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!
I talked to this guy who knows somebody who works in a shop who said both the Rockshox and Fox reps stopped in and said they will have a fatty fork for next year, no question. His cousin also knows a guy who's friends with the Specialized rep, and he heard him say that Specialized was staying out of the fatty game until they can formulate a plan to sue everyone for patent infringement. I think the latter has some credibility.
I seriously know someone who works in a carwash that overheard someone who works for another guy who rides a bike...he heard wal-smart is selling bikes with fat tires!
The new hot ticket for this coming year is 1x13, and rims that are 140mm wide. New rear hubs 230mm.
Def no suspension, everybody knows us fat bikers don't want that....
All I want to know is what the @%$@&* frame warranty will be on the soon to be released carbon Beargrease. Salsa won't say. That's news I'd like to hear!
I heard that Surly and Salsa will not make enough of whatever it is you are looking for.
Expect a new tire that weighs less than current tires, costs more than an entry level wheel, and sells out before you've even heard of it. Also, expect that tire to be re-stocked about 3 days after you decide to buy another set of tires.
It is rumored that I will continue to immensely enjoy the fatbikes I already own. Strangely, I'm not even looking for any innovation at the moment. I'm good.
True dat. I'm looking to improve my fatbike, but not really in any fatbike specific way. Some good light crank options in the happenings now, maybe a lighter cockpit. I guess I'm a sucker for tires, whatcha got?!
Who, me?
I've been totally happy with my e13 cranks. Recently converted them to a double. Been running 180tpi Escalators. Love 'em, but they're pretty thin in the casing and I've taken a couple of sticks right through the middle.
What I want to see and what I'm going to see this year are two different things.
I'm gonna see newer lighter wider.
What I want to see is supply chain problems going away. As in, if I want a tire, it's in stock. If I want a rim, it's in stock. If I want a frame, it's in stock in my size.
Seriously, I do not care if someone comes out with a 20 pound fatbike that only costs $500 bucks if no one ever has one in stock and the manufacturer only builds 10 of them.
So rather than newer, lighter, wider, let's hope for focus on the non sexy parts of fatbikes- the availability of parts.
What I want to see and what I'm going to see this year are two different things.
I'm gonna see newer lighter wider.
What I want to see is supply chain problems going away. As in, if I want a tire, it's in stock. If I want a rim, it's in stock. If I want a frame, it's in stock in my size.
Seriously, I do not care if someone comes out with a 20 pound fatbike that only costs $500 bucks if no one ever has one in stock and the manufacturer only builds 10 of them.
So rather than newer, lighter, wider, let's hope for focus on the non sexy parts of fatbikes- the availability of parts.
I personally think it will not be one of the big 4 full-line companies who makes the first macro fat bike, Raleigh or Jamis or somebody like that will be first. I am surpirsed there isn't a Reynolds 853 fat bike out there, or is there?
When even light wheels weigh as much as a decent roadbike wheelset, saving a couple grams with slightly lighter steel is kind of a waste of money. And when you are rolling on 4" wide tires @ 8lbs of pressure, you could have a frame made out of an I-beam and it would still feel cushy.
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