I have a bunch of fat bikes, living in the mountains of Colorado. They are awesome trail bikes. I have a chromo, an aluminum, a carbon and a titanium fatty, plus two full suspension fatty ebikes and two fatty unicycles. Last black Friday I bought a malus in sale for $280. Since getting it I put a wide range 11-50t and a 32 oneby and sealed 155mm bottom bracket and a 780mm bar, shimano hydraulic brakes and a trigger shifter. But last week I ordered a luna cycle 1000w bbshd with the hotrod programming and a 48vx40ah frame bag battery. I can't wait to see what it'll be like. I took a target store bike and it's awesome right now and pretty light weight. Hoping it'll be amazing with the ebike upgrade. I love your channel
I've said this many many times. I am a fat biker with six seasons under my belt. The worst thing about fat bikes is the tire profile which tends to be flat and squarish. This obviously depends on the the tire and rim width. The current standard rim width is 80mm. In my opinion (formed over the last six seasons of trial and error) one should use a 5" tire on an 80mm. Even a 4" on an 80mm results in a bad profile. Your bike has the 100mm wide rims to which you have mounted 4" tires. Granted they are a massive improvement over the stock tires that is an awful awful profile which results in the kind of sluggish performance you are experiencing. My advice to you is to try and find a wider tire. It would be even better to ditch those wheels but it's super hard to find a set of 80mm wide QR rims that have that out of date spacing. I started out with a Vinson (I created the Vinson FB group as well) so I know full well what these bikes are capable of but also what there weak points are. My current fat is a Chinese carbon frame, ebay Lauf fork, 1x10 speed 11-36 cass/26t front with grip shift. The wheels are 26x5 Terrene Johnny 5's mounted tubeless on a set of 50mm wide Surly Rabbit Holes (I built the wheels). This makes for a super round profile that makes the bike fast and lively. It also results in more "APR" or Air Pressure Range. This means you have more pressure adjustability before performance goes straight out the door. This big tire/skinny rim ethos doesn't just apply to fat bikes either. You can check out my bike as well as some of my other crazy good budget creations on IG @racerx8410712. Oh and I'm into my current fat with a 29er Plus set for summer for about $1200.
This is admittedly an edge case, but if you have wide hips (bone structure, not body-mass!) then the wide q factor of a fat bike right out the gate is just perfect and doesn't present problems with pedaling at all - normal or narrow bikes may in fact feel weird instead. I haven't taken my fatbike out in a while but you mentioning the stance is making me remember how nice it is to not have to shift my feet outboard or rock around the bike when pedaling hard. Thank you.
Since i have wide hips and thick thighs, i feel right at home on my fatbike, q-factor fits like a glove for me. I took my old Kona kikapu for a ride after riding only my fattie for a couple of months, it felt weird and uncomfortable.
I upgraded mine to a 1x and with microshift acolyte with 11-46t. Makes climbing a bit easier, but I’ll upgrade it to advent x with 11-50t in the future.
I went with a Shimano Altus system, with an 11-48 ZTTO lightweight cassette. Paired with a 32t oval chain ring makes this big bike climb like a mountain goat! It out climbs my 27.5+ bike handily, and they are identically geared.
@@skooterbrah How are you getting an Altus system to work with that range? I thought the Altus mech maxed out at like ~36t for the cassette. I’d imaging that without a clutch on the mech, it chain slaps and drops chains occasionally?
Plus, the Acolyte is super budget friendly, isn’t it like $100MSRP for the whole entire group set? And you already get the 1x chainring and chain stock, right? (With the bike)
Fatbike tires.....definitely huge gains with real bicycle style fabric tires..I'm running 4.8 and get much more suspension and pressure adjustability. Using bafang bbshd. On hitch frame . With symmetrical moonlander chromoly Fork. Stock front wheel added quick release . Rear is framed rear wheel 80mm. With bearing caps to adapt to through axle in future . Shimano xt 9 speed cassette. Shimano lx hydraulic 9 speed dual control..the kind that shifted using brake lever like turn signal.. Down to deore 9 speed derailur. Kmc 9 speed chain.26 tooth front sprocket 34 rear . Must use quality cassette or will fold the big gears over with bbshd..mid using gears , drive is like having a Honda 50 motor can go anywhere on or offroad
because of this channel i run the bike grip grips on my bike witch i also had some crank bros grips and i prefer them over the crank bros i also run fooker s and they are amazing they are so good they ripped up the soles on a pair of my shoes
I see a rider on a regular basis on our local trails, black diamond even, riding a full suspension Salsa Fatbike. One of our LBS workers ride Fatbikes pretty regularly on our trails because they say it makes things interesting
Bundling up for 50 degrees, the accent doesn't deceive you! I'm currently struggling to acclimate to the heat of spring lol. I had one of those Bolany forks and looking at the bushings/seat in the leg castings made me put the rigid fork back on. It's probably totally fine for greens and/or lighter riders but my concern is it actually rides well enough it wouldn't be hard to outride its strength.
Kev, Excellent video!! I ride a fat bike all winter up here in Minnessota, even when it is -20 F. I have a Specialized fatboy and I really enjoy it. You really don't need that much width to ride, unless you are riding in really fluffy snow, and even with a wider tire, the handling sucks and its a lot of work (on fluffy snow). I installed CST Toboggans 26x4 and they work perfectly...I disagree that fatbikes can only be ridden in green trails. I ride black trails on the fatty no problem (especially after I added the air suspension). The wide tires take the berms better than Regular MTB tires, and they also grip better on loose dirt... The downside is rolling resistance and weight.. you have to work harder.. but you get a better workout. I bought a skinny wheelset for the summer 29x2.4 that fits perfectly on the fatboy.. and I am still not convinced that I should be riding them. I am 6.4 so the Q factor is a non issue for me... I can climb steep hills sitting of standing... I will say however that doing jumps on a ridgid fork is no good.. even with lowering PSI fat tires.. they can be bouncy and feel uncontrollable. My thoughts are, why have several bikes if you can ride all trails in all seasons with one bike??? BTW studded tires ride on ice likes its tacky dirt...
Those Wake stems make me nervous. I've had several break in odd places, and also had the heads break off the bolts before they meet torque. No dog in this fight, but in this case you do pay for what you get, and a stem is one area where you should 100% look for safety above all other concerns. Cheers dude, love that you're covering fats!
I loved this video. It's a decent bike to begin with but your mods make it better for sure. You've given me some ideas to upgrade my ALX. For now I'm just riding in the neighborhood, partially because of the heft. Fortunately I'm going to install a mid-drive and then weight won't matter.
Nice bike, too bad the snow melted. I just bought those same pedals today. I just changed my drive train and chain and was having trouble getting the pedals off, so I saw those at walmart for 12 dollars and put them on. They seem pretty decent.
Hi Kevin, I purchased those same tires on aliexpress for my fatbike. If I can give you a tip for riding them in the snow. Mount the rear tire facing the opposite direction. You will have better grip. Love your channel btw!
I have a Specialized Epic FatBoy fat tire bike. When looking for a front shock I could only find two a RocShock which is what I got, the Bluto. I can't remember what the other shock company was. I use my fat tire like a mtb or an all terrain bike. I had 4.8 inch tires and went to 4 inch tires which I like more. It does take more out of a person riding it. My gravel bike is less of an effort riding the same route.
Nice Video.Those tires and the fork look great, nice, I'm really considering the fork. I never could get used to the thumb operated up/down Microshift shifters and went with some Shimano Rapidfires with the traditional thumb/finger shifting.I know youre a fan of Fukars but the RockBros pedals have held up really well.
I ride my alx in snow and single track. It’s amazing. Totally stock except for pedals. I do have to stand to climb hills but the stock gearing works great.
I like the 2x gear set-up better for more places alot of people change to a 1x because they are popular not better I ride my alx more places than my Farley 7 which I wish it had a 2x10 instead of a 1x12
I hate the amazon brand bike products. Rockbros, Bucklos, Ztto, VG Sports, they make products that look good on your screen but the cassettes are made of soft cheese, the grips wear out and loose surface grip in a month, the axles in the pedals bend if you look at them for too long, just my experiences. Deckas makes some good CNC aluminum parts in their corner of the same factory though. BB tools and Chainrings are pretty simple to punch out, turns out.
I got mine from Walmart when, for whatever reason, the M was $100 cheaper. It went up to the same price as the other sizes about 4 days after I bought it. They go in and out of stock with no warning, if you want one, better off buying it immediately when in stock. With what is going on in China, if it’s in stock, you had better buy it.
I was checking out some of the parts you linked to on the last ALX video. It lead me to finding different brands, like Fifty-Fifty. Have you ever used their bars/stem? The bars are 780mm wide but have marks to trim to your preferred width. They have grips too, which don’t look bad. I’m liking the Fooker pedals…nicer looking and cheaper than a lot of other options.
What front derailleur did you use? Also, is your derailleur maxed out on it's high end with just the two crank gears you have? I'm helping a guy turn his single speed fat tire bike to a 3 speed.
I like your fatbike and how it has improved. Great video! I do however disagree about the fatbikes ability to climb. I've taken my fatbikes on plenty of black diamond trails and climbing is one of the stronger aspects of it. I prefer fatbikes over a full suspension MTB anyday. The biggest downside to the big tires is that it's harder to create and maintain speed in my opinion. If you ever want to see some REAL fatbike riding just check out Pat Smage's youtube channel or Blake Samson on GMBN.
Honestly Kev, if you're only upgrading the bars by 20mm a much cheaper solution is to just stick the grips 1 cm out on each side. I mean, you are using lock on grips and it makes almost no difference at all compared to buying new bars
That would leave a leverage point that could potentially lead to a grip failure. It could rip at the excess point. The odds are unlikely, but it could happen. An opposing view would be that it might act like a bumper when I drop a bike on its side 😁
Hee hee ... I get round some of your complaints by riding a fat tire e-bike (Haibike Fat 6) which means I have no problems riding up a trail while remaining seated.... :-)
Hey Kev, will you please do a quick video on how to change shifter cable on a Pro Rush shifter esp. the 7 speed one on the Ardor. The manual is good but no help on that and I have no idea how to change one. Thank you.
I need some help, I’m new to biking and need to get a new rear derailleur for this bike as I bent mine. What size cage does this bike use, and what else do I need to know before buying one?
With MTB gaining popularity but also HIGH PRICES....Mongoose would sell tons more if they had smarter designers and gave a dam! Incorating features like 1X drive, tapered stem, boost specs, cool colors, etc. You can still use inferior componentts and cut other corners like aluminum quality and brand name parts! There is so much opportunity to make a gud profit in the low to mid price bikes!
Or they sell way more of the M and L frames vs Small. It would be interesting to know how many of each were built vs sold, but I’m sure that’s a closely guarded number.
Hey I was wondering what you think about the mongoose bash I know it is not related to this vid whatsoever but I saw it on walmarts website and I was like that has potential
How bout adding an ebike kit to it? It seems to me that a fatbike would be a great base for a fast ebike. It probably wouldn't be efficient, but it would be stable. The bafang kit comes in fat bike size.
It will take more effort than a standard bike at the same speed. Obviously because you have more weight from those chunky wheels and tires and frame, And rolling on less air wider volume.
In your opinion, at what width do tires become "fat" tires, as opposed to merely wide? Are 2.5-inch tires fat? Are 2.2s? Or have I missed the official announcement of what constitutes a fat tire?
@@KevCentral something that overall feels good on trails and can with stand the pricing I really wouldn’t know like affordable $400 or if it comes down to it like 800
@@KevCentral no i loved the thing lol, i loved doing wheelies on the beach. But i needed quick cash and the market for these is really good so i sold it
To this day, this is one of my personal favorite bike builds that I have done. Yours is looking great, Kevin!!!
I have a bunch of fat bikes, living in the mountains of Colorado. They are awesome trail bikes. I have a chromo, an aluminum, a carbon and a titanium fatty, plus two full suspension fatty ebikes and two fatty unicycles. Last black Friday I bought a malus in sale for $280. Since getting it I put a wide range 11-50t and a 32 oneby and sealed 155mm bottom bracket and a 780mm bar, shimano hydraulic brakes and a trigger shifter. But last week I ordered a luna cycle 1000w bbshd with the hotrod programming and a 48vx40ah frame bag battery. I can't wait to see what it'll be like. I took a target store bike and it's awesome right now and pretty light weight. Hoping it'll be amazing with the ebike upgrade. I love your channel
I've said this many many times. I am a fat biker with six seasons under my belt. The worst thing about fat bikes is the tire profile which tends to be flat and squarish. This obviously depends on the the tire and rim width. The current standard rim width is 80mm. In my opinion (formed over the last six seasons of trial and error) one should use a 5" tire on an 80mm. Even a 4" on an 80mm results in a bad profile. Your bike has the 100mm wide rims to which you have mounted 4" tires. Granted they are a massive improvement over the stock tires that is an awful awful profile which results in the kind of sluggish performance you are experiencing. My advice to you is to try and find a wider tire. It would be even better to ditch those wheels but it's super hard to find a set of 80mm wide QR rims that have that out of date spacing.
I started out with a Vinson (I created the Vinson FB group as well) so I know full well what these bikes are capable of but also what there weak points are. My current fat is a Chinese carbon frame, ebay Lauf fork, 1x10 speed 11-36 cass/26t front with grip shift. The wheels are 26x5 Terrene Johnny 5's mounted tubeless on a set of 50mm wide Surly Rabbit Holes (I built the wheels). This makes for a super round profile that makes the bike fast and lively. It also results in more "APR" or Air Pressure Range. This means you have more pressure adjustability before performance goes straight out the door. This big tire/skinny rim ethos doesn't just apply to fat bikes either. You can check out my bike as well as some of my other crazy good budget creations on IG @racerx8410712. Oh and I'm into my current fat with a 29er Plus set for summer for about $1200.
Bought a Mongoose Vinson fat bike for my bmx buddy, things a beast! Dropper post, hydraulic brakes, 1x. he can shred the trials with ease!
Hi, I have a Vinson also, what dropper did he use for his bike?
I like the bug's eye view perspective of the rapidly spinning tire tread!
This is admittedly an edge case, but if you have wide hips (bone structure, not body-mass!) then the wide q factor of a fat bike right out the gate is just perfect and doesn't present problems with pedaling at all - normal or narrow bikes may in fact feel weird instead.
I haven't taken my fatbike out in a while but you mentioning the stance is making me remember how nice it is to not have to shift my feet outboard or rock around the bike when pedaling hard. Thank you.
Since i have wide hips and thick thighs, i feel right at home on my fatbike, q-factor fits like a glove for me. I took my old Kona kikapu for a ride after riding only my fattie for a couple of months, it felt weird and uncomfortable.
Looks so much fun,awesome tyres AWESOME BIKE kev, I'd love to go for a ride on the beast, so much fun on snow or gravel 💯👊🤟🇬🇧⚡🇺🇸
Every time I see your upload, my heart skips a beat with hope that you're announcing the 2022 axum
Patience is a virtue ❤
Well.......come to Massachusetts we have plenty of snow
I upgraded mine to a 1x and with microshift acolyte with 11-46t. Makes climbing a bit easier, but I’ll upgrade it to advent x with 11-50t in the future.
I went with a Shimano Altus system, with an 11-48 ZTTO lightweight cassette. Paired with a 32t oval chain ring makes this big bike climb like a mountain goat! It out climbs my 27.5+ bike handily, and they are identically geared.
What do you think about that Acolyte group? I was going to get it for my Ardor.
@@skooterbrah How are you getting an Altus system to work with that range? I thought the Altus mech maxed out at like ~36t for the cassette. I’d imaging that without a clutch on the mech, it chain slaps and drops chains occasionally?
Plus, the Acolyte is super budget friendly, isn’t it like $100MSRP for the whole entire group set? And you already get the 1x chainring and chain stock, right? (With the bike)
Really good video, Bud
Cool bike, definitely get it to the beach for a work out!
Another great video was looking forward to seeing more trail riding on fat tire bike !
Fatbike tires.....definitely huge gains with real bicycle style fabric tires..I'm running 4.8 and get much more suspension and pressure adjustability.
Using bafang bbshd. On hitch frame . With symmetrical moonlander chromoly
Fork. Stock front wheel added quick release .
Rear is framed rear wheel 80mm. With bearing caps to adapt to through axle in future . Shimano xt 9 speed cassette. Shimano lx hydraulic 9 speed dual control..the kind that shifted using brake lever like turn signal..
Down to deore 9 speed derailur. Kmc 9 speed chain.26 tooth front sprocket 34 rear . Must use quality cassette or will fold the big gears over with bbshd..mid using gears , drive is like having a Honda 50 motor can go anywhere on or offroad
The reason I use the 9-speed shifter his so I can have a throttle on the right hand side and it does not interfere with the shifter
because of this channel i run the bike grip grips on my bike witch i also had some crank bros grips and i prefer them over the crank bros i also run fooker s and they are amazing they are so good they ripped up the soles on a pair of my shoes
Love the videos here from Alaska
I would love to see you put a 750 watt bafang fat tire kit on that monster!! I'm loving fat tire bikes at this stage of my life. Purdy schlick 👍
I see a rider on a regular basis on our local trails, black diamond even, riding a full suspension Salsa Fatbike. One of our LBS workers ride Fatbikes pretty regularly on our trails because they say it makes things interesting
Interesting for sure. Efficient as a mountain bike? Definitely not 🙃😁🙃
Bundling up for 50 degrees, the accent doesn't deceive you! I'm currently struggling to acclimate to the heat of spring lol.
I had one of those Bolany forks and looking at the bushings/seat in the leg castings made me put the rigid fork back on. It's probably totally fine for greens and/or lighter riders but my concern is it actually rides well enough it wouldn't be hard to outride its strength.
We hit 80 degrees before spring even arrived 🙃
I have a Framed Bobtrax. Took the 3x27.5 Framed tires off and anointed it with a set of Maxxis Chronicle’s. Best choice I could have made…..
Kev, Excellent video!! I ride a fat bike all winter up here in Minnessota, even when it is -20 F. I have a Specialized fatboy and I really enjoy it. You really don't need that much width to ride, unless you are riding in really fluffy snow, and even with a wider tire, the handling sucks and its a lot of work (on fluffy snow). I installed CST Toboggans 26x4 and they work perfectly...I disagree that fatbikes can only be ridden in green trails. I ride black trails on the fatty no problem (especially after I added the air suspension). The wide tires take the berms better than Regular MTB tires, and they also grip better on loose dirt... The downside is rolling resistance and weight.. you have to work harder.. but you get a better workout. I bought a skinny wheelset for the summer 29x2.4 that fits perfectly on the fatboy.. and I am still not convinced that I should be riding them. I am 6.4 so the Q factor is a non issue for me... I can climb steep hills sitting of standing... I will say however that doing jumps on a ridgid fork is no good.. even with lowering PSI fat tires.. they can be bouncy and feel uncontrollable. My thoughts are, why have several bikes if you can ride all trails in all seasons with one bike??? BTW studded tires ride on ice likes its tacky dirt...
Thanks for commenting
Those Wake stems make me nervous. I've had several break in odd places, and also had the heads break off the bolts before they meet torque. No dog in this fight, but in this case you do pay for what you get, and a stem is one area where you should 100% look for safety above all other concerns. Cheers dude, love that you're covering fats!
This is super neat! While I don’t have any use for fat tire biking myself I really think they’re cool. They seem really capable!
I really like that bike
Nice mongoose sticker. Looks like the logo on my old mongoose
I loved this video. It's a decent bike to begin with but your mods make it better for sure. You've given me some ideas to upgrade my ALX. For now I'm just riding in the neighborhood, partially because of the heft. Fortunately I'm going to install a mid-drive and then weight won't matter.
Cool bike!
Good👍 Ride 😊🥰
Nice bike, too bad the snow melted. I just bought those same pedals today. I just changed my drive train and chain and was having trouble getting the pedals off, so I saw those at walmart for 12 dollars and put them on. They seem pretty decent.
I have had really good luck with the CST roly poly 4.8's. but they are near impossible to find at a decent price anymore.
Interesting video. No space to add a fat bike for me. Looks good fun though.
Hi Kevin, I purchased those same tires on aliexpress for my fatbike. If I can give you a tip for riding them in the snow. Mount the rear tire facing the opposite direction. You will have better grip. Love your channel btw!
Interesting. Thanks for sharing
I have a Specialized Epic FatBoy fat tire bike. When looking for a front shock I could only find two a RocShock which is what I got, the Bluto. I can't remember what the other shock company was. I use my fat tire like a mtb or an all terrain bike. I had 4.8 inch tires and went to 4 inch tires which I like more. It does take more out of a person riding it. My gravel bike is less of an effort riding the same route.
Nice Video.Those tires and the fork look great, nice, I'm really considering the fork. I never could get used to the thumb operated up/down Microshift shifters and went with some Shimano Rapidfires with the traditional thumb/finger shifting.I know youre a fan of Fukars but the RockBros pedals have held up really well.
Love ya Kev central
looks nice, although i'm not biggest fan of fatbikes...you did well with upgrade and i guess that this bike needs real snow to be tested properly.
I ride my alx in snow and single track. It’s amazing. Totally stock except for pedals. I do have to stand to climb hills but the stock gearing works great.
I like the 2x gear set-up better for more places alot of people change to a 1x because they are popular not better I ride my alx more places than my Farley 7 which I wish it had a 2x10 instead of a 1x12
Looks like a lot of fun
I hate the amazon brand bike products. Rockbros, Bucklos, Ztto, VG Sports, they make products that look good on your screen but the cassettes are made of soft cheese, the grips wear out and loose surface grip in a month, the axles in the pedals bend if you look at them for too long, just my experiences. Deckas makes some good CNC aluminum parts in their corner of the same factory though. BB tools and Chainrings are pretty simple to punch out, turns out.
I got mine from Walmart when, for whatever reason, the M was $100 cheaper. It went up to the same price as the other sizes about 4 days after I bought it. They go in and out of stock with no warning, if you want one, better off buying it immediately when in stock. With what is going on in China, if it’s in stock, you had better buy it.
+1 for aluminum stem caps. The plastic ones always seem to break after a while.
i always wondered why fat tire bikes are always 26 inch. the bike looks very good with that fork.
Kevcetral RV! Do it!!!!
If I get enough money I certainly will 👍🏼😁
I was checking out some of the parts you linked to on the last ALX video. It lead me to finding different brands, like Fifty-Fifty. Have you ever used their bars/stem? The bars are 780mm wide but have marks to trim to your preferred width. They have grips too, which don’t look bad. I’m liking the Fooker pedals…nicer looking and cheaper than a lot of other options.
Fifty-fifty is the next level up they cost a bit more, but good stuff in my experience
can you do a review on Hyper 700c Gravel Road Bike, Unisex, Aluminum frame, Tan Gloss
I want this one.
What front derailleur did you use? Also, is your derailleur maxed out on it's high end with just the two crank gears you have? I'm helping a guy turn his single speed fat tire bike to a 3 speed.
I like your fatbike and how it has improved. Great video! I do however disagree about the fatbikes ability to climb. I've taken my fatbikes on plenty of black diamond trails and climbing is one of the stronger aspects of it. I prefer fatbikes over a full suspension MTB anyday. The biggest downside to the big tires is that it's harder to create and maintain speed in my opinion. If you ever want to see some REAL fatbike riding just check out Pat Smage's youtube channel or Blake Samson on GMBN.
Nice bike!! 👍
Nice job. I’ve never liked the look or geometry of suspension forks on the Mongoose bikes. Must be comfortable, though.
Personally, I think it looks great on this bike
that things looks sweet!
Honestly Kev, if you're only upgrading the bars by 20mm a much cheaper solution is to just stick the grips 1 cm out on each side. I mean, you are using lock on grips and it makes almost no difference at all compared to buying new bars
That would leave a leverage point that could potentially lead to a grip failure. It could rip at the excess point. The odds are unlikely, but it could happen. An opposing view would be that it might act like a bumper when I drop a bike on its side 😁
i have microSHIFT M26C on my GT Men's Aggressor Pro Mountain Bike an it runs as good or batter then some high end i owned
Hee hee ... I get round some of your complaints by riding a fat tire e-bike (Haibike Fat 6) which means I have no problems riding up a trail while remaining seated.... :-)
Hey Kev, will you please do a quick video on how to change shifter cable on a Pro Rush shifter esp. the 7 speed one on the Ardor. The manual is good but no help on that and I have no idea how to change one. Thank you.
What fenders would you recommend? First real snow fall for the year here in MA
I need some help, I’m new to biking and need to get a new rear derailleur for this bike as I bent mine. What size cage does this bike use, and what else do I need to know before buying one?
With MTB gaining popularity but also HIGH PRICES....Mongoose would sell tons more if they had smarter designers and gave a dam! Incorating features like 1X drive, tapered stem, boost specs, cool colors, etc. You can still use inferior componentts and cut other corners like aluminum quality and brand name parts! There is so much opportunity to make a gud profit in the low to mid price bikes!
Are you going to put a dropper post in this dolomite or project comp v2?
What's funny to me is these bikes are always out of stock in the large frame first. Apparently they don't make enough of them.
Or they sell way more of the M and L frames vs Small. It would be interesting to know how many of each were built vs sold, but I’m sure that’s a closely guarded number.
The medium is actually a 17 inch frsm3
Yes - it’s a 17” frame. Did I say something different?
Those rockbros look like race face grips
I just like saying the word Dolomite
I’m thinking of getting one. How tall are you? Would a medium be too tall for a 5’7 person. I luv those wolftrax
I’m 5’10”. I think 5’7” could work on the medium
Hey I was wondering what you think about the mongoose bash I know it is not related to this vid whatsoever but I saw it on walmarts website and I was like that has potential
All winter to drop a fat tire bike video and you wait until first day of spring 😂🤦♂️
No snow
what about putting a 3by front derailur on the front so you have a granny gear for hills
The 2x is enough range for anything encountered on city streets, beaches, etc.
@@KevCentral I was thinking about for off road and larger hills
How bout adding an ebike kit to it? It seems to me that a fatbike would be a great base for a fast ebike. It probably wouldn't be efficient, but it would be stable. The bafang kit comes in fat bike size.
Because I have other eBikes that cover all those bases 😁
@@KevCentral Do you have a video with add-on kits (to convert a bike to an ebike)?
I do not. With eBikes having become more affordable I haven’t seen the need
We didn’t get more then a inch this year I’m just glad for an early spring . Time to ride
I get worried when we don’t have much in the way of winter weather. That usually makes for brutal summers
It going to be a crazy summer of major supply chain problems, food shortages and possible crash of the $
Think you will upgrade the fork to a manitou machete or rockshox Blueto?
I'd have gone with a second hand mint condition rockshox or fox float from ebay for the same money 💰 the baloney costs.
I was hoping for the fenders…
I'm so hungry for a low end fat tire full suspension ebike. But No finances to get in yet.
I know all about wanting stuff but not having the budget for it 🙃
Next video is the DIY realistic Benjamin printer. 💵 😃 👍
Pretty cool bike I like the upgrades. How much more effort does it take to get that bike to roll ??
Than a standard bike?
It will take more effort than a standard bike at the same speed. Obviously because you have more weight from those chunky wheels and tires and frame, And rolling on less air wider volume.
@@KevCentral yes a regular mountain bike.
I want fat tire bike. But bikes cost too much here in europe.
Dose anyone make a 29×4? Thank you....
In your opinion, at what width do tires become "fat" tires, as opposed to merely wide?
Are 2.5-inch tires fat? Are 2.2s?
Or have I missed the official announcement of what constitutes a fat tire?
3.7 is the generally accepted consensus
1st
Airforks on phat bikes. Hahahahaha. Don't make me laugh.
It works
@@KevCentral even so. I think we're getting a little bit lost in upgrades for the sake of it.
Not at all. I tested it on the trail. Decided to keep it
HA !! Threadalicious.
“Shredalicious” 😁
I love it
Good pedals are so expensive 😫
What’s the best Walmart trail bike ?
That depends on budget and needs
@@KevCentral something that overall feels good on trails and can with stand the pricing I really wouldn’t know like affordable $400 or if it comes down to it like 800
If your budget is up to $800 that opens lots of options; Including local bike shop bikes
Will you convert the tires to tubeless?
Not on these wheels
I tried on mine, it doesn’t work
First to watch and comment
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Motor???? 750
Thanks for the suggestion, but I already have multiple eBikes. No need to add weight to this one. It’s pretty good as it is
I put $300 into mine then had to sell..
Something you didn’t like about it?
@@KevCentral no i loved the thing lol, i loved doing wheelies on the beach. But i needed quick cash and the market for these is really good so i sold it