Good stuff. I recently picked up a slightly used 2020 Beargrease X01. 2 sets of Dillinger 4's, one with studs. My last fat bike was on Dillinger 5's in 26 inch so I was confident these would be a good fit. I wasn't disappointed. The taller 27.5's roll fast on the hard pack snow singletrack and the non studded are very capable on the summer trails. Playing with tubeless gets easier every time you do it too, it's now a non issue for me.
That allot of Information and sensible for the maximum experience geared to the type of ride you plan on doing! Thankyou for all you do and share with us. It’s very helpful!!! 👏
Nice comparison. Also to note, the rim width of the fat wheels can make a difference in tire width too. For example a 65mm rim might put a 4in tire at 3.8 making it less floaty and have better cornering traction.
Yeah that is a fair point. I don’t discuss rim much these days since pretty much everyone is on the 80-85mm width for fat bikes. The only 65mm wheel I have is on my 2014 Pugsley, and the only 100mm wide is on my Mongoose Dolomite (though I would like to track down an old Moonlander).
Hello there. I ve spend a lot of time to compare Cake Eaters 27.5 4.5 and Yupiee Key 4.3. On 90 mm rim Cake Eaters are huge volume tires and casing width = 120mm. Yupee Key has 112mm. Yupee Key runs noticible faster on soft forest and grass terrain. On asphalt road those tires has the same performance. I personally prefer Yupee Key. Guys from Terrene, we need more sizes for Cake Eaters - something like 4.3 or 4.4 - cause 4.5 is actually bigger than referenced (120mm = 4.7 inches)
I am about to drop my review video of the 4.3” Yippee Ki Yays. You are correct that the 4.5” Cale Eaters are huge, which is a good thing. I do think the 4.3” Yippee’s slot in nicely between the 4” and 4.5” Cake Eaters. A 4.3” Cake Eater would be nice to have, just not sure the general market would appreciate it, especially since it would be splitting sales with the Yippees. I do find that the Cake Eaters roll faster on hard pack dirt and pavement. I am running my tires on 80mm rims though.
Did you post a 26 vs 27.5 rim video? I just bought my wife and I fatbikes, my Fatboy is a 26" and her Yukon 2 is 27.5", but Im wanting to try to swap them to see the difference if any. We are both heavier riders, I'm around 270 now.
Congrats on the fat bikes, those are both good ones. You may be able to swap them, probably the highest question is if the Fatboy can fit the larger wheels since it was always a 26” bike. I don’t think I have done a 26vs27.5 video, but maybe I will try one in the future. If you go to my shorts section, I have posted a lot of side by side videos showing wheel/tire size comparisons. I linked a playlist below: ruclips.net/p/PLZrEXKDmvWZVDwKx-z8YKUxqZKYsiofP3
I have yet to find anything remotely close when it comes to weight and performance in the Bontrager Barbagazi. At 1200ish grams for a 27.5x4.5 it’s perfection 9 months of the year.
Here is the fat bike wheel/tire playlist:
ruclips.net/p/PLZrEXKDmvWZVDwKx-z8YKUxqZKYsiofP3
Good stuff. I recently picked up a slightly used 2020 Beargrease X01. 2 sets of Dillinger 4's, one with studs. My last fat bike was on Dillinger 5's in 26 inch so I was confident these would be a good fit. I wasn't disappointed. The taller 27.5's roll fast on the hard pack snow singletrack and the non studded are very capable on the summer trails. Playing with tubeless gets easier every time you do it too, it's now a non issue for me.
Yep agree on all the above. 27.5 really does give max performance with tire options as well.
That allot of Information and sensible for the maximum experience geared to the type of ride you plan on doing! Thankyou for all you do and share with us. It’s very helpful!!! 👏
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@@ElevationEveryWeekend I look forward to your video , they are power packed with good information!!
Very helpful with options for everyone ! Thanks so much !!
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Very informative two sets of wheels make the best sense to me
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Nice comparison. Also to note, the rim width of the fat wheels can make a difference in tire width too. For example a 65mm rim might put a 4in tire at 3.8 making it less floaty and have better cornering traction.
Yeah that is a fair point. I don’t discuss rim much these days since pretty much everyone is on the 80-85mm width for fat bikes. The only 65mm wheel I have is on my 2014 Pugsley, and the only 100mm wide is on my Mongoose Dolomite (though I would like to track down an old Moonlander).
@@ElevationEveryWeekend I ordered my borealis flume with a 65mm mulefut because I live in California where I don’t see any snow or sand.
Thank you for the info.I have gotten comments on my channel on this subject. I'll for sure send them your way.
RIDEFAT and have a nice weekend.
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in the Philippines, we ride our fatbike year-round regardless of the terrain. We even ride 4.8 tyre on 135mm rim
I would like to get my hands on one of those Mammoth bikes with the 135mm wide wheels!
Hello there. I ve spend a lot of time to compare Cake Eaters 27.5 4.5 and Yupiee Key 4.3. On 90 mm rim Cake Eaters are huge volume tires and casing width = 120mm. Yupee Key has 112mm. Yupee Key runs noticible faster on soft forest and grass terrain. On asphalt road those tires has the same performance. I personally prefer Yupee Key. Guys from Terrene, we need more sizes for Cake Eaters - something like 4.3 or 4.4 - cause 4.5 is actually bigger than referenced (120mm = 4.7 inches)
I am about to drop my review video of the 4.3” Yippee Ki Yays. You are correct that the 4.5” Cale Eaters are huge, which is a good thing. I do think the 4.3” Yippee’s slot in nicely between the 4” and 4.5” Cake Eaters. A 4.3” Cake Eater would be nice to have, just not sure the general market would appreciate it, especially since it would be splitting sales with the Yippees. I do find that the Cake Eaters roll faster on hard pack dirt and pavement. I am running my tires on 80mm rims though.
Did you post a 26 vs 27.5 rim video? I just bought my wife and I fatbikes, my Fatboy is a 26" and her Yukon 2 is 27.5", but Im wanting to try to swap them to see the difference if any. We are both heavier riders, I'm around 270 now.
Congrats on the fat bikes, those are both good ones. You may be able to swap them, probably the highest question is if the Fatboy can fit the larger wheels since it was always a 26” bike. I don’t think I have done a 26vs27.5 video, but maybe I will try one in the future. If you go to my shorts section, I have posted a lot of side by side videos showing wheel/tire size comparisons. I linked a playlist below:
ruclips.net/p/PLZrEXKDmvWZVDwKx-z8YKUxqZKYsiofP3
I have yet to find anything remotely close when it comes to weight and performance in the Bontrager Barbagazi. At 1200ish grams for a 27.5x4.5 it’s perfection 9 months of the year.
I have had mixed results with Bontrager MTB tires, but have yet to try their plus or fat tires. Thanks for the feedback!