Mongoose Beast Fat Bike build and ideas

[LukeTheJoker]

Looking forward to seeing someone to swap the tires out for those new Felt ZigZag tires...
Should look and ride pretty cool!

Luke.

 

[ShreddinPB]

ED-PV-

Man that turned out great! Great look!

Is the electric drive a kit, or something that you put together yourself. Got any links?

On a side note:

I got my fork on last night:

I love those forks! Where/What are they?

 

[blown240]

Thanks! I made those forks. That bike is full suspension now.

 

[ShreddinPB]

Thanks! I made those forks. That bike is full suspension now.

very nice! what did you use to cut that thick metal?

 

[blown240]

Just a cut off wheel on a grinder. Go slow. The links are aluminum, the legs are steel.

 

[fatbikebuildee]

heres a beast of a beast.

 

[patman73]

i wonder if someone could make a fat tire mag style rim , not the one made from car wheeles !

 

[La Zona Imagery]

Does anyone know the ERD of the Mongoose Beast rims? I measured at 549mm, but I just want to confirm with others.

Also, would it be a bad idea to lace up SRAM Automatix hub to this rim? (I am using that wheel/hub combo for a different frame, not the Beast). I already fitted the hub for the frame, just wondering of it is safe to lace that hub to that rim.

 

[Big Vin Bikes]

heres a beast of a beast.

How did you do the long axel conversion to the electric motor?

 

[fatbikebuildee]

How did you do the long axel conversion to the electric motor?

Its a standard rear motor with a 7 speed freewheel 135 mm. I had to do some clever spacing with the torque arm and washers to space it right. And there are no threads coming out of the tightened axle. Its real close but will work the hard part is finding the bracket for the dusc caliper to fit on. It usually found with a chunese kit front motor.

 

[Big Vin Bikes]

Here is my contribution to the Mongoose Mod Thread



This is what the bike ended up being

 

[Big Vin Bikes]

Its a standard rear motor with a 7 speed freewheel 135 mm. I had to do some clever spacing with the torque arm and washers to space it right. And there are no threads coming out of the tightened axle. Its real close but will work the hard part is finding the bracket for the dusc caliper to fit on. It usually found with a chunese kit front motor.

I want to add a front motor to the bike in Post #567 But the axle between forks measures 144mm.

 

[gigmata]

Here is my contribution to the Mongoose Mod Thread

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This is what the bike ended up being

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The bike is one of my faves. I would love to see what you do with cars.


- by Gigmata

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

This bike is CRAZY cool! Are the tires painted Beasts?


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[Big Vin Bikes]

The bike is one of my faves. I would love to see what you do with cars.


- by Gigmata

Thanks, What I have done with cars is a subject for a different thread...

 

[Big Vin Bikes]

This bike is CRAZY cool! Are the tires painted Beasts?


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Yea, you got it.
I painted them with Plasti-Dip white.
Something in the rubber of the tire made it patina almost immediately.
This just added to the look of oldness.

 

[gigmata]

Yea, you got it.
I painted them with Plasti-Dip white.
Something in the rubber of the tire made it patina almost immediately.
This just added to the look of oldness.

Does the plastidip hold up to actual use? I wouldn't think so but maybe it's that good.


- by Gigmata

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

Yea, you got it.
I painted them with Plasti-Dip white.
Something in the rubber of the tire made it patina almost immediately.
This just added to the look of oldness.

Cool!


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[Big Vin Bikes]

Does the plastidip hold up to actual use? I wouldn't think so but maybe it's that good.


- by Gigmata

Yes, Plastidip does adhere very well I guess as long as you don't skid your tires...

 

[blown240]

Plastidip works great on rubber. I had a buddy use it on some car tires to make them look like white walls. They looked really good, but the sun yellowed them really fast.