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[Closed] Salsa Beargrease - lightweight fatbike

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I thought this looked rather nice:
http://reviews.mtbr.com/salsa-cycles-el-mariachi-colossal-beargrease/2

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Apparently only 28.5lb.


 
Posted : 26/07/2012 10:41 am
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ooh - I've just realised that's two Salsas I've liked recently!


 
Posted : 14/08/2012 2:48 pm
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28.5lbs and no suspension?


 
Posted : 14/08/2012 2:52 pm
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[quote=glenh ]28.5lbs and [s]no [/s] 1.5" of suspension?
FTFY


 
Posted : 14/08/2012 2:53 pm
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[i]28.5lbs and no suspension? [/i]

^^^ Just what I was about to point out. The tyres man, the tyres.
They should afford a comfortable degree of plushness.

Nice !.


 
Posted : 14/08/2012 2:56 pm
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How much will the lightweight version weigh?


 
Posted : 14/08/2012 2:57 pm
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Awful name though


 
Posted : 20/08/2012 6:25 pm
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It was originally going to be called the beaversh!t.


 
Posted : 20/08/2012 6:29 pm
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I could be tempted....


 
Posted : 20/08/2012 6:32 pm
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i could be tempted, however i think i have reached S-1.


 
Posted : 20/08/2012 6:48 pm
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At 33 I think a mid life crisis has hit as I like that alot.

What suspension can you fit to the front?


 
Posted : 20/08/2012 6:52 pm
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1.5" suspension...not really.


 
Posted : 20/08/2012 6:54 pm
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I like this for a light fatty, with carbon forks and 4.7" BFL's

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Posted : 20/08/2012 7:09 pm
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1.5" of suspension

Yeah if you like your suspension uncontrolled with no damping. Is it 1994 again?


 
Posted : 20/08/2012 7:15 pm
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Awful name though

RD, it looks like that and you're worried about the name? 😉


 
Posted : 20/08/2012 7:16 pm
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[url= http://www.beargrease.com/follow-the-race/history-of-john-beargrease/ ] Named after this guy.[/url]

Though Beavershit would have been betterer. 😆


 
Posted : 20/08/2012 7:24 pm
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That garage door is behind too many bikes.


 
Posted : 20/08/2012 7:30 pm
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well it's got a big wide front opening filled with a fatty they should have called it the "mooseknuckle"


 
Posted : 20/08/2012 7:37 pm
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[img] http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-132208103736625_2216_3138591 [/img]

lightweight? nononononno no, you need a gun rack.


 
Posted : 20/08/2012 7:54 pm
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Yeah if you like your suspension uncontrolled with no damping. Is it 1994 again?

I think that's a little unfair.
I haven't ridden a fatbike, but I actually really like the way tyres control bumps. There's something about what they do that is superior to the initial travel of any forks I've used.


 
Posted : 22/08/2012 9:00 am

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