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It's pleasing to see the popularity of fat bikes increasing because they are a fantastic bike to get out and have a ball wherever you are and over just about any sort of terrain. We have been using Fat Bikes for years to explore remote areas around Australia where conventional bicycles are inappropriate or unreadable.
Travelling with a fat bike presents unique challenges to the bicycle carrier designer because these bicycles have huge volume tyres compared to those on traditional road and mountain bikes. It only takes a rough road to realise that supporting a fat bike by the frame is not a satisfactory way to transport the bike and that support at each wheel is mandatory. When the going gets rough however, these tyres flex and allow movement of the bicycle and depending upon the road or track conditions, harmonic vibration frequencies cause unwanted and uncontrolled movement. To add further complexity to the equation, one *must* allow for a tyre going flat during the journey. It's no good loading a bike on with both tyres inflated and getting to the end of a days drive only to find that they tyre and rim are damaged because a tyre has gone flat.
The ISI solution has been and continues to be superior to every other carrier product on the planet and completely solves these issue - without the use of straps and buckles. Each wheel support cradle supports and stabilises each wheel at four contact points. This is a significant innovation and delivers a highly effective solution whilst meeting the ISI design target for total ease of use and hassle free deployment of the bicycles wherever and whenever the operator desires - in seconds.
This innovative wheel support cradle design also has a hidden benefit to the long distance traveller because this cradle continues to support and stabilise a wheel even if that tyre goes flat during the journey. Unlike traditional bicycle tyres, the transition from inflated to flat results in a significant change in wheel position. By maintaining the four contact points per wheel, even with a flat tyre, the ISI Fat bike wheel support cradle protects the tyre and tube and eliminates the risk of further damage of pinch flat or "snake bite" damage to the tyre and tube.
Our reasoning is that if you're going to the effort of driving into rough and remote regions for fat bike adventure, the ISI bicycle carrier does its best to protect the bike and provide every opportunity to have a perfectly ridable bicycle when you get there.
With the transport loads through the bicycle wheels, a special zero load Fat Finger frame support cradle is designed to simply keep the bicycle upright - gently.
Fat Finger frame cradles are manufactured from solid steel rod to eliminate the high frequency vibrations at the frame contact point whilst driving at speed over corrugated roads. ISI also designed, tooled and extruded a new rubber profile that has a very wide contact area, is super flexy, very tough and oh so gentle. Just sensational on thin wall hydro formed alloy and fine weave carbon fibre frames. These cradles are a level above our excellent double padded cradles.
None of the commercially available rubber compounds and profiles satisfied our demanding requirements for high UV resistance, vibration isolation and wide and soft contact so we designed and extruded our own custom rubber that is head and shoulders superior to every other bicycle carrier product on the planet. Off the shelf round rubber just doesn't cut it I'm afraid.
A special section soft, supple and super durable rubber compound is specified on the contact layer with the bicycle frame. Along with generous thickness and wide, flat contact area, the special rubber acts as a highly effective vibration isolator. The good news doesn't end there either. This special ISI rubber compound activates with vibration and the wide contact area exhibits mild adhesive properties so that the contact patch on the bicycle frame remains in contact at all times for zero rubbing.
Any movement is taken up inside the rubber support layer for the maximum support and protection of the bicycle frame and pressure on the frame all but eliminated. The ultimate protection for titanium, carbon and thin wall alloy frames.
All of this effort and engineering that goes into the ISI Fat Bike Support System isn't wasted on a road based passenger vehicle either. There are no compromises in versatility and convenience - and the fact that the carrier's operational parameters far exceed those of a road based application are a bonus and flexibility for the future.
Fat bikes offer the adventurer a whole new range of riding and exploration opportunities and open up a new world of fun. Traditionally designed for snow, these exciting bicycles are perfect for sand and a whole range of surfaces that have been out of bounds to the off-road cyclist. Here at ISI we love to get away and explore and our products are designed to encourage other like minded adventurers to get away from the crowds and experience the best that our planet has to offer. Fat bike support is available on for all of our bicycle carrier products and now whenever we travel up into the rough parts of the country, there's always at least one fat bike on board.
I have no doubt that we have travelled further into remote and harsh areas with Fat Bikes on board than any other bicycle carrier manufacture in the world. Indeed, over the years we've developed and refined bicycle carrier solutions that completely solve issues that other manufacturers have not yet identified - let alone understood and I have full confidence when I say that "ISI is the world's leading manufacture of Fat Bike carrier systems".
Deep in the Northern Kimberley
Exploring coastal tracks and trails
Out in for a blast in the High Country
Getting in amongst some snow
Kicking back along the easy rolling trails of the Murray River
Australian dead heart
Heading out for the Simpson Desert race
The best thing is delivering the right bicycle carrier product to allow enthusiasts all over the world to get out there and enjoy the best riding adventures on the planet.
Travelling with a fat bike presents unique challenges to the bicycle carrier designer because these bicycles have huge volume tyres compared to those on traditional road and mountain bikes. It only takes a rough road to realise that supporting a fat bike by the frame is not a satisfactory way to transport the bike and that support at each wheel is mandatory. When the going gets rough however, these tyres flex and allow movement of the bicycle and depending upon the road or track conditions, harmonic vibration frequencies cause unwanted and uncontrolled movement. To add further complexity to the equation, one *must* allow for a tyre going flat during the journey. It's no good loading a bike on with both tyres inflated and getting to the end of a days drive only to find that they tyre and rim are damaged because a tyre has gone flat.
The ISI solution has been and continues to be superior to every other carrier product on the planet and completely solves these issue - without the use of straps and buckles. Each wheel support cradle supports and stabilises each wheel at four contact points. This is a significant innovation and delivers a highly effective solution whilst meeting the ISI design target for total ease of use and hassle free deployment of the bicycles wherever and whenever the operator desires - in seconds.
This innovative wheel support cradle design also has a hidden benefit to the long distance traveller because this cradle continues to support and stabilise a wheel even if that tyre goes flat during the journey. Unlike traditional bicycle tyres, the transition from inflated to flat results in a significant change in wheel position. By maintaining the four contact points per wheel, even with a flat tyre, the ISI Fat bike wheel support cradle protects the tyre and tube and eliminates the risk of further damage of pinch flat or "snake bite" damage to the tyre and tube.
Our reasoning is that if you're going to the effort of driving into rough and remote regions for fat bike adventure, the ISI bicycle carrier does its best to protect the bike and provide every opportunity to have a perfectly ridable bicycle when you get there.
With the transport loads through the bicycle wheels, a special zero load Fat Finger frame support cradle is designed to simply keep the bicycle upright - gently.
Fat Finger frame cradles are manufactured from solid steel rod to eliminate the high frequency vibrations at the frame contact point whilst driving at speed over corrugated roads. ISI also designed, tooled and extruded a new rubber profile that has a very wide contact area, is super flexy, very tough and oh so gentle. Just sensational on thin wall hydro formed alloy and fine weave carbon fibre frames. These cradles are a level above our excellent double padded cradles.
None of the commercially available rubber compounds and profiles satisfied our demanding requirements for high UV resistance, vibration isolation and wide and soft contact so we designed and extruded our own custom rubber that is head and shoulders superior to every other bicycle carrier product on the planet. Off the shelf round rubber just doesn't cut it I'm afraid.
A special section soft, supple and super durable rubber compound is specified on the contact layer with the bicycle frame. Along with generous thickness and wide, flat contact area, the special rubber acts as a highly effective vibration isolator. The good news doesn't end there either. This special ISI rubber compound activates with vibration and the wide contact area exhibits mild adhesive properties so that the contact patch on the bicycle frame remains in contact at all times for zero rubbing.
Any movement is taken up inside the rubber support layer for the maximum support and protection of the bicycle frame and pressure on the frame all but eliminated. The ultimate protection for titanium, carbon and thin wall alloy frames.
All of this effort and engineering that goes into the ISI Fat Bike Support System isn't wasted on a road based passenger vehicle either. There are no compromises in versatility and convenience - and the fact that the carrier's operational parameters far exceed those of a road based application are a bonus and flexibility for the future.
Fat bikes offer the adventurer a whole new range of riding and exploration opportunities and open up a new world of fun. Traditionally designed for snow, these exciting bicycles are perfect for sand and a whole range of surfaces that have been out of bounds to the off-road cyclist. Here at ISI we love to get away and explore and our products are designed to encourage other like minded adventurers to get away from the crowds and experience the best that our planet has to offer. Fat bike support is available on for all of our bicycle carrier products and now whenever we travel up into the rough parts of the country, there's always at least one fat bike on board.
I have no doubt that we have travelled further into remote and harsh areas with Fat Bikes on board than any other bicycle carrier manufacture in the world. Indeed, over the years we've developed and refined bicycle carrier solutions that completely solve issues that other manufacturers have not yet identified - let alone understood and I have full confidence when I say that "ISI is the world's leading manufacture of Fat Bike carrier systems".
Deep in the Northern Kimberley
Exploring coastal tracks and trails
Out in for a blast in the High Country
Getting in amongst some snow
Kicking back along the easy rolling trails of the Murray River
Australian dead heart
Heading out for the Simpson Desert race
The best thing is delivering the right bicycle carrier product to allow enthusiasts all over the world to get out there and enjoy the best riding adventures on the planet.
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