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Sitar_Ned:
So, last night Peter from Iplay emailed me basically to try to get an insight into what I thought would be the most in demand features and designs for his new line of fat bike rims that are in the works..

First of all, while I absolutely do appreciate that he reached out to me like that, and think it's very smart of him to try to get that kind of insight.. He has grossly over estimated my technical mtb wheel building knowledge  :)

I honestly have no clue how to answer Peter's questions but would love to help him get these answers, while simultaneously giving riders exactly what it is that they want.. So with his permission, of course, I thought i'd see if anyone of you guys (I know there's not many of you yet) either had some wheel building knowledge, or knew someone that did.. specifically related to fat bike rims.

Here.. I'll just let you hear it in Peter's words. Would probably be the best way, but keep in mind.. English is his second language but his questions are very clear..




Hi Rob,

How are you?

And could you let me know more details of fat bike rims that you think is idealest? I mean OD, ID and ERD. And what about the distance between drilling holes ?

I plan to make new models for 80mm width and 100mm width, these two kinds of rims can be clincher and tubeless compatible. You know, our previous 80mm rims are for clincher only, not compatible for tubeless.

And Which design will be the most idealest ?

Or do you have any design and could you send me? Maybe I can make the rim mould same as your design

And we will have carbon fat bike frames available soon

Best Regards,
Peter




Okay.. That's it.  Anyone?

Carbon_Dude:
I received the same email, not knowing if he couldn't just do a search, and me not knowing much about FatBike wheels, I did a quick search and sent him back some info.  To my surprise, there are already several carbon fat bike wheels on the market.

Below is my reply.

https://www.hedcycling.com/bigdeal/
https://www.hedcycling.com/pdf/HedFatRimInstructions.pdf
http://www.lamerecycles.com/#!fatbike/c1ff7

This website has some specs:
http://sarmabikes.com/products/carbon-rim-fatbikes
ERD: 534 mm
ERTRO: 559 mm
Recommended tire pressure: 10-15 PSI
Max rider weight limit: 110 kg
Max Spoke Tension: 100 kgf
Recommended valve’s length: 35 mm
Recommended width of tubeless tape 50-65 mm
Recommended spokes nipples: 12 mm

http://www.borealisbikes.com/parts/carbondale-rims/
http://www.bikerumor.com/2014/02/25/exclusive-kuroshiro-reinvents-the-tubeless-wheel-with-their-incredible-enso685-carbon-fat-bike-rim/
http://fat-bike.com/2014/02/sarma-introduces-first-100mm-carbon-rims-the-naran-100/

Also, I would suggest ordering a set of wheels you like from one of these places to get more specs.
Regards,

Sitar_Ned:
I suppose he's trying to figure out which the most popular would be. I think the problem would be that fat bikes are so new.. there's less people to get feedback from. Like you, I was surprised that these wheels were already so widely available.. so maybe there's more info to be had than I assumed.

Sitar_Ned:
The one from the bike rumor article looks like a winner:



Hey CD... this speaks to what I was saying in the fat bike thread about how I think having high end components, especially wheels, is what it's all about with fat bikes.

From the article:

 "the Salsa Mukluk shown above lost about 7 pounds when the Rolling Darryl wheelset and 45NRTH tubed tires were swapped out for the ensō685."

7 pounds off your wheels! That's got to be a night and day difference and I bet they get even lighter.

Carbon_Dude:
Fat Bikes are definitely a lot about having a cool looking ride that turns heads.

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