My Salsa Mukluk 2 build

Ok...I've been riding this bike for a while and I have been promising the build report. Here it is. Before I get started I want to let folks know that I work for Salsa Cycles. As such, this is just my build and a few thoughts. It is not a review of the bike. Just how I built it for me. Hope you like it. Got questions? Ask in comments or send me a submission from the "about me" page.

Most of the parts come from my Mukluk Ti bike that I have been riding for almost 16 months. Why did I take the Ti bike apart? Well....I've got plans for the ti bike and it is almost complete. The Mukluk 2 is my everyday fatbike that I intend to use for everything, all surfaces and all types of activities.

Frame - Salsa Mukluk 2 size large

Fork - White Bros Snowpack (but this will change to Salsa Enabler for bottle and rack mounts)

Headset - Cane Creek 40

Rear Derailleur - XTR

Front Derailleur - SLX direct mount

Crank/BB - Surly Mr. Whirly with prototype Surly rings - Cant remember sizes

BB cups - Hope Stainless

Cassette - XT 11-34 9 speed

Chain - SRAM

Brake - Avid BB7

Brake Lever - XTR right lever

Shifter - Paul Thumbie mount with Dura Ace 9 speed shifter

Cables - Jagwire Ripcord compressionless housing

Bar - Salsa Bend 2 bar flipped upside down

Stem - Old Salsa scandium S.U.L

Grips - Prototype

Seatpost - Thudbuster ST

Saddle - Fizik Aliante Gama MTB

Hubs - Salsa 170mm Rear with Surly 135 rear disc hub as front

Rims - Surly Rolling Daryls

Rimstrips - Surly Red

Tubes - Surly

Tires - Surly BFL front/Nate rear for all out traction or 45Nrth Husker Du's for speed and XC

Pedals - Time pedals if above 20 degrees. Flat pedals if below 20 degrees.

Other - Framebag - Salsa by Revelate Mukluk bag

So...That's the set up. I absolutely love it. It is my monster do all soft surface go almost anywhere bike. As mentioned above, I am putting the stock Enabler fork on the front so that I have the bottle and front rack mounting options available on this bike. The White Bros Snowpack will be going on my original prototype Mukluk Ti bike which I hope to share sometime in the future.

Well, how about some pictures?  

Comments

[vito]

That is one nice ride you've got going on there. I really like the set-up. Did you go triple or double on the Surly crank??
I'm running my Pugsley with a ss set-up right now, but I'm considering going with gears. Thinking of 2x9 or 2x10 just trying
to figure out what the ideal configuration would be. Looking forward to seeing the Mukluk Ti set-up.

[Gnat]

Thnx Vito - My front set up is a 2 ring set up. They were left over offset prototype rings in some strange configuration lie 27x35 teeth.

[Fonk]

Saw a lot of Mukluks and Pugsleys at the recent snow-bike race out at Copper Mountain. Those things do look fun...

[Don]

Why no front brake?

[Gnat]

Don, I just find where I live and how I ride, I don't need the front brake. In the snow if you stop pedaling, you generally stop moving. Now that said, with the winter we've had this year and the fact that I'm riding this bike like an XC mountain bike, I have missed the front brake. I do think eventually this bike will get a front brake and maybe I'll do just that when I switch the fork over.