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Not named after it but hope to get the opportunity to ski it with my boy in the near future.
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Not named after it but hope to get the opportunity to ski it with my boy in the near future.
bought a norco bigfoot this past winter. love the winter riding
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did a 12km ride today. was -41 with wind chill. it was cold but i wanted to test out some new boots. i bought some keen rev IV high polar boots for riding and was very happy with them. my feet have lots of room, they aren’t restrictive and i was only getting cold toes at the end of 45 min!
good times
good times
on a fat trip with my beautiful wife for our 15 anniversary. riding 100km (if we make it) over three days up in canadian shield. it’s beautiful weather and today was super fun!
40 more km today. i’m beat!!
last day was bit shorter. 20ish km.
Thinking of entering the world of Fat so I too can be fat shamed. Looking at a Salsa Beargrease to compliment my stable. Any thoughts on this model Looking at a last years closeout deore carbon model.? Looks like it has good reviews.
Looking forward to the feedbag.
Cheers, James
Looking forward to the feedbag.
Cheers, James
I finally got a fat bike this winter (on sale) and love it! As with any bike you have to ride them, even just around the parking lot to get a feel for geometry. I rode 7 different bikes (including the salsa in question). I ended up with a made in USA Wyatt, it has a more modern geometry than anything else I road, and for me the surly ICT was a very close 2nd. I pit the bear grease ~middle of the pack and personally liked the hey day better than the bear grease. Im In Alaska and ride almost every day (now year round) mostly single track in the mountains with significant elevation changes.
Full disclosure in (I can’t believe it but) ~40 years of avid mountain biking I am not and have never been a fan of carbon MTB (carbon wheels yes, frames, no) and a firm Believer mountain bikes (especially fat tire) should Never be weighted.
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Thanks for the advice, much appreciated. I've been around in the mountain biking world for a while too. Back in the late 80's early 90's I was the tacking department manager at Fat City Cycles and also raced for them. Interesting you say that you never had a bond for carbon frames, I have a similar feeling with aluminum unfortunately as the Wyatt product looks great. Luckily we live in an age where the options are fantastic.. Going to think this over and do some more research.
At the end of the day it is all fit, and I prefer slack and long. For me the bear grease just felt to upright and twitchy and to me the Medium felt smaller than I line and the Large was too big (I’m 5’8” 31” inseam). My primary everyday bike is a stump jumper EVO, and up until 5 years ago I still owned a true DH bike. I ride fast, especially down hill. I guess what I’m getting at is I wanted something that felt more enduro than XC, the bear grease felt more XC.
As for as carbon, on the fat bike running massive tires at well under 10 psi (I’m running 4-6 psi front and 6-8 psi rear @~170 lbs geared up) will give you way more vibration dampening than you will ever get from a frame.
i have had two fat bikes. one a norco bigfoot 1 which i lost in a fire. my replacement is a panorama chic chocs. i too liked my norco better than the salsa but the panorama is even a nicer fit. it is carbon framed and while i was hesitant at first ive fallen in love. the weight is actually enough of a difference i can feel it but even more so when loading it onto my trailer bike rack!! the geometry of the panorama is awesome though. it’s a little laid back which is good for me as i have long legs compared to my torso and i’m not super flexible so it doesn’t feel like i’m straining my hamstrings as much as i was with the norco. it had a longer reach forward. i found the salsa geometry even more pushed forward. anyway fat biking rocks!! just get one if you live near winter!
i was able to get a really good sale on it so got the xt version and as im a bit of a bigger guy upgraded the brakes to hopes. i just love this bike
i was able to get a really good sale on it so got the xt version and as im a bit of a bigger guy upgraded the brakes to hopes. i just love this bike
