Drunken Rhinoceros 128 – 26" 128mm Double-Wall Carbon Fat Bike Rim 800g

IlyaVerified Buyer March 26, 2024

I'm not a owner of this fantastic rims. I am owner of 95mm wide Nextie rims only and 4.8-inches tyres only. But I want to ask where I can buy tyres wider than 5,05 (6 inches as recommended) and which frame sets allows to fit this setup?
Does the Nextie plan to design and build innovative fiberglass (carbon) frameset, which may be used with 128mm rims and 6.0-tyres?
Thanks in advance!
With best wishes from Anishino's fatbike fans.

NEXTIE answers: Thanks for the comments! The Drunken Rhinoceros rim is a groundbreaking product and there aren’t many matching accessories or components on the market yet. But you may read this thread, it may help. https://www.mtbr.com/threads/may-the-float-be-with-you.1226346

Luka G.Verified Buyer February 21, 2024

I haven't experimented with ultra-low pressures between 0-0.5 PSI yet, because 1) I need to recalibrate my 0-15 PSI Meiser Accu-gage, 2) it's hard to measure below 1 PSI anyway, and 3) there were tours with 2000+ ft (700+ m) vertical difference, where pressure on top and bottom can vary a lot, and due to lack of deep snow cover I was on the safe side of the rim impacts. The self-steering is noticeable though when running 2XLs on below 2 PSI on hardpack only, which is expected and well-known.

A spiked 2XL or a wider Johnny (5.5?) would be the ultimate tire for all conditions. I do miss spikes on frozen or icy patches, so Johnny5 w/ XL studs will be mounted when the snow starts to transform.

Gears could be easily even lower than 24/50. There's so much grip and some climbs are so steep that there's too much grinding as opposed to gentler spinning.

Luka G.Verified Buyer February 21, 2024

Overall, extremely happy with how it turned out. The wheels do add a lot of extra float and traction that I've previously missed with 4.6" tires. Have a feeling there's more side grip too, but will need to do some back-to-back testing to confirm. It's not a magic potion though, with 15-25 cm of fresh snow it will favor flatter terrain and climbing won't be particularly enjoyable (or even possible to ride, depending on the ground-grip under). Going down, that extra float does come in handy. Overall, the ride is more "on top", calmer, and more predictable than with narrower tires.

In particular, I wanted to be able to ride in fresh snow and deep snow conditions and so far, this is showing lots of potential and improvement compared to my narrower ride.

Despite running higher pressures (7 PSI) on approaches, rolling resistance and wheel weight are noticeable on hardpack and especially tarmac.

Luka G.Verified Buyer February 21, 2024

A long time ago in a galaxy, far far away ... I felt a disturbance in the force. An unknown craft, the thicc Drunken Rhinoceros, was imminent to land on Fatooine.

Still, the Drunk Rhinos kept me thinking. By my crude calculations, it could be as much as 15 % more volume compared to 105 mm rims, making the jump to a new platform feasible. A New Hope ... or an expensith experiment? One way to find out.