The Krampus is a very important bike to me. 29x3”! Without what was originally marketed as a faster Fatbike my riding experience today would be incredibly different than it is, and I certainly wouldn’t be riding/talking about rigid forks all the time.
“(Part 1 is intended in jest)”
It’s no different than an ‘70s Civic with collectors plates. It’s not a Ferrari but if you drill down it actually had a bigger influence on automobiles.
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I stand by my second part, in saying the Krampus is very much overdue for some geometry tweaks that would make it a better mountain bike (for everywhere) without taking away from anything else it does well.
March 14, 2022, 10:21 a.m. - Andrew Major
The Krampus is a very important bike to me. 29x3”! Without what was originally marketed as a faster Fatbike my riding experience today would be incredibly different than it is, and I certainly wouldn’t be riding/talking about rigid forks all the time. “(Part 1 is intended in jest)” It’s no different than an ‘70s Civic with collectors plates. It’s not a Ferrari but if you drill down it actually had a bigger influence on automobiles. … I stand by my second part, in saying the Krampus is very much overdue for some geometry tweaks that would make it a better mountain bike (for everywhere) without taking away from anything else it does well.