Steel bikes ride great but they also weigh a bit more than bikes made with other materials.
Pugsley roof rack.
Go with your gut friend.
Setting the bar for fat tire expedition bikes maximalist off road tourists explorers looking to get off the beaten path and survivalists for whom being stranded isn t an option will all appreciate pugsley s wide footprint long and stable wheelbase and.
No need to swap parts use tools or disassemble any fork mount rack to mount your fatbike.
Our size medium test bike weighed in at 34 pounds six ounces.
The beady eyed among you lot may have spied new racks on my pugsley when i was floating about in the local river well i had hacked up a rear rack off my commuter for the front of the pug to go on holiday to the western isle s of harris back in july so i needed another rack for my cannondale commuter edinburgh bike co op do a cheap lightwieghtmountainbike rack with splash gaurd for 15 i.
The fatdapter modular mounting system allows quick and safe attachment of fatbike forks to a 100mm standard roof rack.
The only 1pc solid body fully machined non welded non tubular non painted roof rack adapter on the market.
So i have a surly pugsley which i love dearly.
The one limitation is that the rack is not compatible with asymmetrical rear stay fat bike frames like the surly pugsley.
The uber wide 135mm front fork and offset drivetrain make fitting normal front and rear racks a challenge but there are ways to get around this.
The mounting brackets are adjustable and are meant to bolt to the rear facing fender eyelets at the dropouts and to mid blade eyelets.
Pugsley is the ultimate expedition bike tailored for off road touring and exploration.
Ten years ago i was riding a pugsley with a rohloff hub with a custom a train cycles potreur rack up front and a surly nice rack in the rear and it weighed in at forty two pounds.
Surly makes bicycle racks out of cromoly steel of course with stainless steel and aluminum hardware.
This front rack features a wide top platform and rails for carrying low rider front panniers.
Fitting racks to a surly pugsley can be a pain.
Weight 1265 grams capacity 66 lbs 29 9kg.
When installing on fat forks you may find the need to secure the rack stays to the interior vs exterior.
I want to add a rack to it so that i can do simple grocery getter tasks on my way to and from work but i m afraid that standard racks will not work because of the special nature of the frame.
