Hunter built this fat bike for Scott Felter of Porcelain Rocket frame bags, who will ride it across Austraila
Front and rear spacing is 170mm, with two rear Fatback hubs that can be swapped if needed
Made-to-match Porcelain Rocket frame bags
The removable rack bolts to the frame at four places
Hunter used yoke to stretch the rear end out…
…to gain enough heal clearance for the massive rear panniers
Rick Hunter is getting quite good at building adventure bikes
This drop bar mountain bike blends new and vintage parts for a very custom build
The paint job was inpired by the Ritchey Commandos of the mid 1980s
Clean and simple front rack
Dura-Ace brake levers and 6-speed thumbshifters mounted via WTB multi-mounts
New old stock WTB Dirt Drops
The rear rack is secured to the seatstays and around the seatpost
There appears to be a few missing gears on this cassette
Six cogs to match the Dura-Ace thumb shifter
This bike was build for Nate Woodman, owner of Monkey Wrench Cycles in Lincoln, Nebraska
Nate Woodman with his new ride
Matt Appleman’s carbon “Lumberjack bike” reportedly tips the scales at 22 pounds with 29x3in tires
Ultra light Brake Force One brakes
Surly Knard tires and Rabbit hole rims
Appleman used strips of carbon for the rim tape
This was one of a handful of bikes equipped with Kettle Cycles carbon rotors
A Ritchey stem and handlebar are wrapped in carbon to create a seamless look
The logos are made from plaid fabric and oak veneer
The “Boolossal” is Boo Bikes first carbon and bamboo fat bike
The fork and stem were built by James Bleakley of Black Sheep Bikes
Swoopy handlebar to match the fork
The Overlander is Cielo’s new adventure touring bike
The bike on display was equipped with a full complement of Revelate designs frame bags
Paragon rockers allow for singlespeeding
Engin’s fat bike built for two
Custom yoke designed to clear Surly Knard tires
This bike was built for Mark Norstad of Paragon Machine works
Form had this Lefty-equipped fat bike on display
Custom clamps are required for the Lefty fork to clear the 3.8in tires
Funk had an interesting take on fat bikes with this 69er
A 29x3in tire upfront…
…and a 26×3.8in tire in the rear
Stinner Frameworks’ 29er adventure bike designed for the Tour Divide race
Very little chance of deydration on this bike
These Ti VP prototype pedals are not suited to DH, but might be a hit with fatbikers looking for a pedal that’s light and clears snow
Twenty2 Cycles custom Ti fat bike with powder-coated pink rims
The Moots/IMBA trail care collaboration was a show favorite
Lets hope the flask in the framebag is to be used after the chainsaw
Moots 29er kitted out for the ultra-endurance events such as the Tour Divide race
We’re still not done with our coverage from the North American Handmade Bicycle Show – and if you weren’t lucky enough to walk the halls yourself, hopefully you haven’t grown tired of looking at the amazing machines in our first, second and third image galleries.
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Our fourth and final installment is a collection of this year’s fat and adventure touring bikes. There’s a lot of overlap between these two types of go-anywhere rigs. Both are relatively new genres of bicycles that have become sweethearts of custom builders. (Due in no small part the fact that, while increasingly popular, there are still just a handful of companies offering production models.)
Not quite fat, but quite popular
Surly’s massive 29x3in Knard tires and 50mm-wide Rabbit Hole rims have gained (ahem) traction with the custom crowd as well. While bikes designed to accommodate these tires may not technically be considered full-on fat bikes, they offer similar traction and rollover benefits in a more traditionally-designed frame package, as there’s no need resort to 170mm-wide rear dropout spacing or 100mm bottom bracket shells.
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Click through the gallery to checkout some of this year’s finest fat, fat-ish and adventure touring bikes.
