singular swift

Marin Pine Mountain 1

Stanton Sherpa?

That ^^ Cotic is very nice indeed.

Damn I didn’t even notice the ‘+’

I wish people would decide what a mountain bike actually is again.

Last fastforward?

– Back to the old blue but with a black downtube panel.
– slight reshaping of chainstays to work well with any 27+ tyres.
– added rear rack mounts
– added bottle cage boss under downtube
– slightly slacker head angle and longer rake fork
– option of fork with anything cage mounts

That’s about it, everything else the same as the previous batch.

Stooge

No, they are both previous batch – blue one is in the livery of the new ones. Yes, even the old (cream) frames will fit a 27.5×3.25 and the new ones will have a smidge more clearance.

Will it take a 130mm fork? 😉

This went on my list as soon as I missed the kickstarter.

Looks mad as a box of frogs.

Not 650B+

The solaris does though, as mentioned way up there —^

It may be, but if you can get the rear tyre in past the caliper then it’s not really necessary.

And:
142mm = 135 with some tabs to make getting the wheel in/out easier (like a big version of a QR rear end) rather than having to line it up and slide the axle in. It’s no wider than a normal hub.

Boost is a wider axle all together. The extra 5mm gives a better chainline around big tyres and helps when squeezing big tyres past the brake caliper and mech (there are 135mm fat bikes, but you have to deflate the tyre to get the wheel in). TBH I don’t see the point, if chainlines an issue, designers offset the rear wheel, Specialized have used offset rear wheels for years.

Don’t have a version which is postable here as yet but if you are interested drop me an email and I can send you a pdf. They are pretty much the same as the current Swift with the exception of a little slacker head angle and addition of a small size.

For me the advantages are speed, versatility, and width.

27+ is lighter and rolls faster than full fat while giving you much of the traction, roll-over and floatation benefits of fat.

You can easily swap in some regular 29″ wheels if you want to, great for people who already have 29″ wheels around.

You have standard width hubs and BB. I don’t really like adapting to the wide Q on a full-fat bike.

Plus, you don’t have to answer quite so many ‘jeez, look at those wheels’ questions.

27+ is lighter and rolls faster than full fat while giving you much of the traction, roll-over and floatation benefits of fat.

You can easily swap in some regular 29″ wheels if you want to, great for people who already have 29″ wheels around.

You have standard width hubs and BB. I don’t really like adapting to the wide Q on a full-fat bike.

Plus, you don’t have to answer quite so many ‘jeez, look at those wheels’ questions. Riding a fullfatbike gives you terrible face muscle ache from the constant Grinz™. Riding 27.5 + gives you the lesser Smirkz™ which is less tiring over longer distances and more Enduro terrain.

You’d be surprised 😉