I broke the frame while thrashing hard on my Aluminum framed Phat Phuk last year so I decided it was probably time to switch to steel. There are several steel framed fatbikes that will fit the 5.05″ SnowShoe 2XL, but the one that I could find the cheapest was a Bikes Direct Lurch NOT currently…
Last winter I saw that Kate Leeming was planning on bicycling across Antarctica and her weapon of choice was the SnowShow 2XL PSC (Pure Silica Compound) tire with white treads. Although I had seen many people use the PSC tires on their fatbikes online there was something about having a white treaded tire that put…
If there is a way to screw something up with mid-drive DIY ebikes, you gotta believe at some point I’ve done it. The newest addition to the long list of stuff that I’ve broken is the chainstay on my SnowShoe 2XL 5.05″ tired Phat Phuk build which has long been my favorite snow bike. When mounting…
One of my pet peeves about the new torque-sensing 1000W Ultra Max drive unit is that there just aren’t that many frames for it available in the states. The original Bafang Max drive which only sported 350W of power has a totally different mounting bracket than the Ultra Max which means you just can’t fit a…
2017 was a great year for ebikes. Customers demand that bikes just keep getting cheaper, more customizable and more powerful. It really has never been a better time to get into ebikes than right now, as you can buy so much more ebike than you could a year or two ago for the same price…
When I go to the Lunacycle factory I make it a point to ride every ebike I can get my hands on (including one that they were probably building just for you). That’s right, I got my grubby potato chip fingers all over your ebike and rode it up a bunch of stairs and jumped…
My token-old-person-friend Eric Skalwold sold his BBS02 powered electric fat bike several months ago and has been mercilessly harassing me about what electric fat bike to buy to replace it with for months now, while routinely borrowing my ebikes to thrash on. On our last ride, the crankarm starts falling off so what does he do? He…
One of the things I always tell people who want to learn to ride bikes in the woods is that the most important rule to follow is always this. Don’t look at the trees It’s not that hard to do, and the biggest problem with our brains is that wherever we look is where we…
The Thudbuster LT (review here) is the quintessential essential for any fat ebike. At the last count, I own a total of 5 Thudbusters that move around from one bike to another. One of the problems that I’ve dealt with in the past is that my fat bikes have all different widths of seat tubes meaning that if…
For a long time I’ve wanted to build the ultimate snow machine. This fat bike would have an insanely powerful motor and no suspension components whatsoever. I wanted the power to be harnessed with a Nexus 3 speed IGH which would allow it to plow though a foot of heavy snow or go 40+ mph…
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