Schlick Cycles APe - Large, Purple - Aggressive Fatbike

This Schlick Cycles APe frame and fork were hand-built in the US by Tom Teesdale from a selection of True Temper Tubes and custom bent 4130. From Schlick Cycles: The APe story began with the Schlick Cycles Tatanka fatbike and local Dirt Jump expert, and Ray’s Indoor Mountain Bike Park regular, Aristotle Peters. Aris took the Tatanka to Ray’s to wringing it out for a photo session. He had a total blast but wondered what a purpose-built, aggressive fat-bike would be like so we set about designing the Aristotle Peters edition, or APe for short! The resulting design makes this fat-bike one of the first purpose-built for aggressive ridingWhat makes this different than the Tatanka (or other fat-bikes for that matter) • Larger diameter and thicker wall tubes. We still use True Temper for the main tubes but upped the size for added strength. • Ultra-short, heavy-duty 16.9″ chainstays allow the APe rider to manual with ease, wheelie like there is no tomorrow and fly on the jump lines. It is als