Norco Bigfoot

[MN_Disco1]

I thought I would post a little bit about my new adventure machine. I have a 94' Disco and 07 TW200, but with 2 kids it is hard to get the adventure time in.

I had a chance to ride a buddy's Surly Pugsley and thought it was a blast.

Being in Minnesota the Fat Bike thing seems to work in winter so I started looking. Fat Bikes are $$$ so I started to see if I could find one under $1k. That brought me to the Framed Minnesota 2.0 and the Norco Bigfoot.

I had a chance to take both for a spin and decided to go with the Norco....

So far I am pretty happy with the bike. I had a chance to get it out in the trails and found it to work out pretty well. I am hoping do a bike packing trip at some point and hope it will be a good platform.

I also had to figure out a way to haul the bike....

I started with a pintle hitch mount as the platform for the rack. It was the most expensive part at $40. From there a bought some superstrut, threaded rod and went to fit it all up. I added a vertical member with a quickfist clamp to steady the bike to aid in adding straps to secure it. The maiden voyage seemed to tote the bike around well. I will likely switch a few things around.

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[fortel]

Nice. I like the black and red color scheme. Also like the fabbed up tray mount, there would be no way to get a fat bike on my Saris rack.

 

[Butch1979]

Awesome bike rack. It's pretty cool to see all the different brand Fat Bikes on the market now.

 

[grnhornetcustoms]

Time to get a fat bike I think. Nice ride.

 

[MN_Disco1]

Thanks! I had never heard of the Norco Brand. They are based out of Canada, there happened to be a store in St. Paul where I could check it out.

They are pretty fun to ride for sure.


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[Two-Wheeled Explorer]

Awesome bike rack. It's pretty cool to see all the different brand Fat Bikes on the market now.

Fat-bike.com lists 60 manufacturers now. I know there are some custom frame builders out there who do fat also. My personal favorite is, for obvious reasons, Meriwether Cycles. Supposedly there were lots of fat-bikes at NHBBS this year.

 

[neonasty]

That looks like a bunch of fun! Ive never had the chance to ride a fatbike. There still pretty rare in Australia at the moment. I think Ive seen one on the streets.

I'm very impressed with your bike mount though. I think I'll steal that idea for myself and modify it a little. Well done.

Have you gone on any adventures with it yet?