark
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I'm currently bidding on eBay for a pugs stu. Iv fallen into the fat trap!
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The only bad thing about it is self steering.

On soft snow they don't track very well and on hard surface serious self steering. Especially running fat bike typical low pressures.
Not too bad on the back though.

Vee Mission up front and On One Floater rear cold be a winner for low budget.

But I can't tell you anything about the rubber compound on dirt.
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I just fitted a pair to my bike. Tbh, I've found them good. Did a right mix of riding at the weekend, grass, woods, mud, rocks, sand, shingle. All good. Not really noticed a self steering problem, but I'm running the front tubeless so perhaps that makes s difference?
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I was a bit underwhelmed by the missions. I got them for my ride round the cairngorms loop and found them to self steer like mad below 10psi. they were also pretty crap grip wise and by the end of the ride canvas was showing through the side wall on both tires thanks to caringorms granite. OK on the beach and dry trails but the On one floater is a far more capable tyre (built on the same carcass) albeit its a bit on the heavy side
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One of my Floaters was under 1400g, which for the money I thought was very reasonable.
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The self steering is on the On One Fatty frames not on normal Fat Bikes fitted to the Floater tyres.

The tyres are fantastic as long at you don't ride regularly on Tarmac or a beaches where they drag or dig in too much, but they are perfect on everything from Sand dunes to trail centres to mountain passes.

Just got a Maxxis Mammoth on my half fat, it's a cracking tyre but twice the price
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The self steering is on the On One Fatty frames not on normal Fat Bikes fitted to the Floater tyres.
That's handy to know, my latest 'project' may require the use of forks with less offset ... which might help cure that particular trait.
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If it's not a stupid question can someone describe self steering to me?
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composite wrote:If it's not a stupid question can someone describe self steering to me?
Its when you run really low pressures and the side of the tyre doesn't hold up, meaning it "self-steers" or pulls in the direction it deflects. Ive only ever ridden Floater tyres as they came on my Fatty and cant say Ive noticed it, though I rarely run below 15psi.
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JohnClimber wrote:The self steering is on the On One Fatty frames not on normal Fat Bikes fitted to the Floater tyres.
Trust me, it's also the tyre. I don't have an One-On frame, nor fork.

The self steering issue is especially to be noticed at low pressures.
Low means 0.25 - 0.5 bar (3.6 - 7.3 psi). I don't ride trails, only snow.

Well, according to htrider you better forget this:
Alpinum wrote:Vee Mission up front and On One Floater rear cold be a winner for low budget
Ian, good point about tubeless.

Selfsteering won't kill you, it's just a bit risky riding with no hands - something we all like to do bike packing - no? :grin:
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