Also, I've read that the first thing I should do is check to make sure the drop out screws weren't loose, and that I may even want to put some loctite on the screws.

So that's my first step.

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.

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?

Good point CD however I would love to see one of these built for mtb.  Great idea SN!  All I really need is a little bit of suspension out back and on my trails I mostly stay seated. 

This answer would be an inexpensiv, simple and very light alternative to full suspension.  I've ridden my buddies Bike with a thud buster and really liked it.  This could be just a very lightweight version of that. 

Now how do we get them to build us some?
Andy

Yup.. the short travel thudbuster was almost included in my current build. And I may still get one if no other options become available soon enough.. but it's just too ugly and heavy to put on my full carbon chiner at this point. The above would work better, look better, and probably be lighter than a conventional carbon post. 1-1.5 inch of travel would be all I need with my 2.35 tires and carbon bike and components, for my mostly smooth local trails.

As far as getting them to actually build it.. I dunno.. I guess I could simply ask lol. But I don't want some one-off version that hasn't been thoroughly tested by the community, so I assumed that getting public demand going would really be the only way. Hopefully, in time, this thread/site can help bring about some of those kind of things.

Guess that's a pretty good point. Actually  looking at adding a 40t-rex to my set-up.. Was going to hold off on making that upgrade because so many guys were having issues with the chain dropping off on the 42t cogs.. but it seems there are less issues with the 40t and reading your 036 thread I saw that you kinda had the same issue with the xx1 until you got it dialed in. Made me think that maybe the issues that people were having were less to do with incompatibility and more to do with individual set up and getting it dialed in.

One of the many reasons I decided to stick with a hardtail 29er is I expect to see some very well designed, effective, and light weight suspension seatposts coming out over the next year or two. What i'm waiting on is an mtb version of Ergon CF3 carbon pro seatpost:



Would love to see one of these Chinese carbon manufacturers bring an mtb version of this thing out. Doesn't seem as if it would be all too hard to engineer.. Could basically use the Ergon as a template but beef the carbon rods and bearings up a bit..

Just an idea.. Seems like a price point of $75-$100 would work for both parties. I'd be the first paying customer.

it will be a great bicycle ,man. 

Thanks, Bertzhong.. Welcome to the thread and the forum!