It was a beautiful winter day so I decided to rent a fat bike and head over to Theodore Wirth park. The Salsa Beargrease X5 was the rental bike I picked up. The Beargrease is a fully rigid fat bike spec’ed with Sram components. The brakes were Avid and the drivetrain was a Sram X5 setup. The tires on the bike were the 45Nrth Husker DU.
Overall I think the bike did an admirable job handling on the trail. I was originally worried about the weight of a fat bike but found it was not a concern. The shifting and brakes did alright but neither would be welcome on a bike I call my own. The Sram X5 was adequate be not as pleasing as my Shimano XT drivetrain. The Avid brakes squealed like a stuck pig before I even got them near the snow.
My biggest problem with this bike was the tire setup. I found almost zero tracktion on climbs using the 45Nrth Husker DU tires. There was so little knob profile I’m not surprised. I believe this tire is meant for riding in fresh snow and is not that good on packed singletrack. I would have probably been better off on a more aggressive fat bike tire.
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Mountain Bike - Salsa Beargrease
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