This package was waiting for me when I got home on Thursday. This is the start of the summer fat bike project. Below is what was inside.
The wheels are Velocity custom built 29+ set up tubeless with Bontrager Chupacabra tires.
Weight of rear wheel with rotor.
Front wheel with rotor.
My intent is to see how much you can do with one bike and several different wheel sets. The bike is the Sarma Vortex. The 29+ fits this bike and also the Bluto. The Bluto is a tight fit and may at times rub? The other test will eventually be running a 27.5 wheelset and 3.8-4,5 tire. This combo would allow me to race in the fat bike class! From what research tells me the 3.8 tires that are currently available (Bontrager Hodag and Maxis) are more like 3.5 inches. Then the Bontrager Barbegazzi in 4.5 is massive and will not work with the Bluto fork. While talking about tire size the 29+ mounted to the Velocity rims measure at 2.8.
It will probably be spring or summer before I test this wheel and tire combo. So we will see how it works out then.
For now I will be spending a lot of time on the Farley unless we get a great deal of snow. In deeper snow I will ride the Farley with the 26x4.7 Barbegazzis. I am also looking at going tubeless on with the Barbegazzis as they are on the Mulefut rims which are tubeless rims.
Next up we are going to be launching a new blog and website as well as doing some upgrades to our workshops.
Stay tuned!
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