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I’m going to throw my 2p in the hat.
I’ll be honest and say I’ve not ridden the Moonshiner, but it’s whole reason to be is that it’s a super comfortable, super compliant, super capable go anywhere, over anything’rig’ and if you fix it all those things are lost or at the least diluted. Now I have ridden a regular 45 x700c adventure bike fixed and it was fun. Felt good and went most places I pointed it, but at no time did I think that with bigger tyres or slacker geo I would have made it up that slope or down that trail. I think that to have that happen I’d would have been running such a small gear I would have hated riding it 95% of the time.
Maybe aim for 27.5x2.1 and see how that feels?
Chaley
@caemis
Hi there. Maybe you have some thoughts on my "problem". So, I've decided to get build another (2nd) custom frame for me and am already in contact with the builder of my choise.
My initial plan is a rather classic fixed monstercross, with relatively high stack, short reach and clearance for about 700*45. Details are a nice lugged fork crown, cantilever brakes and hooded track dp's.
My first custom bike sounds more or less the same, except from the details (rocker dp's, disc brakes f+r, ...) and is one part of the reason to think of the monsteecross above - I know the bike will ride well and the way I want to.
Now the big BUT: why not going with wider tires, why not a more "ATB" style of bike, i.e the Tanglefoot Moonshiner?
My hesitation towards such a bike is my lack of real experiences on wider tires (except for 26" vintage mtb's) and how they might feel, riding fixed off road...
In any way, my plan is to have a fixed gear off road bike for day-long rides and short bikepacking trips made to the geometry I like to have on a bike...
Cheers