[Kawidan]

First Rocky Mountain, now we have the Borealis Echo with the Bluto Fat Bike Fork.

Available in X9/X0, X01, and XX1

http://www.borealisbikes.com/bikes/echo-xx1/

 

[Shark]

Another one, nice!

Where are all those production squishy fork nay-Sayers? Pretty clear RS has a jump on it now.

 

[jonshonda]

bdundee gonna cry when he finds out his borealis frame is obsolete.

 

[bdundee]

bdundee gonna cry when he finds out his borealis frame is obsolete.

I sold it before all this $hit hit the fan, I seened it a comin.

 

[Tincup69]

My wife is not going to be happy.

 

[TahoeBC]

Looks Sick! MAXLE thru axle in the rear also.

 

[tri-tele]

That is so badass. So I am looking at selling off three bikes and just riding this big beautiful beast.

 

[Terp]

Not as much hype in this thread compared to the other 2 bike released today. I guess it's the price... But that shouldn't stop anyone right?

 

[SlowerThenSnot]

some close ups

enjoy guys

 

[SlowerThenSnot]

more

man my computer, is being odd at work

 

[Shark]

is the best...how the price ????https://*****************.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/11/33/buy.gif

Off the website:

Frame: $1949
Frame and Fork: $2649
X0X9: $3999
X01: $5099
XX1: $5999

SlowerThenSnot, thanks for the close-up pics, looks great!

 

[TahoeBC]

So will the Bluto fit on a yampa?

 

[SlowerThenSnot]

So will the Bluto fit on a yampa?

The axle to crown is too talk, knobs run into down tube

 

[TahoeBC]

Thanks for the info, that's kinda what I thought, So far I have not really felt the need for a suspension fork at least on snow and some of the short dirt rides I'm done. As the snow melts and the rides get longer maybe I'll feel differently.

Will the there be a rigid fork option for the Echo for someone that might be interested in running that in snow and suspension in the summer?

 

[dcrowe]

I just called Borealis to ask about a carbon fork option for the Echo. No plans they said. Also got some geo numbers HT 69.8 St 73 based on 513 a to c on the new RS. Yampa fork is 468. Looks like my dream of a quiver killer is dead for now.

 

[johnlh]

I'm wondering if the 2015 Yampa will lose the rear dropouts.

 

[Willum]

Pretty interesting that this bike is available in May while the Rocky Mountain and the Salsa aren't available until "fall".

 

[the mayor]

Pretty interesting that this bike is available in May while the Rocky Mountain and the Salsa aren't available until "fall".

Pretty simple.
Borealis only does fatbikes.
RM and Salsa have some other bikes to get to dealers.

 

[bdundee]

With Bluto set at 80mm it would work fine with the Yampa but if you crash you could possibly ruin your frame with fork contact to the down tube.

 

[frorider]

Thanks for the info, that's kinda what I thought, So far I have not really felt the need for a suspension fork at least on snow and some of the short dirt rides I'm done. As the snow melts and the rides get longer maybe I'll feel differently.

Will the there be a rigid fork option for the Echo for someone that might be interested in running that in snow and suspension in the summer?

the reason I got the 2014 mukluk was that it was clearly designed for a suspension fork. The negative part of that was that the only carbon fork long enough with the right offset was the Salsa. But yeah, a 2014 salsa ALU or carbon fork should work for this Echo.