Fat Bike Suspension Or Not

A suspension fat bike is not a pointless thing.

Fat bike suspension or not.

I am 6 3 and 250 lbs. A fat bike will never be about speed but it should feel agile. Dont get me wrong full suspension is nice and i ride a chumba vf2 but i was missing my hardtail. It is a decent bike that has a durable tire frame with a great front suspension fork.

It needs front end. 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. This fat bike is for serious riders who are always on the go.

Fat tyres use their size to deform under pressure from above and below to increase the amount of tyre adhering to the. While not exactly a fork the stafast suspension stem does reduce jarring impacts on the front of a fattie. 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. 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.

He needs to move around on the bike. It is not as common as one would think but there are ways to get this setup. Fat tyres are about amount of rubber in contact with the ground. Without question it makes for a very comfortable experience and most riders feel like they are in better overall control.

A poor man s suspension should be his arms and legs. Fat bikes are heavy where it hurts the most at the wheels. The stafast suspension stem uses an adjustable air shock with 25 degrees of adjustable rise and it weighs in at around 360g. I actually have an unpadded saddle on my fat bike because i spend so little time in it.

I started out on a full suspension i didnt like it because i was new to riding and i was too big. Mongoose dolomite qualifies to be a fantastic racing bike. A rigid fat bike has to thread its way through obstacles not over them. A 4in tyre is not an alternative 4in travel suspension fork.

Suspension and fat tyres do two very different jobs.