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Moots heads to the trail with new Farwell 29er / 27.5+ hardtail mountain bike

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Continuing the trend of Boosting 29ers to create a 27.5-plus capable bike, Moots has introduced the new Farwell. Designed around a 120mm fork, the titanium hardtail uses Boost 148 rear axle spacing to open it up for 27.5 x 2.8 tires, which also conveniently fits up to 29 x 2.35 rubber. The geometry gets long and low (another trend), combined with a short stem and relaxed head angle to make it plenty stable on the descents.

It’s named after an iconic North Routt County, CO, mountain and handbuilt in Steamboat Springs from Moots’ proprietary 3/2.5 Pi Tech titanium tubing. More pics and features below…

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The sloping curved top tube comes standard on all frame sizes (S – XL) and keeps the bike’s center of gravity a bit lower while also letting it move underneath you more freely. Throw 29er wheels and tires in there and the shorter chainstays help switch the bike’s personality into more of a racer. The quick run down is:

  • 44mm head tube
  • 120mm 27.5 + boost 110 fork
  • 73mm English threaded BB
  • 30.9mm dropper seat post
  • 34.9mm front derailleur clamp
  • Boost 148 x 12 thru-axle rear end spacing
  • Disc 160 rotor post mount brake
  • 2.8” max tire clearance
  • 2 water bottle locations
  • Replaceable derailleur hanger

Moots’ usual options are on offer, too – internal electronic routing, fender mounts and rack eyelets, polished or etched finish, engraved head tube, and various color logo decals. They also offer a new blasted and polished logo finish that creates a permanent “chrome” look logo on the downtube in place of decals, plus engraved head tubes and more. Check out the new Finishes section of their website to see all the options.

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MSRP for frame and fork is $4,789.00 or $7,899.00 as shown with Race Face Turbine dropper post, Chris King headset, Shimano XT 2×11 group, ENVE carbon riser handlebar, DT Swiss 350 hubs laced to XM551 rims, and Schwalbe Rocket Ron tires.

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Garrett
Garrett
7 years ago

2.8 max…? Really? That is barely a plus bike. I was excited about the bike till I saw that…

yard dog
7 years ago

Don’t care for the front derailleur cable routing. No way to route it down the seat tube?

pdxfixed
7 years ago

I guess you could say this is… Moots Big Farwell??

BAM!!!!!!

will
will
7 years ago

Noticed that FD routing too, but I think it must be the Di2 wire, not cables/housing.

bob
bob
7 years ago
Reply to  will

It’s a Shimano side-swinger FD. The FD and rear brake look to share the same cable clip mount points, plus the lowest 2 mounts look like they may take a bottle – that’s all good.

Cleveland
Cleveland
7 years ago

That is an ugly bicycle. What happened to Moots?

Ol'shel'
Ol'shel'
7 years ago
Reply to  Cleveland

They got old. The same thing happened to I.F. Their customers got older, shifted to golf and road riding, and they stopped being current on mtbs. Today’s hard core riders no longer look to Ti makers, partly because carbon is better for the same money, and because Ti has become associated with badly-executed mountain bikes.

ronshev
ronshev
7 years ago
Reply to  Ol'shel'

Partially agree with that^, but disagree that ‘carbon is better for the same money’. I have an IF Ti Deluxe 29er built around a 120 fork (with 44 headtube, 142×12, and sliding dropouts to run either gears or SS) that rides waaaay better than any carbon hardtail that I’ve ever owned (which have been Giant XTC Advanced and an Advanced SL, Niner Air9 Carbon, etc.). The Ti is slightly heavier of course, but it rides way better IMO and arguably, should last longer?

Craig
Craig
7 years ago

A nice looking bike from Moots. But that cable into the front der looks a bit messy. I couldn’t handle that on an expensive frame.

Jakeson
Jakeson
7 years ago

Wow, I feel let down by moots on this one, and like Garrett says, 2.8 max? Who are you trying to kid? Ugh, the swoopiness is just not doing it for me; kinda like a ellsworth. I am a big time moots fan too, just don’t care for this one whatsoever.

Maus Haus
Maus Haus
7 years ago

Since Moots are custom, theyll gladly put any reasonable routing for FT Der. Sweet ride if youre into custom ti bikes. Moots always does a good job and theyre nice, professional people.

hjb1000
hjb1000
7 years ago

The FD routing is because of Shimano’s ‘Sideswing’ tech. Sideswing works really well- don’t knock it till you tried it!

yard dog
7 years ago
Reply to  hjb1000

I guess it is a “moot” point as front derailleurs are going away. Most riders will prolly want 1x.

Mr. P
7 years ago

Posts new titanium bike frame… posts about cables…

Antipodean_eleven
7 years ago

OK, I’m a bit of a retro gooch, I’ll admit that, so 2.8 tyres on 27.5 rims, which must make the rolling size so close to 29, I don’t see why you don’t run 29, unless you just like he squish of a fat tyre, that’s one thing.

But… “The geometry gets long and low (another trend), combined with a short stem and relaxed head angle to make it plenty stable on the descents.” To me that says the bike is stable on descents but slow in corners and a handful on switchbacks (which seems strange for Moots) and very probably not the quickest to react. Can someone out there, qualified to do so (i.e. not be a nark about it) explain this set up to me? Right now, I just can not see the fun in it (where in my books fun = quick and agile, though possibly a little twitchy for some).

freewheeler
freewheeler
7 years ago

Antipdean, the current trend in hardtail 29/27.5+ geo seems to be short chainstays (400-430mm) for relatively quick handling in the tight stuff, paired with a fairly long top tube per size to make shorter stems realistic for any given body size and a slacker head tube angle for a relatively stable handling at speed. Are there tradeoffs between the two geo choices? Yes, but the overall ride is pretty sweet. My bike is a 27.5+ hardtail, 429mm stays, 140mm fork, 80mm stem in an XL size, and I love it (although I wish the stays were even shorter). At 434mm stays, the Moots isn’t exactly super short (yes, you can feel 5mm), but that and the tire size limitation are due to their manufacturing limitations with titanium. They simply can’t manipulate the tubing as readily as steel or aluminum (or carbon, of course) to get the combo of 3.0″ tires, short stays, chainring clearance, and mud clearance. Then again, none of the other materials mentioned have that magical ride quality of ti…

Veganpotter
Veganpotter
7 years ago
Reply to  freewheeler

Not true, I’ve sold Sevens built for 3″ tires and good geometry. Carver, Blacksheep and I’m sure many others can/have/will do it too.

freewheeler
freewheeler
7 years ago
Reply to  Veganpotter

I should clarify that when I said “they can’t”, I meant “Moots can’t (or won’t)”. I’ve also had Independent Fab be unable to make a frame with very short stays and big tire clearance from titanium. I do have a ti bike with extensive tubing manipulation – it can be done. That said, ti is still more difficult to manipulate into any given shape.

Tim
Tim
7 years ago
Reply to  freewheeler

I contracted Indy Fab to make a short chainstay bike way back in 2002 or so, back when most bikes were still 26ers. The promised they could get the chainstays down to 16″ inches even, then called and said they could only do 16.63″ (like 2mm shorter than standard). It took them several months to give the money back. Same thing happened with Litespeed- but they gave the money back in a week. I’d never do business with Indy Fab again.

Chris
Chris
7 years ago

Frank, your chopper is ready….

Antney
Antney
7 years ago

$4,789 for the frame. $4,789 buys a Canfield Epo frame with >$3000 left over for beer. That’s a lot of beer…..

Tim
Tim
7 years ago
Reply to  Antney

Forsooth.

David
David
7 years ago

Just call Kent Eriksen, he will build you whatever you want.

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