I'm currently running 8-9psi, but I haven't had it on the trails much. I'm going to race the fatbike class at Farmdale, what is the best tire pressure for trail riding? I'm 235# running Larry and Nate...
I'm currently running 8-9psi, but I haven't had it on the trails much. I'm going to race the fatbike class at Farmdale, what is the best tire pressure for trail riding? I'm 235# running Larry and Nate...
I've found ~8psi works best. I am riding Knard/Knard.
If you haven't gone tubeless yet, I'd reccomend it as my tires seem to hook up on the dirt better and the other obvious reasons. (Punctures)
I just heard about the fat bike class at Farmdale. Awesome idea, I'm in.
"Start and end at a brewery, and a very cool snow and Ice urban/cross country, lake ride in between with flasks ful of Krakin... YAH MON!!!!" - Vibrato
"Every one of you should ride a bike and be yourself. I really and truly believe that bikes make the world better, and that anyone who spends some time getting used to life on the saddle will find that it makes their life and the world that their life is locked to, better; in almost every way." -Gern Blanston, Surly Bikes
I used basically the same method that Matthew Jarret (Bloomington) blogged about. I can provide a link tomorrow, but he did post it in the fat bike forum on mtbr (under a tubeless thread). If you can't find it I'll dig for it tomorrow when I'm at a computer.
Gorilla tape, valve, Stan's and a compressor are about all you'll need.
"Start and end at a brewery, and a very cool snow and Ice urban/cross country, lake ride in between with flasks ful of Krakin... YAH MON!!!!" - Vibrato
"Every one of you should ride a bike and be yourself. I really and truly believe that bikes make the world better, and that anyone who spends some time getting used to life on the saddle will find that it makes their life and the world that their life is locked to, better; in almost every way." -Gern Blanston, Surly Bikes
"Start and end at a brewery, and a very cool snow and Ice urban/cross country, lake ride in between with flasks ful of Krakin... YAH MON!!!!" - Vibrato
"Every one of you should ride a bike and be yourself. I really and truly believe that bikes make the world better, and that anyone who spends some time getting used to life on the saddle will find that it makes their life and the world that their life is locked to, better; in almost every way." -Gern Blanston, Surly Bikes
I wanted to try something different than Stan's, but you're right. I blame it on my Pacenti tires, though. The sealant was seeping out of the sidewalls where words were stitched. I used Stan's solely in the rear and it didn't seal either, so I added Cafelatex because it expands. It worked. May try different tires next season now that there's decent variety of 650b tires, if I keep this bike. Cleaning the mess of mixed sealants will not be fun.
I tried cafelatex too because I wanted to "try something different other than Stans."
Poor choice.
Punctured the center of the tread on an urban, cafelatex speweed everywhere - all over my bike and my legs. I still, to this day, cannot remove most of the dried crap from my Niner... PISSED me off!
Stan's. There is no other sealant.
...although, I've heard of some homebrew that's worked really well. Bruce @ HH has a recipe he may share if you're interested.
"ya, well...that's like...your...opinion. man."
The new Bontrager sealant works pretty darn good, albeit I had zero issues with Stan's. latex with small mica particles as a binder. Watched it do its work on a road tubeless setup today. The old superjuice was terrible. That's all I'll say about that.
ANYTHING can be fixed...how badly do you want it?