Specialized Fatboy Se Review

This bike is equipped with meaty 26x4 6 inch tires and hooks up well on all trail surfaces aside from ice.

Specialized fatboy se review. Could come with a better derailleur than x7 recommendation. I did not envision myself on a fatbike. After all i m a racerboy i m into saving grams where possible preferably from my wheelset. Follow the discussion here.

Haven t found much wrong with the bike. This review was written by mtbr forum member ben slabaugh schlim. The fatboy is a comfortable climber and a fun descender so long as you stick to mellow terrain. Climbs like a mountain goat relatively light for being aluminum and having 4 6 tires on it.

You get dramatically more traction grip and floatation than with traditional mountain tires all without sacrificing much to climbing efficiency. The security and control that the wheel system found here on our fatboy se provides is unparalleled. How i ended up fat. Specialized fatboy expert the three way review by julio on february 5 2018 in fatbikes way back in november when it was still warm and snow free here in the midwest gomez gave you a rundown of the specialized fatboy expert that had recently landed on the doorstep of fat bike com world hq.

1 x 10 11 40 set up stock with race face 30t chainring and race face aeffect crank. Words and photos by ryan labar. I ve been really enjoying the nostalgia that comes with big name bike brands reincarnating old models as fatbikes such as the norco big foot the rocky mountain blizzard stay tuned for a review on this bike soon and the specialized fatboy i ve wanted each of these bikes at some point or another back in the late 90s and early 00s and now i get to.