Every time I ride mine, I love it just a little bit more.
Today when I went out, I rode a loop that normally takes me 3-4 hours. Things were just clicking, I was having a blast, and finished it in just under 2 hours. It’s crazy, but I don’t want to stop riding it. You think, “I’ll make it to this section, and take a break.” Then when you reach that section, you just want to keep riding.
I love my 36 and I love my fatty, I just wish we had a 36" fatty 
. Perfect Muni in my eyes.
Oh, holy hell. Can you imagine the rotating mass and inertia of that? It would take a solid quarter mile to get that beast up to speed, but once you did, you could probably roll over a monster truck without missing a beat! 
Weight-schmeight. It’d be amazing. If I could figure out the rim, I’d seriously consider building one.
Edit: I hope people don’t think I’m joking. If there’s an easy way to get an 80mm wide 36er rim, I’m all ears.
Well, since you don’t care about weight, the easy way would be to stack two Stealth rims.
You could go through the trouble of welding the seam between them, and cutting the middle flang out. I would try building with the spokes crossing the center line of the rim, and see if it isn’t enough to use spoke tension to pull the two rims together.
I have no suggestions regarding the fatty 36" but if you create one, I expect a lot of pictures. I do agree with the “weight-schmeidt” comment. I was a weight weenie until I discovered how fun and addicting the fat tire is. I never want to stop riding. My rides may be 1-2mph slower with a fat tire, but I’m never bored (even on road rides), I’m always challenged, and I get a better workout. I recommend a fatty to all.
I’m going to step off my soap box now. 
If someone has 2 36er rim to donate… I’d be really really realllllyyyy happy to contribute for the welding of the beasty rim 
Just curious what tire would be used with a wide rim like that. Seems like a custom-width wheel is the “easy” part of the equation. Nurse Ben and Saskatchewanian have both made forays into the hand-made tire arena, but I’m not sure that’s proven to be a reliable solution. Thoughts on this?
thanks.
Thats easy lance, Id sew two floaters together. Might not be super durable, but I think bens lasted about a year.
Knoxuni was working on a fatty 36er a while back, I don’t know how far he got though.
As usual saskatchewanian is one step ahead of everyone. 36er fatty rim.
FatBoy
I saw this in my LBS yesterday, made by Specialized called FatBoy. The tire is 26"x4.6". Is this the kind of tire you guys are playing around with?
Wow! I can’t believe Specialized made their own fat tire.
EDIT: Now that I look at that picture, it looks a lot like the Ground Control tire I tried. It SUCKED for unicycling, if I’m remembering right. It went every which way, except the way I wanted it to go. :-/ Hopefully they make more tires, because I like Specialized S-Works tires.
EDIT AGAIN: NEVERMIND! I was thinking of the Butcher. The regular XC Ground Control tire is awesome. I bet the fat one is just is fun. Sorry for all of the mess-ups.
Found it on Specialized website.
Size, weight and price seem similar to other fat tires. The tread reminds me of the Surly Lou.
Let’s wait and see how much volume it has, how heavy it really is and how it rides. If it’s similar to the Surly Lou, it would be nice.
To whoever gives it a try: do not forget to write you feedback in the fat tires review thread 
Last chance for a 29er+!
Hello everyone!
I’ve got one last 29er+ to sell! It currently doesn’t have a disk tab welded on so it is your choice to have it welded on either side for the setup you want!
Shoot me a PM if you’ve been waiting for a 29er+! 
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Ja, this is my Specialized Fatboy and my inspiration for a fat uni. The tread pattern on the Ground Control is much like the Lou, but with slightly less volume. I love the b*ke, but can’t yet afford the wheel build for my Flansberrium frame. Hopefully, I’ll have it ready to roll after Christmas.
That’s whoasome!
Yet at the same time, I can’t help but think “what’s the point of a bike with huge tires?”… 
At the same time, I can totally see the point on a unicycle.
Maybe I should try one.
Oh. My. God. 
LOOK AT ALL OF THAT PURPLE!! That’s beautiful. I thought about building a fat bike but after calculating the cost, I realized a nice fat uni would be about 1/10 the cost. plus, I’m not entirely sure I know how to ride a bike anymore.
Can I ask what you used for the purple rim tape?
Hmm, I contemplated(ing) a fat bike and thought the cost of a uni was more like 1/3, but maybe yours would be entirely carbon or something.
As far as why a fat bike, I’d say that many of the reasons for a fat uni apply. You do get some suspension, and I think Surly’s use of the word ‘Omniterra’ is very fitting.
Well if I’m ever going to build a fat bike, I’m going to go big. For example, Triton just built a fat tire frame. If you’re still contemplating, that’s an option!
