Winter bike / Snow bike thread

Anyone with a 29ers is blessed with the option of a Salsa fork and Surly fat wheel.

With one exception is that I only had a singlespeed, probably not idea with a fattie front.

Anyone with a 29ers is blessed with the option of a Salsa fork and Surly fat wheel.

With one exception is that I only had a singlespeed, probably not idea with a fattie front.

SS is what I'm running.

I think 'half-fat' is an injustice. Its a amazing set-up in its own right. On semi soft terrain. Having a rear tyre that will dig in a bit is a bonus.

The front floats, absorbs, and grips. Allowing you to ride aggressivly without throwing the bike around. The rear end feels reponsive in comparrision, and digs in to deliver drive. I guess mine having front suspension exagerates this.

Funny thing is, folk say that the front end looks serious business. But its the opposite. The fronts the fun end, the backs the business end :)

actress said to the bishop

44 bikes, very nice

Saw that on WW. Looks nice.

^porn!

http://www.wired.com/playbook/2013/02/snowbikes/?viewall=true

re?

The weathers gone mild up here. Which means rain, and melting snow/ice. Which means water everywhere.

Having a fat front wheel, and no mudguard is suddenly really shit. Its beyond belief how much water that thing chucks up.

Charliethebikemonger has a pair ofthese reserved for me, when they come in.

Also. Boast post. Cant resist.

s&s couplers and snowshoe racks. pretty good idea.

Snow! I bought my Pugsley for sand. As a contract geologist it has been shipped out to me and been used on dunes in Saudi Arabia, beaches in Sierra Leone and volcano descents in Nicaragua. Nothing truly adventurous, just passing the time.

I repeatedly tell myself that I can't justify a fat bike, due to lack of snow or sand.

Then I watch videos like this :-(

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wphJoasgZgc"]Surly
Necromancer Pugsley fatbike - YouTube[/ame]

I love riding down steps. So childish.

As On-one have said. The fat tyres love rocks too. The ultra low PSI means you dont bounce off the edges, but grip them instead.

Just read a quick review of the Krampus over on Retrobike.

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=244926

They've arrive up here (well at least one). I reckon if you're tall, and want a rigid trail bike its an amazing choice. Like the look of the tread too.

Isnt it pretty close to an ogre though BN?

...or do you just like all your bikes to be similar ;)

Isnt it pretty close to an ogre though BN?

...or do you just like all your bikes to be similar compatible.

It must be my own special form of OCD :-(

Fatbacks come in a 22"
648mm ETT, and 178mm HT

^ Only in the aluminium frame though.

Such a pity that I'm allergic to that....

Yeah the harsh ride of alu is really going to buzz on 8PSI 4.8" tyres ;)

TBH. You'd be better off fat fronting the spare Ogre. It'd make a great play thing, next to the trailer pulling functional Ogre. My fat front is bags of fun, and only loses out when stuff gets proper soft.

WTB Bronson on the back, Surly Bud on the front. Bet that'd go down steps nicely.

defwinter3 by tudetski, on Flickr

I can tell you: spring isn´t coming.

Should put this in the confessions thread. Woke up to a nice layer of powder. Up to a foot deep of new stuff. Took the senic route to work. Sooooo much fun.

Got to work, and blamed my youngest sons astma for being late.

gtgt by jamesssi, on Flickr