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Just when you thought fat bikes couldn’t get any bigger, Surly swoops in with a new Moonlander. Now, this is not your typical Moonlander. Sure, the model was known as Surly’s biggest fat tire bike at a time when 4” was still considered large, but this is different… for a few reasons. 24 x 6.2″ Tires!
The biggest (literally) of these may be the all-new 24 x 6.2” Surly Molenda Tires. Yes, you read that right. Surly downsized the rim, and upsized the tire for even more extreme flotation on all terrain. Surly states that the Moonlander frame can also roll on 26 x 5.1”, 27.5 x 4.8”, and 29 x 3” tires. Molenda tires feature a 2-ply 60 tpi casing that is tubeless ready, and have a claimed weight of 2200 – 2300g and will cost $150 each.
If you don’t want to run tubeless, you’ll need to use Surly’s new TPU inner tube in the matching 24 x 6.2” size that supports low pressures (2-10psi). The inner tubes alone are $49 a piece, but given the size that doesn’t seem too bad considering regular TPU inner tubes are pushing $30-40.
To mount those gargantuan Molenda tires, Surly has also introduced a new 24 x 100mm Clown Royal Rim. The 32h rim requires the use of the Surly 24” Nylon rim strip, and will be available aftermarket to build custom wheels. Rims will run […]
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