Comments on: Ode to the Chupacabra

By: harydial

harydial — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:01:00 +0000

G’day Goat…I have another question that you would know.
With the tyres you are running I understand is a 26 wheels.
However when you put the endomorphs into the wheels, can it be considered as a 29er because of the thick side wall of the endo….

So that is to say it has the properties of a 29er although the wheels are a 26…

Hope I am making sense and correct my thoughts if its wrong…Thanks mate.

By: harydial

harydial — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:51:00 +0000

G’day Goat…I was thinking you mentioned if there was a front suspension that could fit the 3.7 endo on the chupacabra that would be great…..
I notice from Mike Curiak snow bike by Moots he has a front suspension on his custom made fat bike bicycle…hmm probably its custom made for that bike as well just a thought..interesting….

By: harydial

harydial — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:35:00 +0000

Thanks for the piece of link.
Yeah Rohloff is a good investment on the bikes.

By: harydial

harydial — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:11:00 +0000

Thanks for the piece of info Goat.
Yeah I guess such a unique bike need to be custom made.
BTW ever thought of using a rohloff since you guys are on dirt roads all the time?
What about a schlumpf crank?

Hope i can realized my dream of building a fat rubber bike with an extension of the big dummy…

It’s been awesome following all your travels…traveling by dirt roads and at times no roads is the way to go…!

Keep off roading,
harydial

By: Mike Reyher

Mike Reyher — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:55:00 +0000

You might try bars with more sweep or even dirt drops. I ride rigid all the time and having my hands in that position makes an incredible difference. The drops allow you to not have to really grip the bars. Soft hands, as they say. – Mike

By: harydial

harydial — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:58:00 +0000

G’day Goat….I was wondering if you want to pack the bike up and check in as a sports equipment in a plane trip do you need 2 bicycle boxes to box the chupacabra up?

Well it’s an awesome bike…hope this prototype would be finalized for the general market.

By: Darren Alff

Darren Alff — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:22:00 +0000

I too am curious about the weight. it looks like it weights a ton. It looks like it would be hard going uphill, but might be really good for riding in the snow, ice, etc.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

I am wondering if this bike can be made to accomodate and electric motor. i am handicapped and would like to haul my fishing pole down the beach as far as necessary, and this might be a good way to get there. if i can pedal it fine, but if i cant, it would be nice to have that electric motor.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:09:00 +0000

Why don’t you get a dirt bike (motorbike) and simply add pedals to that? Then you’d get suspension, fat wheels, and everything else. I’m sure an angle grinder could trim it down to an acceptable weight.

By: Mike Scarani

Mike Scarani — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:33:00 +0000

I love this bike!
It proved to be part of the inspiration for my own fat tired creation.
Thanks for writing such a detailed story.
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd52/mscarani/FAT%20BASTARD%20BIKE/001.jpg

By: Hannelore Hoskin

Hannelore Hoskin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:13:00 +0000

a big thank you for this post. Helped me out with my school project.

By: Allen

Allen — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:46:00 +0000

For suspension fork compatibility, look no further than the Maverick SC32. Several pics on the snowbike threads on mtbr Awesome bike you have put together!