The ExPo Mountain Bike Photo Thread

[Gooseberry]

Dam I thought they shipped those and I would love one.

I was just given a Krampus to play with today and other then a 1 by10 it's pretty fun and has the widest bars I have seen on a bike.

If anyone is looking for a pugsly I might be selling mine if the krampus works out.

 

[Flagster]

Sedona

Missing the snow but not the warm/dry conditions "down south"

 

[SoCal_80]

Dam I thought they shipped those and I would love one.

I was just given a Krampus to play with today and other then a 1 by10 it's pretty fun and has the widest bars I have seen on a bike.

If anyone is looking for a pugsly I might be selling mine if the krampus works out.

Really want a Pugsly. I rode yours at the toys for tots event. Was it a medium as I think I need a large.

 

[Gooseberry]

Really want a Pugsly. I rode yours at the toys for tots event. Was it a medium as I think I need a large.

The pug is a medium and we found a new way to have fun with them. We road donkey trails along the river and was able to get to places and ride some dam fun trails.

 

[SoCal_80]

The pug is a medium and we found a new way to have fun with them. We road donkey trails along the river and was able to get to places and ride some dam fun trails.

Sweet! Was bummed I couldn't make the trip. Started to look at the pug spec ops. Looks nice! Am I better buying built or a Frame set and building to my spec? Keeping in mind this will be more of a play/camp/adventure/cruiser type thing.

Thanks Goose

 

[Gooseberry]

Look at the salsa mukluk it has a better build package and handles pretty nice.

Buying a built bike is always cheaper then building one out of parts.


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[Christophe Noel]

SoCal, building bikes up from a bare frame is always more expensive. People love to claim otherwise, but they're usually coming from the angle of finding parts on the super cheap. This means you have to bargain hunt ever single component to make it a cheaper option. Fat bikes make this process even more expensive. Good fat rims and tires alone can set you back a few hundred bucks. Plus, those supplies are limited so finding favorable deals are unlikely. Buy don't build.

 

[cactusjk]

Or find a shop that is willing to upgrade/change out parts. I am doing that with my Beargrease. Keeping the Fat specific parts like crank, headset and upgrading bar, saddle, drivetrain, etc.

 

[Lostmanifesto]

If you want to build a bike on the cheap, either scour Craigslist of ask your local bike shop for their take off wall. The Path in Tustin has one and its wonderful. Items they take off customers bikes the customers don't want. Cranks, bars, wheels, brakes, tires, you name it. You can build an entire back off take offs relatively cheap.

 

[E.J.]

Recently scored a great deal on this, slightly used. Quite a difference trail riding this compared to my CX bikes.

 

[SoCal_80]

SoCal, building bikes up from a bare frame is always more expensive. People love to claim otherwise, but they're usually coming from the angle of finding parts on the super cheap. This means you have to bargain hunt ever single component to make it a cheaper option. Fat bikes make this process even more expensive. Good fat rims and tires alone can set you back a few hundred bucks. Plus, those supplies are limited so finding favorable deals are unlikely. Buy don't build.

Yep I know what I am getting into...I built several bikes in the past (been a few years now) but I am not really up on the new components. I am a fan of the do it once, do it right methodology. I am brand new to the fat bike scene so not really sure what is worth paying extra for....

 

[Christophe Noel]

Yep I know what I am getting into...I built several bikes in the past (been a few years now) but I am not really up on the new components. I am a fan of the do it once, do it right methodology. I am brand new to the fat bike scene so not really sure what is worth paying extra for....

It's like building any other bike, but you'll have far fewer options, and less opportunity to find bargains, with rims, hubs, tires and cranks. The few things rather specific to the fat bike. In fact, one of my buddies last year had one helluva time simply finding some parts at all.

 

[cactusjk]

I would focus on a good drivetrain, bar, post, and saddle. Stay with the OEM crank, headset and rims.

 

[cactusjk]

Just picked up my Beargrease XX1. Can't wait to put it to the test!

 

[Two-Wheeled Explorer]

My interpreter (L) and my daughter on the "road" to the abandoned Yashezsarski monastery in Karelia, RU, 1997:


Ride safe,
Hans