Twin Six Standard Ti

Getting some trail miles on my T6 Fat before the season. A little bit of a shakedown and a little bit of excitement to use it.

These 27.5 Mülefut 80s with 4” VanHelgas are too tight to use anywhere but dry trails and street but I’ve got a set of 26” HED Al with 4” studded Cake Eaters for the winter, tons of space for other 26 sizes but 27.5×3.8 may be the only reasonable rear tire for the larger rims. Lots of rubbing while loading in corners and after jumps.

Overall I’m all in on this bike, rides so we’ll all over the place, geo is close to my Hayduke and rides very similarly. Great climbing and excellent in slow technical stuff.

It’s an older style bike, made in 2018, frame is 12×177 so not super modern Fat or capable of fitting huge tires but that also gives it is much more traditional trail bike feel and narrow Q.

Last year we had zero snow in the Twin Cities, hoping for a bit more this season otherwise I’ll keep the 27.5 wheels and run a 3.8 rear, save the studded tires for race days and travel to snow areas.

One thing I NEED to upgrade is the SRAM Level T brakes, they are seriously under powered for this size of bike and tires. Could be fine when more traction limited in snow and ice but as a trail brake setup they are not cutting it.

Dropper post coming next, I’ve got a Raceface dropper in place now but no internal
Cable routing so waiting on the PNW Cascade to be delivered for an externally routed set up, no big deal as all cables are externally routed, just don’t want to use an ugly stick on clip glued to the frame.