Fat Bike Suspension Or Not

While not exactly a fork the stafast suspension stem does reduce jarring impacts on the front of a fattie.

Fat bike suspension or not.

A fat bike will never be about speed but it should feel agile. A suspension fat bike is not a pointless thing. 20mph 27 5 choose ebike electric bike fat fatbike fixed frame front fork front suspension full suspension plus type karl gesslein his passion for e bikes and all things sustainable causes him to be obsessed with climate change and finding solutions that will keep humanity from becoming extinct from our own hubris. A rigid fat bike has to thread its way through obstacles not over them.

I started out on a full suspension i didnt like it because i was new to riding and i was too big. Fat tyres use their size to deform under pressure from above and below to increase the amount of tyre adhering to the. This fat bike is for serious riders who are always on the go. I am 6 3 and 250 lbs.

Dont get me wrong full suspension is nice and i ride a chumba vf2 but i was missing my hardtail. It needs front end. Fat tyres are about amount of rubber in contact with the ground. He needs to move around on the bike.

That attitude soon spread to the rear of the frame as well and before long pretty much every mountain bike sold came equipped with some form of suspension regardless of whether that bike was a. It is not as common as one would think but there are ways to get this setup. Suspension and fat tyres do two very different jobs. The stafast suspension stem uses an adjustable air shock with 25 degrees of adjustable rise and it weighs in at around 360g.

It has 7 speed gear shifters meaning you can engage in unique fat tire biking competitions. Fat bikes are heavy where it hurts the most at the wheels. I actually have an unpadded saddle on my fat bike because i spend so little time in it. Manitou has a new fat bike suspension fork coming the mastodon maybe it ll bring fatty front suspension up a few notches.

Then i went to a hardtail santa cruz i loved that bike but i thought i needed full suspension. Front suspension fat bikes have its fans me but others want to go all out and get full suspension on their fat bike. A poor man s suspension should be his arms and legs. Mongoose dolomite qualifies to be a fantastic racing bike.

A 4in tyre is not an alternative 4in travel suspension fork.