New 2016 Borealis Crestone!

News Release – Borealis Fat Bikes Introduces the Crestone

The New 2016 Borealis Crestone – Colorado Flag

The Crestone is a Closed Mold, Carbon Fiber Bike Frame that Represents the Most Advanced Geometry for Fat Bikes

Colorado Springs, Colo. (8/15/15) – The Fat Bike Company, whose cutting edge product line includes Borealis Bikes, is set to premier the new Crestone at Interbike 2015 September 14-18.

“Our new Crestone frame continues to demonstrate Borealis’ commitment to providing fat bike enthusiasts with the industry’s most cutting edge equipment to ensure they have the very best carbon fiber fat bikes available,” said Steve Kaczmarek, company Founder and CEO. “We are thrilled to introduce the Crestone to Interbike attendees in Las Vegas. Our entire team is pumped up to put this new bike in the hands of the nation’s most dedicated riders for testing during a time when our cycling community comes together to see the industry’s new, exciting equipment.”

The Crestone will be available for purchase through The Fat Bike Company’s dealers and distributors in early fall 2015. Features include:

• New Impact and Fatigue standards to match the demands of riders who might ride a Fat Bike more aggressively
• Totally new frame design developed to be more durable and thrilling to ride, while maintaining an aesthetic becoming of a high performance product
• Weighs in at 150 grams less than the Echo
• Available in two new colorways
• Advanced carbon molding with state of the art production
• Designed with reduced stand over height, top tube drops by one half inch
• Available with SRAM XO1 or XX1 components

The Crestone – Northern Lights

“This announcement is very exciting for me and my team as we incorporated entirely new construction methods with the Crestone.  We challenged ourselves to utilize an entirely new computer generated design-perfection process which helped reduce waste in manufacturing along with reduction of the frame’s weight.   It took countless months to fully test this frame and our team invested endless hours to ensure it is, geometrically, the finest carbon fat bike brought to market, to date, “added Kaczmarek  “We are excited to watch the global fat bike market ride the Crestone and are confident it will be very well received and recognized as one of the most advanced products in the marketplace. “

Editor’s Note: I’m not sure if anyone noticed, but those are some beefy new Maxxis tires in the photos. Steve and the Borealis crew have additional surprises coming up very soon! All of us here at the Colonel Steve Austin, Research and Telemetry Laboratory are on the countdown to getting a Crestone to put on the old lauch pad and test. So stay tuned for more fat-bike dot com team coverage. ~gomez~