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Van Dessel brings Primo Ballerina fat bike to the ball, updates WTF & FTB

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Coming in 2016 are updates to a few of Van Dessel’s most favoritest drop bar bikes, giving them more or better dropout and axle options and sparkly new paint. More on those below, because the big news (pun intended) is the Primo Ballerina fat bike.

If the frame looks familiar, that’s because it’s a shared mold for which no apologies are offered. Founder Edwin Bull says fans wanted a Van Dessel fat bike, so he found one he liked and dressed it up in his signature style. Specs are everything modern fat bikers would want, including internal cable routing through the full carbon frame and fork. The geometry is suspension ready, and you can order it with the Rockshox Bluto, and more…

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There’s clearance for 5″ tires front and rear using the stock rigid carbon fork.

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Axle spacing is 197×12 rear and 150×15 front, with a 100mm english bottom bracket.

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Retail is $1899 for frame/fork/headset, or $3499 for a complete bike with SRAM GX1. Sizes available are 15″, 17″ and 19″.

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The FTB (Full Tilt Boogie) gets a slightly revised layup to improve impact strength in a couple areas, and they’ll come stock with bolt-on type thru axles for a cleaner appearance, replacing the QR-level type thru axles from 2015.

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The WTF (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot) makes the move to replaceable dropouts, much like on the FTB, Jersey Devil, and Motivus, giving it the option to run 135mm quick release and 142×12 thru-axle options. Just like the road and cyclocross frames, you’ll have a choice of standard quick release and 15mm thru axle forks (we suggest the thru axle!). Lastly, they’ll get two new color options: orange and high-sparkle pink.

VanDesselSports.com

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bobby hill
bobby hill
8 years ago

Looks a lot like the ebay/framed fat bikes…hmmm

Bob
Bob
8 years ago

READ If the frame looks familiar, that’s because it’s a shared mold for which no apologies are offered

DRIPDROP
DRIPDROP
8 years ago

I just COULDN’T WAIT for ANOTHER open mold carbon bike! Aren’t there enough of the same re-branded fat bike?

cousin it
cousin it
8 years ago

As a product manager I could never let myself sell an open mould bike. embarrassing-

Mackd
Mackd
5 years ago
Reply to  cousin it

And as a product manager you should know the cost for producing molds and how many sales it would take to break even, and then know based on your small company volumes that it would be almost impossible to make your money back to just satisfy you.

Kernel Flickitov
Kernel Flickitov
8 years ago

It’s gotta take more to be in this industry and get any airplay if all you’re doing is submitting graphics for stock frames from a catalog you picked up at the Taipei show.

bobby hill
bobby hill
8 years ago

Bob: I did read, I find it amusing that so many companies are taking these and slapping their names on them just to get a piece of the fatbike pie, no innovation will be spurred by followers.

Bob
Bob
8 years ago

Bobby just saying what he said. A fresh new frame would be nice but $ stops the small guys from doing it.

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