while it is heavier than other fat bikes i have lightened it up with surly nate tires, added hydraulic disc brakes and a dropper post. Keep you eyes peeled.īeen riding the piss out of my crawler since mid- july. Here is what all this rambling means to me, this is an exciting time to be a fat-bike enthusiast! There will be more choices than ever, your mind may explode with the possibilities, but there has never been a better time to be a fat-bike fan and never a better time to let help you navigate the choices. Is all this good or bad? Probably a bit of both. What’s next? We’ve already seen the early drawings of a Kona fat-bike and there have been plenty of other rumors floating around, fueled in a part by the introduction of OE-friendly SRAM components, First we had the innovators, small shops, custom builders and individuals who wanted to expand their opportunities and abilities to ride terrain that no other bike had ridden and went to great lengths to engineer, cobble and beat existing hardware into submission, then we had a committed distributor with a couple of brands that showed what could be done with production fat-bikes as well as being a supplier to a growing custom builder market and now, with the Crawler, another major parts distributor is getting into the fray marking the inevitable expansion of the fat-bike market beyond the early adopters. We think the Crawler marks an interesting point in the evolution of the fat-bike market. You can see more complete details about the specs of the Origin8 Crawler here. With the initial run of Crawlers already spoken for by the aforementioned bike shops we will either have to wait for the next shipment or cajole our local shop into some test riding! We’ve ridden the NuVinci on a few other fat-bikes and like the combo.
#ORIGIN 8 SCOUT XLT FREE#
(Yes, I know, you built your custom fat-bike with non-mainstream fat parts but we are not talking one-offs here we are talking available nationwide at you local shop type bikes.) The majority of the other components on the Crawler are Origin-8 pieces with an FSA ISIS bottom bracket representing that brand.Īt a retail price point well under $1500 the Crawler will undoubtedly turn a few more heads in the direction of fat and the NuVinci hub is an interesting choice especially for those wanting a maintenance free drivetrain. Tires are Origin-8 Devit-8-ers on Origin-8 80mm AT-PRo rims marking the first time a non-Q brand tire/wheel combo has been used on a production fat-bike. The venerable Avid BB7 Disc brakes provide stopping power. The Crawler uses a hydroformed aluminum frame coupled to a NuVinci N360 continuously variable rear hub to give you a shift free 360% range of gearing. Now arriving at bike shops around the country is Origin-8 Crawler fat-bike.
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