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My biggest concern when sitting down to write this review is that I was going to run out of superlatives to use while describing Fatback’s Skookum. Of course, all of the classics apply–the frame is stiff, yet vertically compliant; it climbs like a mountain goat; its slack head tube angle makes for playful handling; it’s …

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Fatback announced two new fat bike models this week: the Skookum and Rhino. Each new bike is designed around a 4.8″ 26er tire and Fatback claims you can fit a 27.5+ or even 29+ wheel if you prefer. Both bikes utilize the Fatback-designed, 197mm rear hub spacing which keeps the Q-factor on the cranks totally …

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i:1:1799, i:1:2980, ranger, ranier, rocks, roots, skookum, Trails, washington, wet -

This is actually a trail report about Skookum Flats and Ranger Creek… sort of. And a bike review. And a strange story about riding alone in the deep, dark woods in Washington in the spring and the love/hate relationship I have with riding trails in the Pacific Northwest. Most of all, it’s a story about making …

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