Otso Cycles (United States) - Press Release: When describing a fat bike, you wouldn’t typically describe it as agile. That’s where the Voytek is different. We paired a narrow pedal stance--aka Q factor--with aggressive XC race geometry to build a fat bike that can intuitively handle snowy trails like your mountain bike can handle summer singletrack.

The Q factor is the key:

With a narrow Q factor, your weight is closer to the centerline of the bike. This is especially important when cornering because it allows for tight, responsive control--the wider Q factor found on most fat bikes spreads out your pedals and creates a floppy, unstable feel. With the Voytek, you don’t need to compromise agile handling to ride up to 4.6” tires.

One bike, three wheelbase lengths:

Our Tuning Chip rear dropout is at the heart of the versatile Voytek. With a quick change in positions, the wheelbase of the Voytek can be extended or shortened by up to 20mm, which also changes bottom bracket height by up to 4mm. In the forward position, you’ve got an aggressive, responsive Voytek for your next race. In the rear position, you’ve got that same intuitive handling but with added stability to make it easier to ride in deep snow or adverse terrain. In the middle, well, that’s the best of both worlds.

Plus or fat? Fat or plus?

We’re internally divided here as to whether the Voytek is a plus bike that can handle fat tires or if the Voytek is a fat bike that has the handling worthy of a plus bike. When the trails are packed with snow, we’re riding 4.6” tires. When spring comes and the trails turn to dirt, we swap out tires and ride plus until winter returns. The versatility of the Voytek blends the lines of plus and fat, keeping the party going all year long.

Wheelies galore!

The Voytek can run a wide range of wheel sizes – from 27.5+ MTB tires to 26x4.6-inch fat tires.

Technical details:

• Frame: Voytek™ patented carbon frame, Tuning Chip™ dropout system, 177x12 rear hub spacing, Plus-Fat Narrow Q-factor design with PF107BB, guided internal rear derailleur routing, accommodates internally routed dropper post, external brake routing, downtube and chainstay protectors, matching allow bottle cage bolts
• Fork: Voytek™ rigid carbon fork, suspension corrected, tapered steerer tube, 485mm axle-to-crown, 51mm offset
• Headset: Wolf Tooth Precision Headset, IS42/IS52
• Rear derailleur: Shimano SLX M7100, 12-speed
• Front derailleur: None, 1x only bike
• Shifters: Shimano SLX M7100 Trigger, 12-speed
• Cassette: Shimano SLX M7100, 10-51t, 12-speed
• Brakes: Magura MT4
• Cranks: Race Face Aeffect 83mm with 175mm crankarms and custom offset Wolf Tooth CAMO system, 32T chainring (size Small frame ships with 170mm crankarms, 170mm crankarms are available on other sizes by request)
• Bottom bracket: Race Face, PF107, Ø41mm
• Handlebar: Race Face Ride, 740mm riser
• Grips: Wolf Tooth silicone grips
• Stem: Race Face Ride (60mm standard. Other lengths available by request)
• Seatpost: Race Face Ride, 30.9mm
• Seat: WTB Volt
• Wheels: Lithic sealed cartridge bearing 6-bolt rotor hubs with tubeless ready 70mm Lithic Rhyolite aluminum rims. Tubeless kit upgrade available.
• Tires: Schwalbe Jumbo Jim 26 x 4.0 LiteSkin
• Chain: Shimano SLX 12-speed
• Frame Sizes: S, M, L, XL
• Weight (size M): 25.4 lbs with rigid fork set up tubeless