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I got a Specialized Fuse, got a few questions
« on: March 18, 2018, 07:08:47 PM »
Found one on sale, brand new.

Fuse 6 fattie 29

https://www.specialized.com/us/en/fuse-6fattie-29/p/129260?color=240179-129260

$950 retail,  $760 otd

I'm not a bike guy but I want to use it to hunt behind gates and such, lot of areas will have soft roads in the spring and loose gravel in the fall.  This bike is half way between a real fatty 4.5 inch wide tire and regular mountain bike with a 3 inch tire.  Hydraulic brakes and disks,  hard tail with front suspension I can adjust hard almost locked out. 

Should be good for a trailer and hunting


any better options besides used in this price?
« Last Edit: April 04, 2018, 09:56:30 AM by KFhunter »

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Re: talk me out of a Specialized Fuse
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2018, 07:24:21 PM »
Looks sweet.  You could always buy those tires if you found a bike you liked that wasn't 27.5x3.0.  Most forks will fit a slightly wider tire like that.  Or buy a Fatty and get smaller tires then you have every option available to you.

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Re: talk me out of a Specialized Fuse
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2018, 08:07:55 PM »
I'm no expert, but most regular mountain bikes won't fit a tire larger than 2.4" because of frame width.

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Re: talk me out of a Specialized Fuse
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2018, 08:20:38 PM »
Looks like a good bike for your stated purpose. I wouldn't want too fat of tires anyway for the longerrides

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Re: talk me out of a Specialized Fuse
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2018, 11:23:35 PM »
I might change the seat out, I had a bad experience with those skinny seats once when the "boys" went to sleep on me, it was like waking up with a dead arm in the morning then that intense tingling sensation sets in and you can't hardly stand it...but in the "boys"

It was miserable, but I made a few kids since then so no permanent damage done. 

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Re: talk me out of a Specialized Fuse
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2018, 11:26:59 PM »
Oh gawd! It's a disorder!

http://www.europeanurology.com/article/S0302-2838(04)00562-7/fulltext

(ya I googled it  :o  )

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Re: talk me out of a Specialized Fuse
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2018, 11:28:29 PM »
Oh this is bad

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Results:
The reported incidence of bicycling related urogenital symptoms varies considerably. The most common bicycling associated urogenital problems are nerve entrapment syndromes presenting as genitalia numbness, which is reported in 50–91% of the cyclists, followed by erectile dysfunction reported in 13–24%. Other less common symptoms include priapism, penile thrombosis, infertility, hematuria, torsion of spermatic cord, prostatitis, perineal nodular induration and elevated serum PSA, which are reported only sporadically.

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4.5. Penile blood flow during cycling
Arterial insufficiency is another possible cause of genital numbness and impotence [19. Cutaneous penile oxygen pressure, which is believed to correlate with penile blood flow, decreases significantly during cycling [[9], [20], [21], [22]]. The extent of the decline in blood flow was correlated with the cycling position and the type of the saddle. Cycling in reclining position, in which the perineum is not compressed, did not alter penile perfusion. Conversely, cycling in the upright-seated position compresses the pudendal arteries in the perineum and consequently decreased penile blood flow by approximately 70% [21. Standing up while cycling improved penile oxygenation back to its normal level before cycling [20. Although cycling in the seated position invariably compromised penile perfusion, the type of the saddle significantly affected its extent. An ergonomic wide saddle with absent nose provided the maximum protection against penile hypoperfusion (20.3% decrease in comparison to 82.4% using a standard narrow saddle) [22. Similarly, Broderick reported that sitting on a bike saddle decreases penile blood flow following intracavernous injection of PGE1 [23. More recently, Jeong et al., employed an investigational, more accurate laser Doppler flowmetry technique, determined the effect of bicycle saddle shape, (either a narrow unpadded or wide unpadded saddle), on penile blood flow and concluded that the shape of the bicycle saddle clearly affects penile blood flow as cycling on the narrow saddle caused more prominent decline in penile blood flow [24. Hypoxemia of the penis subsequently causes corporal connective tissue synthesis, apoptosis of trabecular smooth muscle cells and penile fibrosis which are induced by the synthesis of transforming growth factor-beta 1. The loss of trabecular erectile tissue along with deposition of connective tissue result in impaired penile expandability which may cause permanent ED due to veno-occlusive dysfunction
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Re: talk me out of a Specialized Fuse
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2018, 11:35:05 PM »
OK, so get a big fat gel seat and stand up a lot


got it  :tup:

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Re: talk me out of a Specialized Fuse
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2018, 12:03:09 AM »
Looks like a sweet bike! Go for it!
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Re: talk me out of a Specialized Fuse
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2018, 12:03:51 AM »
maybe i should have rode a bike more after having my twins than letting dr snip fix me without enough numbing. or maybe not...thats a lot of not good stuff.

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Re: talk me out of a Specialized Fuse
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2018, 06:42:30 AM »
If bicycle riding increases limp-manhood by 13-24%, you all can keep the mountain bikes...I'll walk!

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Re: talk me out of a Specialized Fuse
« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2018, 06:51:10 AM »
How much more does a fat tired bike weigh compared to a more normal cross country bike?

When I biked all the time i had no problems with my main vein. Of course I wore bike shorts. I always read that the guys who were most likely to have problems were the ones who went on daily 2 hr rides. I was more of a 45 minute sprint kind of guy.

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Re: talk me out of a Specialized Fuse
« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2018, 08:22:47 AM »
I think guys in hunting clothing, peddling down a road looking for game and doing a lot of sitting would be prone to this so I posted it, it's my PSA.

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Re: talk me out of a Specialized Fuse
« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2018, 08:34:21 AM »
For what you are describing as intended purpose I think you would be happy with that setup.  This past season was my first with a "fatty" and it worked very well. IMO the loss of efficiency was more than made up for, in comfort, versatility, and stability under load.

Get a tire pump and don't be afraid to use it. Have fun :tup:

As far as sitting and riding the majority of areas I hunt, I am standing and climbing,  or sitting and flying :chuckle: overall the twins don't get a lot of seat time. :chuckle:

 


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