[Closed] Salsa Beargrease carbon fattie ready for winter!!

First ride report... I set the tyres to about 15psi and went for a ride...

That bike is remarkable. I've never ridden a fatbike before and so it took a little getting used to. I'm quite used to riding rigid but that thing is something else entirely. You have to totally readjust how you attack trails and just forget about any sort of line choice. The tyres have so much momentum that you just point it at things and pedal. Riding through the fairly sloppy bits in Swinley you just keep pedalling and it plows on through. Roots? No problem, even soaking wet off camber ones. The tyres just float over everything.

The frame is really stiff - when you stand up and give it the beans there is no flex at all - you can feel you are just going forwards rather than flexing about.

Only downside? Cleaning it took ages as everything is so large.

Just need some new brake pads now! Oh, and some snow.

GB

when you stand up and give it the beans there is no flex at all - you can feel you are just going forwards rather than flexing about.

Even with the massive, soft tyres?

Try dropping the tyre pressure a bit more. 😀

Not really - the rims are so wide the tyres don't really bounce around all that much. Round berms there is no tyre roll at all. The tyres are only slightly wider than the rims.

I need to get an accurate gauge Stu - I think the rear was softer than the front.

You'll soon get a feel for it without a gauge.
I always run softer on the front.
About 10-12 in the rear and 6-8 in the front.

What BB comes fitted?
I've been thinking about one of these but the pressfit BB is putting me off a bit.

singlespeedstu - Member

What BB comes fitted?
I've been thinking about one of these but the pressfit BB is putting me off a bit.

all the better for SS'ing it with one of the adapter thingies .shirley ?

It comes with a SRAM BB - it's a normal 100mm fat bike axle but the BB spec is 121mm pressfit.

GB

the BB spec is 121mm pressfit

That's the bit that's putting me off a bit.
WTF do you get a 121 pressfit BB to fit a none GXP crank like my Raceface Turbine...

I imagine you could run a normal pressfit BB just without the centre tube?

Bike looks mint gee.What size is it?

That's a large - 19". My other Salsas are the older medium - 18" - and this fits great.

GB