So, any good rumors about 2014 fat bikes floating around yet? I would love to see an aluminum Muk with tapered steartube and through axles. An X9 11 speed drive train would be a super bonus!
Bikeradar seemed to hint at Rockshox developing a fat fork from their photo shoot/ interview with salsa on the new beargrease. Something about how it comes with the rockshox maxle and the vibe they got from Salsa.
As others are reporting here on the threads, Rock Shox is indeed doing a fork. That was confirmed by QBP employees I spoke with back in February at Frostbike. I do not know which technology they will use, but I would assume it would be a Reba type fork.
I asked them if they had a tapered carbon fork in the works and they said sometime down the line. BUT it will be 15qr when they do so it likely will be some time down the road.
So speaking of 2014 fat bike stuff. Amid all the Special Ed/Trek/Norco/KHS hubbub I haven't heard of anything really much coming out of QBP via Surly or Salsa except the carbon Beargrease. Usually there are some new tires and other bling to buy. There have been some minor model tweaks, but it seems pretty quiet at QBP.
Did I miss something?
We've been hearing rumours of a fat suspension fork from RS and that Salsa will put out a FS fatty. Has anything solidified there for this winter or is that likely to happen later in 2014 or even really be a 2015 product development?
So speaking of 2014 fat bike stuff. Amid all the Special Ed/Trek/Norco/KHS hubbub I haven't heard of anything really much coming out of QBP via Surly or Salsa except the carbon Beargrease. Usually there are some new tires and other bling to buy. There have been some minor model tweaks, but it seems pretty quiet at QBP.
"A company spokesperson confirmed that Salsa is moving forward with its full-suspension fat bike project. Yes, you read that correctly. Salsa teased the behemoth on its blog early last year, and feedback was overwhelming but the project appeared to come to a standstill.
The source of the delay appears to have been two-fold: the incorporation of Dave Weagle’s Split Pivot suspension into the design, and the lack of suitable suspension forks from the top manufacturers. This is pure speculation, but the fact that SRAM is producing fat bike components could signal that its suspension arm, RockShox, will fill the void in the near future"
"A company spokesperson confirmed that Salsa is moving forward with its full-suspension fat bike project. Yes, you read that correctly. Salsa teased the behemoth on its blog early last year, and feedback was overwhelming but the project appeared to come to a standstill.
The source of the delay appears to have been two-fold: the incorporation of Dave Weagle's Split Pivot suspension into the design, and the lack of suitable suspension forks from the top manufacturers. This is pure speculation, but the fact that SRAM is producing fat bike components could signal that its suspension arm, RockShox, will fill the void in the near future"
I'd agree and that's my observation - that unless I missed something this is going to be a fatbike light year at QBP in terms of new products.
It's interesting that as the other brands are about to enter the market in force QBP is taking a break from making a bunch of updates and launching new products.
I have a Lenz Leviathan 4.0 29er also.. Fantastic bike and very well made..
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