So You Want To Get Into Fat Biking
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ค. 2024
- For those who want to get into fat biking, I talk about some good bicycle options at various price points. The saying always goes, "You get what you pay for" and that applies here also.
Mongoose Argus Sport: www.mongoose.com/collections/...
Mongoose Argus Comp: www.mongoose.com/products/arg...
Surly Wednesday: surlybikes.com/bikes/wednesday
REI Co-op DRT 4.1: www.rei.com/product/172198/co...
Salsa Heyday Advent: www.salsacycles.com/bikes/202...
Trek Farley 5: www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/bi...
Salsa Beargrease: www.salsacycles.com/bikes/fat...
OTSO Fat Bikes: otsocycles.com/collections/fa... - กีฬา
I scooped up some leftovers in '18. A '16 Beargrease for the wife and a '16 Mukluk for me. They got the benefits of trickle down economics and hers got better tires, an upgrade from cable discs, better drivetrain and all new contact points. I went to a brake upgrade, GX 1x12, a dropper and 4.8x26 tires. Best bikes ever! 👍🏼
One of the other great benefits of a dropper on a fat bike is how much easier it is to put the bike inside of a car, suv or truck. Even if the bike doesn't have internal dropper routing to can get external routed droppers that work great from companies like PNW, KS and more. I just updated my trusty 2012 Fatback from 2x10 to 1x11 Deore 5100 for less than $150 all in and I am super pleased so far. There are still lots of older fat bikes running qr wheels without any problems,but it makes upgrading wheels a challenge if that's something you want to do.
I like the Advent X. Put it on my Surly Bridge Club build and it shifts great! Super smooth.
Thanks for this informational vid.
my other critique of the walmart route is once you start upgrading stuff. You'll most likely be left with just a frame, maybe wheels if you get wheels that actually have an hg freehub body.
Gave my 2013 Salsa Mukluk to my son-in-law and bought a Canyon Dude. Was considering the Salsa Beargrease but that price point on the Canyon was a no brainer.
Used the Mukluk for getting the trail work done and was an all around great bike. Had to keep it in the family.
Wish I could have got a hold of the Salsa Blackborrow when they came out. Perfect set up for chainsaw work with that big rack out back. 😒
I had a Blackborow for a while. I didn't ride it enough to justify keeping it.
I've still never even tried a full squish bike. Fatbiking is all I know lol. My first fatbike was a Framed Minnesota 2.2 with quick release in the rear. I wish I'd have gotten thru axle but I still have the bike and ride it. Have you ever thought about trying the suspension droppers that PNW offers? Thanks for sharing this video!
I have never wanted a suspension seat post. If the terrain gets rough I don't want to be seated, I stand up and allow my legs to absorb the bumps. I do the same thing on a full suspension bike.
Having a seat go up and down would rob me of seated pedalling power. I have seen suspension seat posts on commuter bikes, but for mountain biking it doesn't make sense to me.
If a rider remains seated most of the time I can see why they might want one.
I think Surly's sale goes till 12/11. I was thinking of picking up the ICT frame and build a lightweight version, around 30lbs.
Thanks for the details!
Thank you for your great video. I am trying to decide between a mukluk at £1800 and a Kona Wo at £1,100 [a tempting deal]. I do trail riding and adventure biking. Any advice appreciated - many thanks - from England.
I personally think the Mukluk, now called the Heyday, is a better bike. The geometry is dialed.
thanks man - the only colour mukluk they got left in England is black - I could wait for the blue Heyday - struggling to like the idea of a black one @@ShadLife
My Farley 9.8 is a tad over 26lbs with 27.5x4.5 Barbs then with studded Gnarwhals it goes up to 7.3lbs. 40lbs is insane.
That's pretty light dude!!
Does the Heyday have an alloy or carbon fork? Was thinking alloy for some reason.
I stated it has a carbon fork in the video. I also have a link to each bike in the description so if you want more info it should all be there.
im currently shopping the fezzari kings peak...on sale $2200 full carbon...27.5 x 4.5, SLX drivetrain and trail bike geo....watcha think?
That sounds like a pretty amazing spec for carbon and SLX.
Go for it, modernish geo and seems like great bike overall, i would have bought one but shipping cost would have been too much to my country.