Surly Moonlander Special Ops Fat Bike Mountain Bike 2015

Many of you are probably familiar with the Moonlander. This was our first bike to run 4.8" tires on 100mm rims. Such a large footprint allows you to ride them at very low pressure, which bestows a rider with lots of traction and float over all kinds of terrain. Moonlander, like its name implies, is meant to go beyond where normal bikes, even normal fat bikes, can go. It is designed from the ground up to ride where there are no roads, no trails and no people.

Like all of our framesets, Moonlander is made of 4130 cro-moly steel, with tubing designed specifically for this frame. The frame features 135mm-spaced horizontal 'dropouts' with a derailleur hanger; a setup that still has it's merits in versatility and availability of parts. The rear end is offset 28mm to allow the drivetrain and wide tires to play nicely together. The frame's geometry is not unlike a standard mountain bike, with a bottom bracket height that supplies plenty of clearance for bushwhacking and monster-trucking while remaining low enough for a stable ride. The toptube maximizes standover height while keeping the headtube fairly high so you can set up your rig with a comfortable, all-day-grind riding position. Moonlanders come with a 135mm O.L.D. non-offset fork, but if you like being able to swap front and rear wheels you could get one matching the rear offset. The fork sports a 51mm I.S. disc caliper mount designed for a front brake, and mid-blade thru-eyelets and lower rack barrels for mounting a fender and rack (you'll probably need to alter something to fit, but the option is there should you choose to).

Years ago, our Art Director got himself this paint combo on his Moonlander and everyone thought it looked so cool, we decided to produce it and put some damn nice parts on it. It's spec'd with a 1x11 SRAM X1 drivetrain which gives you a nice wide gear range that's versatile enough to truly go anywhere, through anything, like a Moonlander should, and on the Surly O.D. crank you'll find a Surly stainless steel X-Sync chainring to further the performance and durability of this drivetrain. If the speed at which you are traveling begins to frighten you or you are approaching a stop sign, you've got a nice set of hydraulic SRAM Guide brakes to slow you down.
The Surly Moonlander Special Ops Fat Bike 2015 Features are:

Frame: Surly Moonlander, Surly 4130 CroMoly steel. Main triangle double-butted. TIG-welded

Fork: Surly Moonlander, Tapered straight blade butted 4130 CroMoly. 51mm IS front disc mount. 135mm-spaced dropouts

Headset: Cane Creek 40, 1-1/8" threadless. Black

Stem: Kalloy; AS025N, 31.8mm. 7° rise. 4-bolt. Aluminum. Black

Speed: 11

Rear Mech: SRAM x1, type 2 11-speed

Chainset: Surly O.D. 100mm, 28t Surly Stainless x-sync

Bottom Bracket: Surly Enduro, w/sleeve

Cassette: SRAM XG1180, 11- speed 10-42t

Chain: KMC 11-speed, w/ rust proof coating

Front Brake: SRAM Guide, Centerline Rotors. 180mm rotors

Rear Brake: SRAM Guide, Centerline Rotors.160mm rotors

Rims: Surly Clown Shoe, Single wall aluminum. Welded seam w/cutouts. 100mm width. Yellow.

Front Hub: Surly Ultra New Disc 135mm, Disc. 32-hole. Black w/ bolts

Rear Hub: Formula DHG 135, QR w/ XD Driver

Tyres: Surly Bud & Lou, 4.8", 120tpi Front Surly Bud & Lou, 4.8", 120tpi Rear

Seatpost: Kalloy SP-342, 27.2mm. 350mm. Black

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