You’ve probably observed more and more riders are on bikes that look “different” on your trails. Bikes that have wheels and tires of gigantic proportion – and we’re not talking about 29ers here. The thing is, even though fat bikes were first created to float on top of snow and sand, they’re just too damn fun not to ride on dirt. So how do you amplify your fat bike adventures even further? With a supercharged, ultra efficient, first of its kind fat suspension fork called BLUTO. We started with the features you’ve come to love from RockShox: Rapid Recovery rebound, Fast Black aluminum upper tubes, the infinitely tunable Solo Air spring, stout 15mm Maxle Lite, remote or crown adjustable damper, and tapered steerer tube. Then, the chassis got the fat treatment by reengineering it to meet the unique needs of fat tires and wheels. Everything from crown, to arch, to axle has been optimized to tackle the increased torsional loads of its wide stance. With more traction and control than ever before, you’ll never be happier you went fat.
Bluto Specs• Wheel Size: 26”
• Travel (mm): 80/100/120mm
• Tapered steerer
• 51mm offset axle
• 15x150 Maxle Lite
• Damper Adjust
• Crown or Remote (PushLoc) compression to lockout, rebound
• Solo air spring
• 4.8" Tire clearance
• Color: Black, White (OE only), Diffusion Black (OE only)
• Target Weight:1796g (3.96 lb)
• MSRP Crown/Remote: $643/$711 USD
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and I haven't heard anyone gripe about it insight of all this enduro/fatbike nonsense haha
Unless your running a higher pressure in the front, surely the front end is going to feel wobbly?
As for bigger tires up front I use to run a 2.5 on the front of my hard tail before I switched it to a hybrid ride. It gave me way more cornering confidence on the tails. Fat bike tire would be over kill I think. But you never know.
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Ps. I'm not questioning fat bikes, more the need for fat bike suspension
Will buy one in a couple of years when price comes down to reasonable price
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