Our fresh lineup of fat bikes is here with new colors and specs for 2020.
Salsa bucksaw full suspension fat bike.
I m a new believer in the idea of summer fat biking and in particular the merits of pairing suspension with fat tires.
I never really imagined myself on a full suspension fatbike.
But it is all too easy to get going too fast and enter a rock garden or a drop under gunned with zero suspension.
Our incredible geometry provides an overall ride that encourages adventure.
So i jumped at the chance to test the salsa bucksaw one of the first production full suspension fat bikes to hit the market and it was easily the best bike i ve ridden this year.
Floatation and traction are further enhanced by bump absorbing suspension that features a properly tuned leverage ratio and damper unit in a layout that yields great pedaling efficiency and exceptional braking performance.
And this bucksaw is the evolution of the fat bike for trail and all mountain riding.
Load up a blackborow and disappear into the backcountry for days on end.
184 x 44 5mm 7 25 x 1 75 rear shock mount size.
184 x 44 5mm 7 25 x 1 75 rear shock mount size.
I sold that bike to purchase the first aluminum salsa beargrease then sold that once i fell in love with the carbon version launched in 2014.
Perhaps more than any other brand salsa has infuenced and advanced the design of the modern fat bike.
Fat bikes can truly go where no other bikes can.
Up to 26 x 4 0 tires on 82mm rims.
But salsa is really well beyond that opening shot and it is now evolving different categories of fat bikes for exploration hunting fishing racing.
100mm front and rear.
Designed for 100mm 50 offset rockshox bluto suspension fat bike fork.
It features split pivot rear suspension and is the first suspension bike designed from the ground up to address the ways riders use fat bikes and how fat tires interact with both the ground and the machine.
Bucksaw is a new breed of mountain bike that takes the best attributes of fatbikes and blends them with the proven benefits of split pivot full suspension.
Our three fat bike platforms are refined for distinctly different uses.
Full suspension salsa bucksaw fat bike in excellent condition sram x9 components 1x10 drivetrain crank brothers carbon bar sram guide brakes rock shox bluto fork.
But those are mere suggestions the beauty of our fat.
Ride a beargrease to victory on groomed trail races.
100mm front and rear.
My very first fatty a few years ago was a black surly pug ops a capable but beefy steed weighing in around 38 lbs.
For racing exploring bikepacking or riding singletrack any time any place salsa fat bikes will guide you to uncommon experiences.
Any trail and all mountain rider who s ridden a fat bike is really surprised by the traction and fun factor of the fat bike.
Up to 26 x 4 0 tires on 82mm rims.
Fat bike tires have a lot of give to them.
Bucksaw is our full suspension fat bike.
26 fat bike.
Designed for 100mm 50 offset rockshox bluto suspension fat bike fork.