Specialized Fatboy Bikepacking

Could come with a better derailleur than x7 recommendation.

Specialized fatboy bikepacking. Haven t found much wrong with the bike. The rocky mountain blizzard 20 is a reasonably priced and impressively capable fat bike and we ve given it our best buy award. Fat bikes are also highly functional for bikepacking. Now 27 5 fat bike 2020 specialized fatboy aluminum review of features and actual weight duration.

No suspension just big old tyres to soak up the trail buzz and compensate for the technical capability you may have lost by strapping all this gear to your bars and frame. Xc dh trail our mountain bikes cover every facet of riding. Fatbikes are superb for their simplicity out on the trail. Recommended uses long road rides all road bikepacking dirt road detours.

They re made for riders by riders with no detail dubbed too small to perfect. Choices are the surly wednesday or the fatboy comp. Climbs like a mountain goat relatively light for being aluminum and having 4 6 tires on it. The new specialized epic is faster and smoother.

1 x 10 11 40 set up stock with race face 30t chainring and race face aeffect crank. Specialized statement on covid 19 read here. Bikepacking new zealand ep 3 charming creek trail. There s still a place for racks and panniers particularly when weight isn t a key consideration and they open up the door for larger and more remote expeditions.

The new 2017 fatboy has the m5 aluminum frame all cables internally routed. Model tested specialized diverge comp dsw x1 model year 2016 size tested 57 sizes available 49 52 54 56 58 61 64 weight tbc. Fatboy and bikepacking i am looking at a replacement for my pugs. Perhaps dare we say it traditional bikepacking handlebar bags and seatpacks won t be enough to haul the 6 litres of water five days of food and bulky cold weather camping gear that you need.