As I live in an area that when it rains, the clay reaches a magical point at which it sticks like poor show to the proverbial......how do fat tyres cope in this scenario?

How do your normal tyres cope? Think of the answer then make it twice as bad

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

As I live in an area that when it rains, the clay reaches a magical point at which it sticks like poor show to the proverbial......how do fat tyres cope in this scenario?

How do your normal tyres cope? Think of the answer then make it twice as bad

The day I picked up my first Fatty I went past Woodbridge and thought I'd try out the unstoppable traction through the mud by the Deben as the tide was out. Promptly ground to a halt and picked up and astonishing amount of mud. Cue sheepish walk back to the grassy bank.

Light sloppy mud vs clag on a fat bike. Judge yourself

Ah....I was hoping that it would invoke some of that 'float' I've heard about, and tickle along the top of the clag like a butterfly's wings.....clearly not!

I still have a desire for one though!

Pat wrote:Ah....I was hoping that it would invoke some of that 'float' I've heard about, and tickle along the top of the clag like a butterfly's wings.....clearly not!

I still have a desire for one though!

It's funny, you feel a bit like the railways at times with the wrong type of snow. I can fly down the beach at 17mph on some sections and then all of a sudden I'm wading through what feels like treacle.

Pat wrote:Ah....I was hoping that it would invoke some of that 'float' I've heard about, and tickle along the top of the clag like a butterfly's wings.....clearly not!

I still have a desire for one though!

If in doubt, let some air out!

I've run inner tubed tyres at 4psi in the past and I believe Ian went as low as 2psi during one miserable section of the rovaniemi 150!

voodoo_simon wrote:

Pat wrote:Ah....I was hoping that it would invoke some of that 'float' I've heard about, and tickle along the top of the clag like a butterfly's wings.....clearly not!

I still have a desire for one though!

If in doubt, let some air out!

I've run inner tubed tyres at 4psi in the past and I believe Ian went as low as 2psi during one miserable section of the rovaniemi 150!

Bizzarely enough I was able to let the fatty's floaters down to 4psi in Rov. If I try that here in the UK they slip off the beads below 7/8 psi. Frozen in place?