Winter bike / Snow bike thread

^holy shit...

Saw that on WW. Looks nice.

dem pedals!

45NRTH, Helva.

http://45nrth.com/products/category/pedals

Carbon snowbike awesomeness?

Salsa have been demo'ing a carbon Beargrease

..and On-one had this made. Although possibly not as a product test. More a test of a manufacturer AFAIK.

Neither are on the snowbike side of the fatbike spectrum. Awesome none the less though.

I love to have a bike of this, here in southern Spain there is little snow.

Salsa have been demo'ing a carbon Beargrease

..nnnnngggggggggggg

I need to lie down

Sweet jesus, that's lovely!

I need to lie down

Sweet jesus, that's lovely!

The Beargrease is a racing fatty. So its built to save weight, more than carry stuff, or offer max float.

Built up with some Marge lite rims, 45NRTH Dillingers, and a light Sram 1x10 drivechain. It'd be crazy light for a fat bike.
http://twentynineinches.com/2013/02/24/frostbike-2013-special-report-carbon-beargrease-fat-bike/

Meanwhile on mount Etna

Specialized Fatboy launched

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Fuck me that's a monster

Target price for the basic model sub $2000, hmmmmm.

Genesis also launched their fatbike as well too.

Genesis;

There is now a thread for general fat chat
https://www.lfgss.com/thread118265.html
to keep the chubby chasers from completely taking over the winter/snow thread

Bit of a change up for the tourer - into commuter mode with snow tyres option. Paselas going back on for the moment.

winter by busseynova, on Flickr

edit: dynamo wire will be sorted.

Genesis;

That looks seriously sleek, clean and tidy. Really nice design (typically genesis(.

I'm considering a snow bike for next winter. I'll avoid a fat bike if I can, not something I've ever wanted and the bike should be used in the summer as well.

How well are studded 26" tires handling proper winter snow conditions?

I used the schwalbe ice spikers for snowy forest riding and was really impressed, was worried at first if I hit any tarmac but after a few rides it seemed to bed in the spikes and made them less sketchy. They were a lot more durable than I expected. I’d definitely recommend spikes, in the 90’s I used conti 1.5 cross country which cut through the snow pretty well but were a tad sketchy on ice.

I've used ISPs for the past 2 or 3 winters and approve them. Heavy AF and slow rolling on tarmac but work well on snow and ice.

studded 26" tires

Do you want mine? 60-559/26×2.35 Schwalbe Ice Spiker Pro used once for about 15 miles in January 2013 and we've not had snow worthy of the name down here since. £50 for the pair inc. UK postage

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