Moose Manic 2, Leader of the Fat Pack?

[Guyt]

Tons of E-MTBs out there, but when it comes to Class 1 quality E-Fatbikes, one hand has enough fingers to count them all. Not surprisingly, most of them come from Canada, since we have a bit of knowledge on what works on snow.

The latest to arrive in our bike shop is the Manic 2 from Moose Bicycles:

Check it out, it's pretty impressive:

The Manic 2: Powered by Bosch.

Designed with pride in Canada and powered by the cutting-edge fourth generation Bosch motor.

moosebicycle.com

 

[Jackware]

Looks good - but then I'm biased
Depending on the size of the chainring and how steep local hills are, a 11-50 cassette (with a longer chain) would be an easy upgrade, shame they're only fitting a 500wh battery.

 

[Stihldog]

I still appreciated the full suspension during the climbs.

…to get to the snow


…but once I got there I just followed the skidoo tracks.


Fat tires might have helped but I only used 2.6 Maxxis Assigia.

 

[Guyt]

Stihldog, Winter fatbike is very popular in Québec, we have quite a few centers with great trails All of them allow E-Fatbikes, but also require that the tires are a least 4.5 inches wide (E-Fats and Fats), as narrower tires mess up the trails. No suspensions are needed with the kind of trails we have:

Tire pressure varies from 3 to 8 PSI depending on the surface, so fat tires themselves add natural supensions to the bike
When it gets too rocky, it means that the season for double supension MTBs is started ! But no ways you would get me on My Orbeo Rise on snow, to each season its bike!

 

[The Hodge]

But no ways you would get me on My Orbeo Rise on snow, to each season its bike!

Spoken like an Ad-mans dream ..while I would agree that fat -bikes are a lot of fun in snowy conditions ..to suggest that one is "needed" to ride on the white-stuff is ridiculous..
I've had some fantastic winter rides on snow & ice on my bouncer ..and look forward to a good few more..( climate change allowing )

New item by Neil Hodgson

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[The Hodge]

Fat tires might have helped but I only used 2.6 Maxxis Assigia.

Is this tyre the shy twin brother of the Maxxis Assegai..who only comes out in winter when all other tyres are warming themselves by the fire

 

[Guyt]

to suggest that one is "needed" to ride on the white-stuff is ridiculous..
I've had some fantastic winter rides on snow & ice on my bouncer ..and look forward to a good few more..( climate change allowing )

New item by Neil Hodgson

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Like I said, winter bike centers where I go have a 4.5 inches minimum width, if you want, I can give you their emalls, so you can tell them how ridiculous they are.

 

[The Hodge]

Like I said, winter bike centers where I go have a 4.5 inches minimum width, if you want, I can give you their emalls, so you can tell them how ridiculous they are.

I don't think I mentioned anything about bike centres ( that's the correct way to spell it by the way ) ..more the fact that you think a fat bike is necessary to ride on snow....as in " But no ways would you get me on My Orbea Rise on snow ..To each season its bike ! "
It was your notion that you needed a fat bike to ride on snow that I found a bit daft

 

[Stihldog]

Is this tyre the shy twin brother of the Maxxis Assegai..who only comes out in winter when all other tyres are warming themselves by the fire

Good catch . My twin tires don’t get along, and one is always running from the Grammar Police. I also have twin boys …one is evil…I’m not sure which one is the evil one though.

I’ve only seen one fat tire full suspension bike on this mountain. (Bull). It was on the lower trails though, but he had 2 or 3 video cameras attached in different locations. I assume only him and I were on this mountain during snow conditions.


He’s followed my tracks a few times and is no longer surprised to see me.

I can see how larger tires would benefit me at times. If I lived in another area in Canada I would likely have a full-fat-wide-tire. But the snow season is quite short in this area (Fraser Valley, Vancouver). A full suspension is almost necessary.…especially at steep higher altitudes on my 2.6” assi-somethings.

One of my buddies is considering one for hunting.

 

[Guyt]

Anyways, the goal of my post was not to start a debate if wide tires are needed or not to ride on snow. There are not that many good quality E-Fats out there, so I was happy to see there is a new option available and I just wanted to share it with you.

Cheers!

 

[Stihldog]

Anyways, the goal of my post was not to start a debate if wide tires are needed or not to ride on snow. There are not that many good quality E-Fats out there, so I was happy to see there is a new option available and I just wanted to share it with you.

Cheers!

If I lived in Ontario or Quebec (and I have) this type of bike would be in my sights. Being able to drop the psi to 3-8lbs would definitely help and the Bosch motor is one of the best (IMO).

My hardtail (or ridged) was never as good as my full suspension in the snow. That’s possibly because of the terrain where I ride. Now if I could fit a 4-5” tire on my full suspension bike… I would.