Winter bike / Snow bike thread

Having done some ride with such option, I can tell you it allowed me to enjoyed the road more not feeling the limitation of a normal road bicycle (no need for dedicated tourer strong enough to not flex under load), it's very disconcerting feeling how heavy the bike is when you lift it, but feel perfectly normal with minimal flex when riding.
(the saddlebag was pointed upward because there weren't enough room due to having the saddle set far forward causing the mount to be right at the end of the saddle rail).

There are very good reasons for having your load low down by the sides of the wheels. There are also good reasons for not doing this on a off-roader/ fatbike.

The other reasoning for the Pugsley is that you can wack a 29ers wheelset on it and it'll be a decent rigid 29ers when needed.

Only if you can offset the rim 17.5mm relative to the hub. Which doesnt sound possible to me. You can build an undished wheel, which will get you part way there. Your back wheel is then not going to be perfectly centralised.

Probably an acceptable bodge. But not something I'd plan on doing, unless I had too.

The Mukluk will run standard 135mm rear hubs in an offset wheel (providing they are quick release, so not most IGHs), and 170mm in an non-offset wheel. The advantage with a 170mm rear is that you do not need a rim with offset drilling. So you can build nice strong wheels with almost any rim you want. The downside, is the cost of 170mm wide hubs.