Specialized Bicycle will be offering their Fatboy in three Carbon Framed Levels and five different M4 Aluminum Framed Levels as well as a twenty and twenty-four inch youth versions for 2016. In this post, we’re just going to share the S-Works Fatboy. We’ve ridden and tested both previous model years of the fatboy and were quite impressed. We can’t wait to get our hands on the new S-Works Fatboy and take it for a spin. The S-Works Fatboy is 24 pounds right off the showroom floor. Todd from Specialized, told me that his personal S-W Fatboy is down around the nineteen and a quarter pound mark, set up tubeless with a set of Magura MT8 brakes swapped out for the stock Sram Guide brake set. We’re pretty psyched that the sub twenty pound fat-bike is a reality!
S-Works Fatboy
For more information about the Specialized Fatboy visit – www.specialized.com or your local Specialized dealer.
Frickin sweet, off the shelf and less than 25 pounds. Now if I only had $10,000 to spend on a bike I would be set. Any word on the sticker shock this is going to run at? Love my Fat Boy but the hubs and breaks suck. I toasted the rear hub within 6 months and the breaks squack like an old hen wet or dry. I did get the rear hub replaced at no charge. I bought last years base model figuring I would upgrade as parts break. The DT Swiss Big Ride hubs sound interesting but guess I am hosed as my axels are QR and not thru axel???
The DT hubs comes with 12mm endcaps as standard, but you can easily swap them out with a set for 9mm(sparepart that suits the 135x9mm hubs). I’m making my DT hubs to be a 190x10mm through axel. Switched out the 12mm to a set of 10mm now, and getting someone to make me a 10mm axel (not qr though) as I can’t find someone who makes this today.
What’s up with the Fast Trak Control 4″ tire? Is this tire billed as a four season tire? I really like the 4.6″ Ground Control my bike came with, I still swap out to my studded Dillinger 5’s for winter. Being in Alaska I found there is no substitute for studs in the winter. I studded up when the snow hit, the wife opted to ride the GC’s all winter. She wrecked a lot and I didn’t.
According to my LBS, the MSRP is $7499 for the S-works, with the Carbon Expert at $5999 and the Carbon Comp at $3199.
You can run DT Swiss hubs on your Fatboy, you just need a QR adaptor.
The 4″ tires are a lighter faster rolling version of the GC. My LBS checked with Specialized and the Carbon Fatboys are designed with the same 4.8″ tire clearance as the alloy framed models.
Correction you could use the rear DT hub, but the front will only work with a 150 thru axle, like on a Bluto.
thud – your local DT Swiss people should be able to get you QR end caps. The Big Ride hub is based on the regular old DT Swiss 350/240.
Thanks for the information! Much appreciated.