Fat Bike Suspension Vs Rigid

A hardtail with a rigid fork is the most affordable and most common type of fat bike.

Fat bike suspension vs rigid.

Buying a fat bike can sometimes feel. There is no suspension to suck it up you get instant. Choosing between a suspension fork and a rigid fork depends on what. Just hurry because even the fat bikes are getting suspension now so who knows how long you ll have to wait for mountain bikes to shake it off again and regain.

The full suspension mountain bike covers up a lot of mistakes while you ride. Their large wide tires offer incredible flotation traction and stability and open up travel on surfaces that were previously unrideable. Travel is from 80 mm to a whopping 150 with the capability of running a 5 05 tire. Cannondale now offer the lefty olaf as a suspension option on their high end fat caad 1.

Suspension forks front end bicycles. As the math works 17 5 x 2 135 170mm they were eventually able to have 170mm hubs made and this became the standard. Fat bikes are heavy where it hurts the most at the wheels. Manitou has a new fat bike suspension fork coming the mastodon maybe it ll bring fatty front suspension up a few notches.

Mountain bikes are notoriously diverse. With imagination curiosity and a sense of adventure fat bikes add new dimensions to your off road riding. There are many configurations of hydraulic shocks spring shocks frame materials and components with each configuration opening up different doors for the rider. Which is more fun.

Sumo sam sets enduro blake and fat bike blake some challenges to find out which is better a fat bike or an enduro bike. I am a firm believer in increasing skill level and challenging yourself to become a better mountain biker and when you get on a rigid mountain bike you quickly realize the mistakes you have been making. Surly made the pugsley as the worlds first production fat bike over 10 years ago and they used a 135mm rear hub and off set it 17 5mm so you could get a full range of gears.