Video: Fat Bike Shredding

Oct 3, 2014
by Tom Richards  
Ross Jarman, staff member at On-One Bikes takes the On-One Baby Fatty, the world's first 24" production fat bike for a spin on the trails and streets of Sheffield, UK.

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Ross getting rad on the On-One Bikes baby Fatty

Wallride in the city centre on a 24 baby fat bike

Video and photos by Tom Richards//Furnival Media

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  • 139 4
 That's actually pretty sick. Never thought I would see that on a fat bike
  • 116 7
 I don't get the hype behind it. It's like me driving a monster truck down the highway..... holy shit that would be amazing!
  • 18 27
flag SlodownU (Oct 3, 2014 at 10:41) (Below Threshold)
 Impressive riding, but the bike looks like an old Torker BMX bike with fat wheels on it. So in essence, it could make those of us that suck on BMX bikes suck just a little less.
  • 34 0
 I wish my morning commute was like that...
  • 12 3
 Stop
  • 23 102
flag employee7 (Oct 3, 2014 at 13:53) (Below Threshold)
 That bike looks like it has downs syndrome.
  • 11 9
 @BoneDog: If you actually try it, you would know it is no hype. You can ride shit impossible on regular tires, traction is unbelievable. Snow, sand, off the trail, anything steep.
  • 14 6
 @Axxe, I was being sarcastic. I own a custom Salsa Muk 2 with dillinger studded 4" tires, hopetech hubs, x9 clutch 1x10 and full raceface turbine. It's not my thing for the summer, but I love ridding snowmobile trails and trapper trails in the winter. Ultra adventure.
  • 30 10
 Sarcasm does not work on the Internet. Just like studded tires in the summer.
  • 20 2
 Everyone else got it.
  • 9 45
flag Axxe (Oct 3, 2014 at 18:10) (Below Threshold)
 No they did not. They up voted you because they actually think that way.
  • 11 0
 No you are
  • 24 0
 no they voted him up because every one wants to drive a monster truck on the highway. I agree, that would be f*cking amazing
  • 21 0
 Just in time for Chris Akriggs Fat Bike edit Wink Never the less, Ross Jarman is behind the riding in some of my fav edits... Nice one.

dirtmountainbike.com/videos/chris-akrigg-fatbike.html
  • 8 1
 Danny and Chris are the kings!
  • 7 1
 Is fat bike trials going to replace rd bike trials?
  • 4 0
 Just wait five years and the next trend will be a trials bike that combines the two...
  • 3 0
 Nah, next trend is gonna be trails on those old school 50" front tire, 10"rear tire bikes.
  • 9 0
 Maybe hipsters should ride them instead of fixed gears! The problem is they might develop leg muscles and skinny jeans won't fit.
  • 3 13
flag nwthumbs (Oct 5, 2014 at 21:09) (Below Threshold)
 @shredwhatevs you are ignorant if you think riding a track bike takes no leg muscle, try climbing hills with a gear as hard or harder than 36-11 and tell me if it takes leg muscles. my pants stretch to accommodate my massive legs but most often i just wear lycra cause its more comfy for spinning. only reason you wont see "hipsters" riding fat bikes is cause they never leave the city and fat bikes are all but redundant for the most part unless you have sand or shit tones of snow
  • 12 0
 someones a little sensitive....
  • 6 1
 Like a bull with its nuts wrapped in duct tape... lycra has the same affect on people.
  • 2 2
 Point is you normally dress for the riding you are doing oter wise you look like a clown. I wouldn't wear a skin suit to a DH race and I'm sure as hell not wearing Dh bro shorts and a moto Jersey on my track and road bikes
  • 3 0
 I really don't understand what your point is to be honest.

Firstly, trying to climb hills with a 36-11 ratio is hard... fair enough it is. Secondly you say you have massive legs (well thats just arrogant) and your pants stretch to accommodate - have you ever tried shorts? Thirdly you say "you won't see 'hipsters' riding fat bikes" because "they never eave the city" well thats just naive and a huge generalisation. Fourthly, you say fat bikes are redundant unless you have sand or snow - you obviously don't like having fun when you ride, because fat bikes can be fun when there is no sand or snow - see video above for reference (i see no sand or no snow). Finally, you say "you look like a clown" - fair enough i take your point but it has no relevance to points one, three and four. Only does it have the slightest amount of relevance to point three but that is in relation to road biking which immediately makes it out of context on this website. I suggest you try something like this:

www.roadbikereview.com

OR

www.bikeradar.com/au/road

Finally, I think you need to apologise to shredwhatevs for saying he is ignorant because he was clearly making a light hearted joke.
  • 1 0
 No worries nwthumbs and thanks Hammm! That WAS a lighthearted comment! Guess what, I ride a brakeless fixed gear all week long in a hilly city for work (guess what I do) mostly in skinny jeans because they are stretchy and even are good in the rain! Im wearing them right now! And I'm in a band so yes I'm poking fun at myself! Anyway riding brakeless is harder going down hill then up I think, and when you have to emergency stop its like your ankles are going to rip in half! And any bike is work going up hill. The hipster bike keeps me in shape for DH, BMX, XC, DJ etc. I would love to get a fat bike but it would cause the floor in the bike room (aka the kitchen in our "character house") to sag plus my girlfriend would kill me!
  • 18 3
 Yes, you can ride those on a DJ in good weather. But a Fatty is the classic all-rounder: It does way more kinds of things than a DJ or BMX or MTB, but it doesn't beat any one kind of bike at its own game. And it's the only game in town for serious snow.

Many of my friends went to 26" Fatties for winter, and now they ride them all year round. They're *fun*. No, they can't climb as well as an MTB, and they certainly don't jump as well as a DH bike, and so forth, but damn, the people riding them on ordinary trails in the summer have a shit-eating grin going. And they're not bad at handling ridiculous gnar. They really do eat rock gardens and root-fests for breakfast.

I suspect that the right thing to do is to ride one before poo-poohing it. Certainly it won't be as "good" at dirt jumps or street or trail as a bike designed for that one purpose. But maybe... Possibly... It'll be ridiculous fun any ways.
  • 15 1
 Riding Fat bikes is like riding fat girls, it's fun until you're seen by your friends.
  • 12 2
 It just looks super fun. Akriggs vid shows how great roll over those things have. It is only a matter of time until I get a Fatbike... Just after 275 hate wave came down and "early adopters" thought they will have their monent of triumph a new bicycle trend came around hahaha.

Those continous top tubes/ seat stays going from headtube to drop outs deserve some bicycle design award. Freaking brilliant and beatiful!
  • 8 1
 They look so much fun, but.............
Do I need another bike?
  • 3 0
 I remember a Peugeot mountainbike from yeeeaaaaaars ago that had that kind of frame design regarding the top tube / seatstay combo. At the time I really liked it! I still do now :3
  • 13 0
 ...yes! You ALWAYS need another bike
  • 4 0
 If i had the time to ride all the bikes i would like to have I would have to work all the time to afford them. Curse you modest income.
  • 14 0
 N+1 rule applies
  • 10 0
 That toptube/seatstay combo is actually a century old bike design feature.
  • 1 0
 "Those continous top tubes/ seat stays going from headtube to drop outs deserve some bicycle design award. Freaking brilliant and beatiful!"

WAKI Check out the OneGhost Tanto (Its a dirt jumper). It's got the same thing. I ride one and I love the design of the continuous top tube/seat stay.
  • 2 0
 As other said it's been done many times before and goes back over 100 years – most recently and best by the evil imperial and nicolai 2mx.
  • 6 4
 Ekhewm, I don't want to sound elitist, but for a design lover there is a quite a big difference between that 100 year old picture, evil imperial and that On*one. It is like a difference between ibis mojo which is commonly recognized as a beatiful bike (it even got an award for looks) and latest pivot am bike which despite feminine lines looks as if up and downtubes got bent as a result of a serious crash it into a fkng wall... so don't judge a line by it's endpoints Wink
  • 2 0
 Over hyped Wink Seen 'lego' man doing craziest things on rather poorly designed bike:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3uPZZQVoCg
  • 1 0
 think this design just offers benefits if used with a wide rear hub/fat tires
  • 1 0
 Zerode.
  • 8 1
 Yep, that's SO accurate to modern day life. Rip, tear, have fun, enjoy mother nature.......so we can get to an office building and sit in a chair staring at a computer screen for the next 9+ hours.

It's outrageous and entertaining all at once.
  • 9 0
 Unfortunately that's exactly what I do, then repeat the process on the ride home.
  • 5 0
 @K-D-M i am a little jealous if you get to shred your bike to and from work not going to lie Smile
  • 1 0
 True! The unfortunate part is working in an office all day.
  • 2 0
 work to live.. not live to work Smile
  • 11 3
 Cool video. still dont want a fatbike though
  • 6 9
 good call they dont make sense for anything
  • 5 2
 Or maybe something like Sand or Winter weather riding?
  • 7 1
 That's just ridiculous. I want one.
  • 6 0
 That's what a fats bikes for
  • 6 2
 Im not a fat bike guy... but that thing looks rediculously fun. Throw a Bluto suspension fork on there and I may buy my first fat bike.
  • 6 0
 Homeboy can ride. That was surprisingly legit!
  • 2 0
 The original "fat bikes" were a blast for shuttling/DH trails...the extra cushion really took the edge off Smile I had dual 24x3.0's on a .243 and a LeToy
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/342229/
  • 4 0
 Great! Another example of a guy riding a not for purpose built bike better than I can ride my purpose built bike
  • 5 1
 i can't be the only one with a smile on his face during the video hahaha this is awesome
  • 5 0
 I only ride 650 b fat bikes
  • 5 0
 The Wheel Size "Controversy" is OFFICIALLY DEAD. Fun --> on any wheel.
  • 5 0
 ahhh I get it, tire size hype will be opposite for fatbikes
  • 6 1
 The bicycle industrial complex is getting pretty good at propaganda.
  • 1 0
 If it wasn't, by this time you'd be watching press release for v-brakes at best. More PR= more purchases = more money for R&D = better bikes. Side effects include even more marketing, ton of semi useless products like Di2 and millions of standards.
  • 2 0
 Maybe we would have had insanely good v-brakes by now :3
  • 1 0
 We do have insanely good v-brakes right now. It's just that Alivio disc brake beats them in every respect hahaha
  • 1 0
 Do they make sparks? I remember having sparks flying out of my XT vbrakes Big Grin That was cool. Do Alivio disc brakes fire sparks? Do they?
  • 1 0
 It's a good vid and nice looking bike. I'm not hating and wouldn't mind trying a fat bike. The reality is, where I live, I have no use for one. It might be a good investment for some. I just wonder if this trend, involving so many brands, will payoff for bike industry.
  • 1 0
 The original surly pugsley, the first widely available fat bike was a 24". This was pre 29 er craze. The effective diameter was 26" like mtbs of the time. those bikes ripped and could be had for 300 dollars when the 26" pugsley came out.
  • 1 0
 Wonder if they built up an extra tough set of wheels for him to go so big? I'm afraid I don't trust my single walled Weimann/Novatec wheels to take jumps like that for long. Of course I'm twice the size of the rider in the video too...
  • 1 0
 The bike Ross is riding in the video is exactly the same spec that would you would get if you were to order one
  • 3 3
 I think people who never ridden a Fat Bike have no clue what they're talking about... Every time I ride my Spesh Fat Boy, I come back home with my facial muscles sore, from smiling too much Smile
They're just like regular Mountain Bikes with big tires and very capable of shredding any trails. So peeps, you should REALLY ride one before you talk bad about it...
  • 5 1
 Come on...who want's one?
  • 3 2
 I do, I don't know why and I still don't know where your meant to use these bloody things but it looks a great laugh.
  • 1 0
 A great laugh exactly, a bunch of mates all tearin' up the local woods on one each;
  • 8 5
 you can, but why? all the riding looks like it would be more fun on a DJ bike.
  • 4 1
 Exactly my thoughts.. I don't understand the use of fat bikes for these applications. They look like a blast for mud/snow/sand/techy crawlers, but for all other riding, we already have bikes that fit. To each their own I suppose. (and yes, I have ridden a fat bike)
  • 2 1
 Why not? This bike looks fun for all round shredtastic entertainment- and anyway sometimes riding a bike that's a bit wrong can be a blast. Take a hardtail DHing for a day- I did and it was so entertaining. It also made me love my DH even more when I got back on it!
  • 1 0
 Yeah... like Chris Rock said,, you can drive a car with your feet, but that don't make it a good idea.
  • 4 2
 I hate to burst the buying bubble, but purchasing a fat bike will not make you ride like that...and if you can ride like that already, you'll have more fun on a dirt jumper.
  • 3 2
 Who said FatBikes was supposed to replace DJ bikes? Fatbikes have always been specifically designed for Snow and Sand conditions but they can still be fun bikes to ride on Singletrack, DJ, or even some Downhill trails, that was the point of the video. No one said they were better
  • 2 0
 Yeeeeehhhhh weelllll a dirt jumper can do better skizdZzzzzZzzz
  • 3 0
 24" fat bike huh? 'on-one' is on to something here. lighter, more nimble and playful as his riding proves, sweet bike!
  • 2 0
 Check out my Fat Bike Video!!!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9V8b9GW71E
  • 1 0
 This bike is only a little bit fat. I don't know the tire sizes, but it looks so.
  • 1 0
 It's Fat but not super fat by today's standards. 3.8" tires instead of 4.8"
  • 1 0
 I thought 4.0 is the end. Long time ago, about 15 years, I read about a guy in Canada who built a bike for snow and sand riding. I remember he used small and extremely wide tires like 24cm or so. They we probably car wheels or sort of. The bike was red, I think and it had two chains.
  • 2 0
 So awesome to see a local company riding their local turf - makes me proud to be from Sheffield!
  • 1 0
 Cheers dude!
  • 3 0
 I caught myself yelling "What the F**K" at least twice during this edit.
  • 4 0
 Sheffield looks sick!!
  • 1 0
 Quality skills for sure. Don't get those bikes though but that's just me. Prob should try one out....when my mid life crisis kicks in
  • 1 0
 Its like watching that dude shred on the road bike, F*#king impressive, but i mean theres bikes out there better suited to the riding style i think.
  • 1 0
 Love the idea of a 24" fatty but I want to see someone ride a fatty that looks like this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=51mkM6hXg2I&index=49&list=PL0C0970944989E9B0
  • 2 1
 Where are those dirt trails? Being a citizen of Sheffield im surprised i haven't seen them....
  • 1 0
 Just moved to Shef so I want to know too!
  • 1 0
 Same
  • 1 0
 I've got an on-one fatty and love it , also got a carbon nomad and my yt tues Love them too !
  • 1 0
 Where abouts are the location that it was filmed. I know Sheffield but where abouts?
  • 1 0
 Don't know for sure but would guess at Warncliffe.
  • 1 0
 think ill keep to me bikes i ride now then ride a fatbike and dont think ur goin to see a lot of them around
  • 6 3
 i wanna be on one.
  • 3 1
 i never thought that i would want a fattie....
  • 3 0
 Love the twin top tube!
  • 2 0
 I am now 10% sillier thanks to this video
  • 1 0
 Otra moda estupida y otro invento sin funcionalidad para que la gente no deje de consumir.
  • 1 0
 A long sandy downhill would be fun on one of these but I guess they don't have that in UK.
  • 1 0
 Judging by the ride UP the stairs. Pinch flats are not an issue. Fine example of fat tire shredding.
  • 1 0
 Is that ez rollers??? Dame I thought I was the only one who had that track. That whole album is classic!!!
  • 2 0
 EZ Rollers!
  • 2 0
 fat bike, fat skills
  • 1 0
 Awsome I need to ride warncliff more .
  • 1 0
 Never thought I'd say this, but this actually looks like fun
  • 1 0
 £600 won't get much of a downhill bike
  • 1 0
 00:36. Is this wharncliffe? Anyone know where?
  • 1 0
 Saw fat bike on the trail today. Sub 21 lbs smoked everyone...deeeeem!
  • 2 1
 On one are the best shame there not better known
  • 2 2
 Gulp the Haterade if you want, but that looks like so much fun. But where the hell can one buy a 24" fat bike tire?
  • 1 0
 I believe they also happen to have a deal on the 24" fatty in the vid.
Lucky eh
  • 1 0
 Awesome!!!! And reppin sheff too
  • 3 1
 I want one
  • 2 0
 He is good
  • 3 2
 Fatbikes Rule Period. Slowly the world is waking up, bit by bit. Love it.
  • 2 0
 Fucking Awsomeee!!
  • 2 1
 I just want one. Just for the fun of it. Do I need another reason?
  • 2 0
 Thats the best reason!
  • 1 0
 Can someone enter Peaty's Steel City DH on one of these, epic lol
  • 1 0
 Someone did in 2013, not on-one but a fat bike .
  • 1 0
 Well that was actually quite imressive Big Grin
  • 1 0
 i enjoyed that. nice to know that can be done
  • 1 0
 How hard is it to find tires for that thing?
  • 3 2
 I shall now buy stock in FatBikes Smile
  • 2 1
 Fat bikes at Rampage next year!
  • 1 0
 yeah you better not take the road bike.
  • 2 0
 I still don't want one
  • 1 0
 ...like a fat chick on a stripper pole
  • 3 4
 I would have choosed the road bike! and then sell the fatty for a dh bike...
  • 1 2
 Yes! I would totally shred On One ! Looks like so much fun....maybe a touch heavy but, Get Stronger!
  • 1 2
 Fat Bike DJs need to be a thing. I mean all you do is throw some fat pikes on there and fill the tires with helium.
  • 1 0
 I'd buy one heck ye
  • 1 0
 Awesome video Big Grin Beer
  • 2 3
 Give this man a real bike!!
  • 4 1
 They're all real bikes dude, and they're all fun. Come on people no 'downers' please, we all ride cos' we love it and anything that makes me smile can't be all bad;
  • 4 2
 It's a joke, would love to see what this guy can do on a bike suited for this
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