For riding on Snow

To look "cool"

N+1

Sand maybe?

We rented some this weekend and they are so much fun! We had some snow on the trail and it plowed right through it. Beyond that, they handle like a dream and are just plain fun! You can ride them all year round but for those of us who have a lot of snow in the winter, it means we don't have to quit riding in the winter. My BF is obsessed with getting one and my mom is secretly getting my dad a 9 zero 7 for xmas. He is going to pee his pants. Watching them on those bikes this weekend was like watching two little 8 year olds playing around. They were giggling and having a blast. Isn't that what we love about all bikes?!

Seriously, the second you get on one and ride it, you just have to smile.



My two favorite "little" boys.

In the UK - frankly, it pretty much escapes me why you'd want one either - I know the idea is that the gumbo tyres provide enough "suspension" that you can ride fully-rigid, and you could always fit "normal" wheels on there for things like 24h races and have something light but with phenomenal mud-clearance...

But the whole "riding in snow" thing... unless you live up in the highlands of Scotland, there's maybe 5 days a year when we get snow cover... doesn't cut it for me I'm afraid.

I own a Salsa Mukluk. Its is a fat bike like you are asking about. I love it. I ride it often. It is awesome in snow and sand and mud and everything else. The tires are big and act like suspension when you are really riding a rigid bike. Ir will roll over nearly anything and I think it gives me more confidence that any of my 29ers that makes riding that much more fun. And comparatively speaking they are pretty inexpensive.

Of all the bikes I own it might be my favorite and I ride it in any and every condition and it is fun.

Wait, wha? Didn't they say the same thing about the first mountain bikes? (just kids bikes for adults). It's called variety, friends. The spice of life and all that jazz. I "stole" a friend's Surly Pugsley one fine wintry morn and smooshed my way thru 4-6" of fresh powder at my local offroad haunt (logs, g-outs, drops, climbs, whatnot). The bike completely changed my perspective of the trail - one I had practically memorized over the years. It was the most fun I've had in snow ever. I felt like a kid again. I couldn't stop smiling. (I think my face was actually frozen, but hey.) Yes, it's a fetish bike and not very practical for 95% of cyclists out there (including me), but it's a bike worth experiencing at least once. Just for the hell of it.

Sounds like in London they are more for looks and for mud but here in Montana where winter came a month ago and will last until May, they are great bikes. I'm trying to see if I can fit it in my D-1 collection but since I've got a pretty nice mountain bike, my wife is currently counting it as D, not D-1. (For those new to the group, D-1 is the maximum number of bikes you can own before your spouse divorces you.). :bigsmile:

@ StuAblett - And what other reason do you need right? :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

I would think these could be awesome in an ever-changing, never-smooth urban environment.

I'm sure they're a blast to ride down a mountain - but I'm curious how hard it is to peddle one of these *up* the mountain in the first place...?

I would think these could be awesome in an ever-changing, never-smooth urban environment.

I'm sure they're a blast to ride down a mountain - but I'm curious how hard it is to peddle one of these *up* the mountain in the first place...?

It's just like going up on a regular mtn bike. There aren't as heavy as you'd expect them to be.