In addition to its wild looks, this custom Beargrease fat bike comes to us with an interesting story. It was submitted by Todd Miller, a physical therapist, athletic trainer, holder of a Masters of Science in human performance and part time employee and master bike fitter at the West Hill Bike and Ski shop in Putney, Vermont. When one of his clients injured his knee, the mostly road rider was looking for something a bit more sure footed to get back out on the bike and cruise their local trails.
The bike had only a few requirements – it had to be light, it had to be easy to ride, and it had to be cool. Looks like they delivered…
Right off the bat, the sweet custom paint job by Hot Tubes grabs your attention. Starting with the Salsa Beargrease carbon frame, the colors were done up to represent Symbotic, one of the client’s companies.
As pictured the bike comes in at a super light 23.5 lbs (10.65kg). To get there the frame is built up with HED Big Deal carbon rims with Industry 9 hubs, RaceFace Next SL cranks, a Thomson Dropper post, ENVE bars, and a Shimano XTR 9000 Di2 group. Todd points out that the frame technically isn’t Di2 compatible, but they were able to run run it mostl internal with a steerer tube mounted battery and Shimano’s PRO Tharsis XC Di2 stem and a single e-tube directly from the display to the rear derailleur.
If this counts as physical therapy, count me in.
