Fat Bike Suspension Or Rigid

Most riders find the squish of the fatbikes sufficient.

Fat bike suspension or rigid.

While some still prefer a rigid fork tires don t quite offer the same type of suspension that a well tuned suspended fork does. Surly made the pugsley as the worlds first production fat bike over 10 years ago and they used a 135mm rear hub and off set it 17 5mm so you could get a full range of gears. The adjustable rebound knob on the right fork keeps the damping in check and the lockout can make the fork rigid when needed. I am a firm believer in increasing skill level and challenging yourself to become a better mountain biker and when you get on a rigid mountain bike you quickly realize the mistakes you have been making.

Buying a fat bike can sometimes feel. Because most of these bikes use four to five inch wide tires and because you typically run those. Cannondale now offer the lefty olaf as a suspension option on their high end fat caad 1. A hardtail with a rigid fork is the most affordable and most common type of fat bike.

Manitou has a new fat bike suspension fork coming the mastodon maybe it ll bring fatty front suspension up a few notches. Also called hardtail suspension because the rear has no suspension. Most fat bikes come with rigid forks without any form of suspension. Fat bikes are heavy where it hurts the most at the wheels.

Without question it makes for a very comfortable experience and most riders feel like they are in better overall control. Front suspension fat bikes have its fans me but others want to go all out and get full suspension on their fat bike. The full suspension mountain bike covers up a lot of mistakes while you ride. It is not as common as one would think but there are ways to get this setup.

While fat bikes were originally invented for that purpose riders are now using fat bikes all year round. Many riders think suspension on a fat bike is redundant because of massive tires that soak up any vibrations bumps rocks and roots on the trails. Travel is from 80 mm to a whopping 150 with the capability of running a 5 05 tire. With more ridding and more terrain comes the need for more suspension.

So if you want a more comfortable ride you can simply deflate them. Most fat bikes ride on tires that are 3 8 to 5 wide. As the math works 17 5 x 2 135 170mm they were eventually able to have 170mm hubs made and this became the standard.