Even though there are more and more bikepacking bikes on the market with every year, it was surprisingly difficult to find three with built-in racks. All three machines in this test are oddities in and of themselves, but in a sea of mid-travel full suspension bikes, a drop of strangeness is more than welcome. And speaking of which, when was the last time you saw a mountain bike with drop bars, let alone a fat bike designed to carry a month’s worth of food supplies?
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