First Look: The Felt Outfitter E-Fatbike for Hunting & Adventures
Welcome to America!
Fat tyres, camouflage paint and a carbon hunting bow on the trailer – the Felt Outfitter definitely was a Interbike highlight on demoday in Las Vegas. The e-fatbike with trailer is especially made for hunters and people who seek adventure. One has the immediate wish to grab a cowboy helmet and to start riding.
Yeehaa!
The Felt Outfitter e-fatbike is especially developed for hunters and adventure seeking people.
During Outdoor Day one could enjoy looking at the bike together with a high-tech hunting bow by Hoyt archery. This is all you need for hunting.
A green filter on the lamp ensures that wild animals aren’t chased away.
The Felt Outfitter’s frame is delivered with special caouflage paint and comes with a Bosch center motor. Inline cables ensure a clean and tidy appearence and should help to avoid cable damage.
The nearly soundless combination of an electronic motor and muscle power is perfect for hunting trips. Thanks to fat tyres, the Felt Outfitter is suitable on every terrain.
One can add extra luggage onto the bike, when all the space on the trailer has been used.
The bike illustrated comes with HED carbon wheels but will be available with aluminium rims in series
The fully suspended trailer offers enough space for additional batteries, a sleeping bag and further essential equipment. Felt has been experimenting with several solar solutions in order to be able to charge the batteries in the middle of nowhere. The bike itself offers further attachment possibilities for bags on rear and front carriers.
Internal cables with wide openings make assembly easy and minimise the risk of getting snagged in plants.
11x drive by SRAM offers a big enough range of gears
Specification
Frame: Double-butted 6061 aluminum; Control Taper head tube; full internal cable routing; 197 x 12mm Maxle dropouts; disc brakes.
Fork: Hydroformed 6061 aluminum blades with an aluminum tapered steer; Maxle style thru axle.
Drivetrain: SRAM XX1 11-speed trigger shifter; SRAM X01 rear derailleur; Felt Electric MTB Bosch-specific forged aluminum crankset; SRAM PC-X1 chain; SRAM 10-42T 11-speed cassette.
Components: SRAM Guide RSC hydraulic brakes; Felt 3F carbon riser handlebar; Felt MTB SL 3D-forged aluminum stem; Felt two-bolt micro-adjust aluminum seatpost; WTB Silverado Race saddle.
Wheelset: Felt double-wall Fat Tire rims with forged aluminum hubs; 2.0/1.8mm double-butted stainless spokes; 150 x 15mm thru front axle, 197 x 12mm rear axle.
The adventure can start at 5.000 USD.
The Felt Outfitter e-fatbike will be available this year from December and will be priced at 5.000 USD, together with the trailer. It is not yet known, whether the bike will be available in Europe or not. The hunting bow – a Hoyt Archery Spyder Carbon 34 – will not be delivered with the product.
For further information on the Felt Outfitter, please feel free to visit the following link. feltbicycles.com. The company’s website will soon offer more information on the bike.
Words: Aaron Steinke Photos: Robin Schmitt
About the Author
Aaron Steinke
Aaron was our first employee and actively helped make our company what it is today, significantly shaping the look and direction of our various magazines. Aaron has been pursuing his own projects since mid-2020 but he continues to advise and support us on issues of marketing and technology. For many years, you would usually have found Aaron at casual enduro races, but increasingly you'll find him riding his road bike – long live freedom on two wheels!
