New Bike Day. Ari Explorer Peak e fat bike

[gab344]

New bike day! Ordered this from Utah last October, so has been a long time coming.

Bike is an Ari Explorer Peak Elite. Carbon hardtail e Fat bike with an ep801 motor and a 720wh battery. (with some surly clown shoes I had laying around, thrown on, as I was curious to see if they fitted) Rode round the stunning spurn point in east Yorkshire. Bike was sublime. Weather was half decent too!

 

[Mabman]

I find it interesting sometimes to see if I can locate where the pics on here are taken via Google Earth and looking at the area of this one I would say you have plenty of beach front to explore on your new bike! I would imagine though that in the winter it can be pretty brutal there though? I live on the west edge of Oregon and the Pacific can get pretty raucous on occasion too. We have relatively short stretches of beach but I have ridden most of them. Enjoy your new bike!

 

[gab344]

It was a winter storm that finally washed the old military road away in 2013. The narrowest section of the point is shown in the last picture, the North Sea is on the far left of the image, and on the right, the water of the Humber estuary, with not much else but soft sand (and a little grass) in the middle to ride down. Need to keep an eye out for the high spring tides, or you can briefly find yourself on an island. It's an unique and amazing experience riding a fat bike here.

 

[Seraye]

How are you liking it? Did you get it specc'd with the Mastodon fork - or was that an additional purchase? I am considering this bike as well.

 

[gab344]

It's my first ebike. Very much enjoying riding it! I've had it for just over two months now, and put around 400miles on it. When I've not been beach riding I've been using it as a 29er plus bike. (29" x 3.0") (see pictures below) My longest ride so far with the 720Wh battery has been 41 miles.

I have the elite spec in large, arrived with carbon forks. I had some gen3 Mastodon forks set to 120mm already to go on, which added around 50mm to the stack height over the stock carbon forks (this is uncompressed).

The only real negative I've had, although loving the gear "spread" provided by the Axs transmission I did add a 34 tooth front sprocket, as it was a bit spinney on faster trails. I wouldn't recommend it as the offset chainring spider flexes massively and I ended up with a marked (0.5 mm deep) gouge in the chain stay.

The TRP brakes were a pleasant surprise though. I genuinely thought they would be the first thing I would upgrade, as all the reviews and forum mentions about them have been very lukewarm, but they have been excellent, very much like a set of shimano saints in feel and power.

Apart from the forks and multiple wheelsets the only other upgrade has been a one up carbon ebar, and ergon ga3's to ease my old decrepit wrists.

 

[VWsurfbum]

New bike day! Ordered this from Utah last October, so has been a long time coming.

Bike is an Ari Explorer Peak Elite. Carbon hardtail e Fat bike with an ep801 motor and a 720wh battery. (with some surly clown shoes I had laying around, thrown on, as I was curious to see if they fitted) Rode round the stunning spurn point in east Yorkshire. Bike was sublime. Weather was half decent too!View attachment 146417View attachment 146418View attachment 146419

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This looks like my N+1, I am now going to do some googling!

 

[Jackware]

Looks great! Might be worth a velcro strap around the down tube/battery cover to stop it pinging off one day?
I modified a BBB downtube fatfender with two long velcro straps, it reduces the spray from the front and secures the battery cover.
You can see it here;

 

[VWsurfbum]

Is there any groups for UK riders, or do you know of anyone who might be wanting to move one on?

 

[gab344]

Looks great! Might be worth a velcro strap around the down tube/battery cover to stop it pinging off one day?
I modified a BBB downtube fatfender with two long velcro straps, it reduces the spray from the front and secures the battery cover.
You can see it here

Some very thoughtful little mods you've done there. Definitely given me some ideas!

 

[gab344]

Is there any groups for UK riders,

I think this (the emtb forums) is probably it

do you know of anyone who might be wanting to move one on?

Ari explorer peak has been on the market for just 2 months now, so I doubt if there are that many on the S/H market especially in the U.K.

A "proper" trailable efatbike (as opposed to the amazon/ebay efatbike shaped things that your Deliveroo guy rides) are something of a rarity on the UK market. Jackware's Samedi 26 Fat 4 being a notable exception. There is a UK fatbike market place over on Facebook, but I rarely see any efatbikes for sale on there. (apart from the odd chinesuim thingy)

That's why I bit the bullet and ponied up the large shipping/import/tax bill and just got the bike I wanted. I think Ari are selling the the comp explorer peak for 3,999 USD as of now.
Expect to pay another £1700+ getting over the the UK with the aforementioned shipping/imports/taxes.

It's a fun bike to ride, and of all the efatbikes on the global market it's the one I wanted, but I never said it was a sound financial decision

 

[Jackware]

Mine was a special order from the E-Bikeshop, but Haibike fatbikes occasionally appear on eBay and @Bobbobby has a great YT channel showing his various explorations on his Frankenstein Fatbike and his latest Haibike.

 

[VWsurfbum]

I think this (the emtb forums) is probably it

Ari explorer peak has been on the market for just 2 months now, so I doubt if there are that many on the S/H market especially in the U.K.

A "proper" trailable efatbike (as opposed to the amazon/ebay efatbike shaped things that your Deliveroo guy rides) are something of a rarity on the UK market. Jackware's Samedi 26 Fat 4 being a notable exception. There is a UK fatbike market place over on Facebook, but I rarely see any efatbikes for sale on there. (apart from the odd chinesuim thingy)

That's why I bit the bullet and ponied up the large shipping/import/tax bill and just got the bike I wanted. I think Ari are selling the the comp explorer peak for 3,999 USD as of now.
Expect to pay another £1700+ getting over the the UK with the aforementioned shipping/imports/taxes.

It's a fun bike to ride, and of all the efatbikes on the global market it's the one I wanted, but I never said it was a sound financial decision

Well since deciding that its what looked like a sound financial decision, I started to look around, have emailed Ari and confirmed that they are happy to ship to the UK etc (didn't factor in the import taxes). I also did a little look around for other companies making similar, there is like you say nothing other than crap Amazon BSO's available. I did start to look at something like an Icann/Dengfu and build one up, but that definitely isn't cost-effective, nor does it come with any warranty meaningful.

 

[gab344]

Mine was a special order from the E-Bikeshop, but Haibike fatbikes occasionally appear on eBay and @Bobbobby has a great YT channel showing his various explorations on his Frankenstein Fatbike and his latest Haibike.

Well now you've gone and done it! I've had to add another place in the UK for my fat bike bucket list of rides (Formby Dunes!)

 

[HandsomeDanNZ]

Well...this looks familiar:

 

[CJaMTB]

@Jackware How are you getting on with the FAT4? I'm thinking of ordering one through Fully Charged. Do you have a BOSCH Powermore range extender with it? I'm not sure if it can take one, so have asked Moustache. I've been e-fat-curious for a long time, but a recent ankle injury has meant I've really had to cut out the type of freeride I used to enjoy and have been doing much longer XC-type rides. Trouble is, Dartmoor is notoriously difficult to navigate by bike in the winter!

 

[Jackware]

Yes the bike takes the Powermore, though I asked the Ebike shop to check if the option was activated, so I don't know if it is from the factory. The cable required is the 50mm 'Down' version.
I've also changed the wheels as I couldn't get the Moustache rims to seal tubelessly as they seemed slightly undersized. I swapped them for Mulefuts and lighter Jumbo Jim 4.8s though the Maxxis tyres have better grip.
I also added a Fidlock bottle as it fits perfectly with the PowerMore;

 

[CJaMTB]

Ah, cool. Yes, Moustache came back already and said it is Powermore compatible, so I'll make sure the shop check it's activated. Thanks for that tip! What size frame do you have? I'd be going medium, so hope that works with the Fidlock and Powermore combo. I'm just going through a job change, though hope to put my deposit down in the next week or so. Hopefully a very happy New Year for me

 

[Jackware]

Mines a large, but I'm guessing a smaller fidlock bottle would still fit the in small frame.
I'd contact [email protected] to check what price they could supply it as well, as the Moustache website shows a RRP of £4699.
It was a special order through them but the process was pain free.

 

[CJaMTB]

I've emailed them, thank you

 

[CJaMTB]

Oh, forgot to ask; I'm sure I saw something about you sourcing some fat-specific BOSCH cranks, in a shorter length? Was that right and, if so, where did you find them please?

 

[JamisXLT]

Nice Bike!
When everyone else has stowed their bikes for the season. We fat-E's lower our tire pressure
and keep riding!
Nothing like a winter ride, big flakes falling, cranking thru 4-6 inches of snow!
Yesterday's ride thru the woods with the sun set, awesome! Evidence of riders traveling
above their pay grade, side offs and snow angels.

 

[Jackware]

Oh, forgot to ask; I'm sure I saw something about you sourcing some fat-specific BOSCH cranks, in a shorter length? Was that right and, if so, where did you find them please?

I ordered 155mm cranks from the US company who supplies Moustache;

[email protected]

Obviously told them the bike info so they could supply the correct Fat cranks.

 

[CJaMTB]

Talk about timing! I just picked this up with less than 200 miles on the clock, for £2,200!!! Driving up to Huddersfield on Tuesday to collect it from the shop.

I'd rather have had the same colour you have, but for such a saving (I was looking at £3,850 for a new bike, from a shop here in Cornwall), I can live with blue! I'm beyond excited! Apologies to the OP for hijacking your post, but I'll be sure to start my own once I have the bike in my sweaty mitts!

 

[VWsurfbum]

Well Jell.

Do they have any more?

 

[Jackware]

Talk about timing! I just picked this up with less than 200 miles on the clock, for £2,200!!! Driving up to Huddersfield on Tuesday to collect it from the shop.

I'd rather have had the same colour you have, but for such a saving (I was looking at £3,850 for a new bike, from a shop here in Cornwall), I can live with blue! I'm beyond excited! Apologies to the OP for hijacking your post, but I'll be sure to start my own once I have the bike in my sweaty mitts!

Looks like it's a 2022 model as it's a Bluto rather than a Mastodon fork. So I'm guessing it's not the Bosch Smart system, so you can't add a Powermore, but you might be able to pick an extra battery cheaply, just make sure you get the correct one (they can be either vertical or horizontal orientation) so match to the original's part number to be safe
As it's got Magura brakes, you can swap to the easier to change MT7 quad pads when you need to replace them.
Also the Surly Nates are only(!) 26 x 3.8 so probably better rolling resistance than 4.8 tyres but less ground clearance.
Hope this helps

 

[ncs]

I can live with blue!

Good bike! Fun and positive guaranteed
My opinion - blue color on white winter trails - pretty nice view

 

[CJaMTB]

Well Jell.

Do they have any more?

I don't think so, sorry.

 

[CJaMTB]

Looks like it's a 2022 model as it's a Bluto rather than a Mastodon fork. So I'm guessing it's not the Bosch Smart system, so you can't add a Powermore, but you might be able to pick an extra battery cheaply, just make sure you get the correct one (they can be either vertical or horizontal orientation) so match to the original's part number to be safe
As it's got Magura brakes, you can swap to the easier to change MT7 quad pads when you need to replace them.
Also the Surly Nates are only(!) 26 x 3.8 so probably better rolling resistance than 4.8 tyres but less ground clearance.
Hope this helps

Thank you, yes, very helpful. I was actually going to swap the systems over, between this and my current Grand Canyon:On. That way, I get the 750wh battery and continue my BOSCH subscription (for alarm and tracking) without any faff. That's dependent on the 750wh battery physically fitting in the downtube, of course. I'll be swapping the Magura brakes for my DB8s and fitting my On One Geoff bar, too. Tyres are definitely on my list, as are cranks, and a downtube mudguard. I'm devastated to find that Mudhugger don't make their fat guards anymore!

 

[VWsurfbum]

Closest bike to test lol