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Now you can buy your own Antarctica-worthy fat trike

Now you can buy your own Antarctica-worthy fat trike
The ICE Full Fat is all set for your next "big expedition"
The ICE Full Fat is all set for your next "big expedition"
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The ICE Full Fat is all set for your next "big expedition"
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The ICE Full Fat is all set for your next "big expedition"
This version features Surly Big Fat Larry 4.7-inch front tires and a Surly Lou 4.8-inch rear tire
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This version features Surly Big Fat Larry 4.7-inch front tires and a Surly Lou 4.8-inch rear tire
They're mounted on 26-inch Surly Clown Shoe rims
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They're mounted on 26-inch Surly Clown Shoe rims
The frame folds, making the trike easier to transport and store
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The frame folds, making the trike easier to transport and store
A close-up view of the steering mechanism
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A close-up view of the steering mechanism
Grip-spiked platform pedals
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Grip-spiked platform pedals
Elastomer suspension
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Elastomer suspension
Rohloff XL 14-speed rear hub transmission
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Rohloff XL 14-speed rear hub transmission
ICE custom pulleys and chain tubes
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ICE custom pulleys and chain tubes
Stainless steel cables with braided housings
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Stainless steel cables with braided housings
Custom drop-outs
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Custom drop-outs
Hope FatSno front hubs
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Hope FatSno front hubs
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Last December, British adventurer Maria Leijerstam became the first person to cycle from the edge of the Antarctic continent to the South Pole. She did so on a custom-built recumbent fat-tired tricycle, made by UK-based Inspired Cycle Engineering (ICE). Well, although there probably aren't many other people who want to do what Maria did, there no doubt are quite a few who'd like a trike like hers. That's why ICE is now offering the ready-for-anything Full Fat.

Maria's trike was based on ICE's existing non-fat-tired Sprint model. The Full Fat is in turn based on her trike, retaining elements such as a heat-treated 4130 chromoly frame, oversized rims and tires, and a variety of off-road components.

The specific components will vary according to individual customers' wishes, as the Full Fat is currently only being made to order. A model displayed last weekend at a recumbent bike trade show in Chicago, however, featured things like ...

  • Front and rear elastomer suspension with 4 inches (100 mm) of travel
  • Rohloff XL 14-speed rear hub transmission
  • Hope FatSno front hubs
  • Tektro hydraulic and Avid BB7 disc brakes (front and rear, respectively)
  • Parking brake
  • Ergo-Flow mesh seat
  • 26-inch Surly Clown Shoe rims
  • Surly Big Fat Larry 4.7-inch front tires, and a Surly Lou 4.8-inch rear tire

Additionally the frame folds, making the trike easier to transport and store. There's no word on complete trike weight.

They're mounted on 26-inch Surly Clown Shoe rims
They're mounted on 26-inch Surly Clown Shoe rims

ICE co-founder Neil Selwood told us that trade show version of the Full Fat would sell for about US$7,200. If potential buyers were OK with no front suspension and a 27-speed derailleur-based drivetrain, they could get away with paying around $5,400.

Should anyone be more interested in getting an upright tadpole-style fat trike, they might want to check out Standard Bearer Machines' Rungu.

Source: ICE

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4 comments
4 comments
Seth Miesters
Want!
Michael Flower
I think it would be better of equipped with Low-Pressure Tunda Tires then Fat Tires.
unklmurray
You can buy a "Fat cat Crawler"Trike from "Utah Trikes.com"for about $2000.00 and a "full"suspension trike for about $2900.00 and have a better machine that you don't have to pay $2500.00shipping and federal excise tax!!......LOL
unklmurray
I agree with me....I have since checked out the ''Rungu''It is a really cool design,Mine differs only in that it started out as a ''Univega Tandem''and then had a 36in wide front end, You could sit on the low bar just above the rear peddles and peddle on the front peddles in a semi-recumbent position or if you needed more power you could move up to first tandem position for a more upright power position,I had matching ''Rock Shock'' forks B4 they were stolen,it was a beast,but it was my beast and it only cost about $1500.00 [ they didn't have fat tires in those days!!......LOL :_)