Video: Pivot Launches Les Fat 2 with "Ed Gets Fat Part 2"

Nov 13, 2018
by Pivot Cycles  

PRESS RELEASE: Pivot Cycles

Get ready to laugh as Eddie Masters gets fat and shows why size is the only thing that really matters on the new Pivot Cycles LES Fat.

Eddie's Video is Just for Fun But the New LES Fat is the Real Deal

There is nothing quite like the feeling of floating over a thin layer of freshly fallen snow or the sense of adventure you feel exploring miles of canyon sand-washes on a fat bike. Soft conditions and riding where most folks walk may be the stereotypical use of a fat bike, but the fun doesn’t end there, not when you’re riding a Pivot Les Fat. The fat bike created for year-round riding is back and better than ever with 27.5” wheels, a new suspension fork option, and a new attitude.

The LES Fat is back in a big way and just in time for winter. New 27.5” wheel and tire specs along with a new Manitou Mastodon suspension fork option make the LES Fat faster, better handling and more capable than ever for the ultimate in fat bike performance. Under the new Ice Blue paint job lies the most versatile fat bike frame ever developed with its low Q-Factor frame design and massive tire clearance.

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Bigger Wheels for Bigger Adventures and Unrivaled Fat Bike Performance.

Our 27.5” Fat build features Maxxis Minion 3.8” tires mounted on 80mm wide rims for the ultimate in soft surface performance. The shorter sidewall height of 27.5” Fat tires offers improved cornering feel, less weight and the benefits of improved roll-over and momentum carrying characteristics that come with larger diameter wheels.

Pivot also offers the LES Fat with a 27.5+ wheel build option (or as a second wheelset) featuring 50mm wide rims and 3.0” wide Maxxis Chronical tires. This combination is perfect for the rider looking for a nimble and versatile four-season rig. The Manitou’s Mastodon fork option provides best in class fat bike suspension for riders who push the edge of fat bike performance and year-round use. The LES Fat frame features internal dropper post routing as well

The difference between having the greatest adventure of your life and pushing your bike for miles on end can be just a tire size away. Pivot’s LES Fat innovative frame design lets it utilize almost any imaginable tire and wheel combination currently offered. Pivot’s Patented Swinger II dropouts move up as they move back to simultaneously account for the increase in tire diameter and ride height.

By combining the rear dropout adjustments with multiple lower headset cup options, the LES Fat works with everything from traditional 29x2.4-2.8” trail tires on dirt to the highest volume 5” wide fat bike tires for the softest conditions making it the ultimate four-season fat bike.

Pivot Photo Catherine Fegan-Kim
Cathrine Kim Photo/Rider Keegan Swenson.


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  • 124 0
 "i been following the 50 to vegan crew on insta" hahaha thats hilarious. I love 50 to 01 and Eddie. Awesome video.
  • 50 1
 I'd prefer to follow Eddie because 1. he is a Masters and dogs need those. 2. he seems like he would drop more food more frequently which I also need.
  • 6 18
flag NebulousNate (Nov 13, 2018 at 9:21) (Below Threshold)
 @IamTheDogEzra: Im sure a good doggo like yourself would prefer meat as well!
  • 1 0
 one of bikeworlds ambassador Eddie for president
  • 99 0
 Ed Master's for UCI President
  • 4 0
 damn....Masters....
  • 12 1
 Masters for PhD
  • 62 0
 Who knew flip flops were so versatile...
  • 31 0
 Jandals!
  • 17 0
 if you ain't flippin, you ain't floppin.
  • 6 0
 Shimano used to (maybe still do) make clipless sandals. I remember they were in my lbs's sale for years!
  • 2 0
 You were not supposed to see those. They are top secret proto from five-ten
  • 4 1
 Thongs!
  • 3 0
 Elliott Jackson realised the power of alternative footwear long ago.
  • 2 0
 @Larkey1: Jandals if they're worn by a kiwi!
  • 53 0
 " I gotta take Emily Batty out on a date " lmao XD
  • 3 25
flag Trudeez (Nov 13, 2018 at 16:29) (Below Threshold)
 If this guy can land a date with Emily it gives me hope that I can still score a date with Kate Courtney!
  • 44 2
 genuinely upset about the wasted chicken
  • 4 1
 No chickens or cows where harmed in the making of this video they used the last few Dodos in stead
  • 8 0
 There are more micro-consumers on the ground than you will ever know. They lived large!
  • 10 2
 Of KFC, that stuff is poison in a bucket.
  • 4 0
 @lake-st: You get a free course of Anti biotics with every serving
  • 18 7
 He’ll go for a date with Emily and the first thing he hears is: Eddie! What have you done for me latelyyyy?!!!
  • 11 1
 I am crying I am laughing so hard. Absolutely nailed it.
  • 15 0
 Is that a SRAM bleed clamp on his "hydration system?" LOL
  • 5 0
 Wow, I was really going to skip this video due to the lack of interest in the product.

Instead-boom! Awesome.

No flip flops in the snow? Eddie you're a puss! But really, don't rip your toes off please, we want to see you racing.
  • 8 0
 We must protect Ed at all costs.
  • 5 1
 This video got better as it went on. Good stuff. But Eddy mast have missed that Batty is already dating a different/real juicer: cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/emily-batty-and-lance-armstrong-join-up-for-a-rip-in-colorado.
  • 23 6
 Why on earth would any current pro publicise seeing LA? Baffling
  • 6 1
 @BeardlessMarinRider: I know, right? There's zero chance any baseball, basketball, or football star would be caught dead in the same room as those that were caught cheating or disgracing their respective sport.
  • 3 1
 He got the balls to ask her out..!
  • 12 1
 @andreko: correction, only 1 ball
  • 3 0
 Did she divorced Adam? Im I missing something?
  • 6 1
 @fercho25: no i think there's just been some social media backlash that she posted an instagram photo of riding with Lance Armstrong. Who, of course, famously cheated his way through the sport.
  • 3 0
 @gbeaks33: "there's been some just social media backlash"

Now with correct word order ;-)
  • 16 9
 Yo Barelli! THIS is funny!!!
  • 7 1
 I get fat without riding a fat bike... Life is unfair
  • 1 1
 Your got too ride a fat bike too lose weight thats the whole point!
  • 7 1
 This guy looks like Johnny Sins Big Grin
  • 5 0
 maybe if you ride this bike enough you could get les fat
  • 2 0
 i'm gonna be waiting for the les dough
  • 1 0
 This thing has a 69 degree headtube angle??? I'm wondering why they did that honestly. A more all rounded HTA would be around 67. Reaches are SHORT too, wow. I would rather ride a longer reach with a shorter stem for the same handlebar location.
  • 4 0
 Masters for president, flip flops for flats!
  • 1 0
 The scars on my shins will tell you why it's a terrible idea.
  • 5 1
 Video unavailable?
  • 4 0
 awesome..thanks for fat!
  • 3 0
 Thank you Ed. Top notch stuff.
  • 3 0
 wow so good hahaha
  • 1 0
 I am confused. Will this result in more sweatpants hanging out in the shop or less?
  • 3 0
 The flip flops make it
  • 3 0
 god this is gold.
  • 4 2
 Love when he tears the derailleur off
  • 2 0
 The geometry on this bike is extra old school. Super disappointing.
  • 2 0
 Best film for a while... hilarious!!
  • 3 4
 So when a rando goes down those stairs in queenstown Pinkbike gets the pitchfork butnif its Eddy masters its ok to do it? I absolutely love the guy but that was bad manners on his part.
  • 2 0
 I almost choked on my pizza. In flip flops no less
  • 1 0
 “Also featuring 4 pillows and a XXXL track suit” I had to look twice to make sure I had enough X’s.
  • 1 0
 This reminds me of soccer players versus hockey players. One's working smarter, and one's working harder, that's for sure.
  • 1 0
 4.0" well... it is not a fat! :]
  • 1 0
 You had me with the KFC bucket.
  • 1 0
 You make us very proud Ed.
  • 1 0
 Emily batty...... very nice.
  • 1 0
 Ha Fat bike with Fast food so funny thank you Beer
  • 4 3
 Legit rider description if it was an E-fatbike.
  • 3 2
 Must've forgotten that the baguettes are supposed to be used as inserts
  • 1 0
 Someone has been reading Barelli's pro tips Big Grin
  • 1 0
 Didn’t he go vegan last season?
  • 1 0
 Funniest biking film I’ve ever seen????
  • 1 0
 NO one HANGS TEN like ED!!
  • 1 0
 I've rewatched 2:21-2:25 over and over again.
  • 1 0
 WHY YOU NO WORKY?
  • 1 0
 Best bike release ever
  • 1 2
 Wow! Weaksauce, Pivot...
  • 1 1
 WTF
  • 2 2
 Thanks for not being PC
  • 3 6
 Fake news. You can't claim to have an updated "fat" bike and not offer it in an XL frame size. Fat lite?
  • 1 0
 fat guys ride fat
  • 2 4
 It needs suspension front and rear.
  • 1 4
 Cool looking bike but a 438mm reach on the large with no xl option? What is this, a bike for ants?
  • 1 0
 Just for shits....that is the same reach as on a Nomad 3 size large which by my observations around where I live, a lot of guys are still making work just fine. Maybe that's not long and slack enough for fatbiking though - I've never tried it.
  • 1 2
 True, but the nomad 3 is a previous gen bike. The new nomad has been out for a few years, and their medium has the same reach as the old large. But yeah maybe for fat biking you don't need as long of a bike, but if you want to get this Les for versatility (it can accept regular sized 29er wheels too), you'd think the geo would be more updated?
  • 1 0
 @tsn73: The Nomad 3 also isn't a hardtail designed to ride xc/trail on, a large 27.5+ Santa Cruz chameleon has a 456mm reach as a comparison with something more in the same category.

It seems like a lot of fatbikes are really quite short in the top tube, possibly for a more upright touring-style position on the bike? I honestly don't know though.
  • 7 0
 We have to put some weight on the rear wheel to have traction on snow so probably the reason we need a more upright position.

Why would we need a fatbike that is slack, low and long? We're not taking our fatbikes on EWS races.... think more about a winter trail bike for a little bit of everything. Wink
  • 2 0
 @Timo82: yeah true, I just mean it's short for a fitting perspective. I'm tall and would be very uncomfortable on this bike just riding it around. Would have to add a really long stem. I can't see anyone 6' or taller really wanting to ride it. Just my two cents.
  • 1 0
 @Timo82: sarcasm can often go undetected around here. I agree with your take on things. Fatbikes look like great fun to me and if/when I ever move back to a town with real winter I will get one guaranteed.
  • 1 4
 In for the faux outrage.
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