Fat Bike Suspension Or Rigid

Travel is from 80 mm to a whopping 150 with the capability of running a 5 05 tire.

Fat bike suspension or rigid.

Also called hardtail suspension because the rear has no suspension. While some still prefer a rigid fork tires don t quite offer the same type of suspension that a well tuned suspended fork does. The adjustable rebound knob on the right fork keeps the damping in check and the lockout can make the fork rigid when needed. As the math works 17 5 x 2 135 170mm they were eventually able to have 170mm hubs made and this became the standard.

There is no suspension to suck it up you get instant. So if you want a more comfortable ride you can simply deflate them. Without question it makes for a very comfortable experience and most riders feel like they are in better overall control. Most fat bikes ride on tires that are 3 8 to 5 wide.

A rigid fat tire bike has no suspension other than what the tires provide. Cannondale now offer the lefty olaf as a suspension option on their high end fat caad 1. It is not as common as one would think but there are ways to get this setup. 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.

Many riders think suspension on a fat bike is redundant because of massive tires that soak up any vibrations bumps rocks and roots on the trails. While fat bikes were originally invented for that purpose riders are now using fat bikes all year round. A hardtail with a rigid fork is the most affordable and most common type of fat bike. Fat bikes are heavy where it hurts the most at the wheels.

Because most of these bikes use four to five inch wide tires and because you typically run those. With more ridding and more terrain comes the need for more suspension. Manitou has a new fat bike suspension fork coming the mastodon maybe it ll bring fatty front suspension up a few notches. Most riders find the squish of the fatbikes sufficient.

Most fat bikes come with rigid forks without any form of suspension. The full suspension mountain bike covers up a lot of mistakes while you ride. Buying a fat bike can sometimes feel.