Trek Farley Fat Bike

Fat Tire Adventures

Spring is showing itself here in a big way. In fact most of the snomo trail riding has turned off and is way beyond its peak of just a few weeks ago. However, the inland mountain area are still holding some good snow and the temperatures at night have been much more conducive to holding the snow. 

This weekend is the first Fat Tire Festival at Sugarloaf which includes a race on Saturday. I am looking forward to waking up early and blowing the lungs out as we race furiously up Boardwalk to the top of DR over to the bottom of Comp Hill where we will enter the Banked Slalom course and pin it back to the base. Should be over pretty quickly actually. I will be aboard one of my favorite steeds a Trek Farley.

I really like the way this bikes rides. Pretty aggressive geometry makes it feel closer to the likes of my mountain bike. It is setup with SRAM X9 Groupo with a 2x10 (36x22) in combination with a 11x34 cassette. This makes it really versatile for differing snow conditions. Brakes are the Avid DB3 hydraulic; wheels are Bontrager Jackalope with tubeless Hodags. This wheel set up nice and handling is predictable and feels light. The bike is flickable which makes it really feel like a 29'r adding to the fun factor.

The Festival link is here: http://www.sugarloaf.com/activities-and-nightlife/events/sugarloaf-fat-tire-festival. It also is a fundraiser for the Carrabassett Chapter of NEMBA so what's there not to like.