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Honestly, fat biking in several inches fresh snow sucks, especially when it's close to or above freezing. I really hope this isn't your impression of what fatbiking is.  Of course it's slow and of course brakes are useless. You really need people (snowshoers, xc skiers, whatever) to pack down the fresh snow first, or you want the fresh snow to condense a bit and then re-freeze.  Ripping down a wavy firmly-packed trail at -10*C, touching your back break to coax the rear tire out into a huge left-hand scandi-flick... THAT is what you need to experience.

Dirtbag is on the inside, man. I'm sure you'll keep things real.

I've always wanted to see companies taxed according to their packaging.  Does Company A really want to sell their microSD card in a 30cm x 20cm blister pack? Fine, but they will be taxed a certain amount, which opens the door to Company B to sell the same microSD card on a reasonable-sized card backer for $2 less (or whatever).  Tax the problem, make sure the tax is more than enough to cover the cost of the problem, and let the market decide.

This review is why I love NSMB:
- It's a really very good fork
- So are other brands
- Most model updates are barely noticeable
- Maintenance and tuning are more important than bling

I honestly can't think of a high-end fork that I wouldn't be happy to see on the front of my bike: 36, Lyrik, Diamond, Mezzer, Ribbon, Durolux, Selva, Era, Z1... My purchase decisions usually come down to the struggle between wanting something easy to locate parts vs. my urge for something "boutiquey". It's an awesome time we're in!

10/10 would definitely ride.  Slight concern about future serviceability of the shock, but I would probably purchase a few additional parts with the bike, and call that safe for a decade or so.

"Shimano Zee M640 is the glorious pinnacle of rear derailleurs - balancing quality, cost, performance, mechanical durability, aesthetics, and toughness."

Could not agree more - best drivetrain I've ever had, that also required the least tinkering.

Apparently they're running that 40% discount on both their inline shocks until they clear out their stock - air and coil. It actually makes it a pretty tough decision between $180 US for the full service vs. $310 US for an entire brand new shock (and you'd still have the first to sell or keep as back-up).  These are the Black Friday problems that torment me...

I feel like this bike is 3x more than a decent value.  Please remove the leading "1" from the MSRP.

Oh God that looks sweet!

Wow, that's super helpful - I had been wondering why the bike industry sucks, and thankfully commentsectionanon stepped in and helped us all learn something. 

You're completely right, it's nice that there are not many douches here.