Are you fat? Do you like it? What would you do different next time?

[strawjack]

Split up 150 grip studs between bud and nate, first icy ride today was bueno.

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Yeah, I rode yesterday and it was a little sketchy without studs. I have a mix of dry land and snow/ice covered now in Portsmouth.

I have a few months now on the motobecane sturgis bullit and have not experienced a bent derailleur hanger or any prob with the bike. It came with vee mission 'snowshoe' tires and they seem to have excellent traction in snow.

However, mid winter high elevation snowpack has me a little stymied on finding fun stuff to ride. The cc trails are nice to get out on but kind of boring and the snow is a bit too deep on the bike trails that it's like constantly riding on a skinny or log cuz if you slip off the packed trail your foot sinks down 2 ft and you smack your taint. Even the little side hits off ski runs look fun as hell but venture off the machine groomed without an adequate freeze/thaw and it's endo city. Still very pleased with the bike but as previously stated I think the biggest benefit of these bikes is loose dirt, scree fields, turning any slope into a fun wall ride.

Holding out hope for spring and thinking that once the pack goes isothermic late spring getting out into huge rolling meadows early mornings is going to be the shit!

I was thinking the same thing for western riding. It would be tough. Even here last winter it was a little too deep to really ride, and I'm with you on the xc and snowmobile trails...kinda boring.

Early fatty ride and corn late morning turns is in your future!

[iscariot]

I have a few months now on the motobecane sturgis bullit and have not experienced a bent derailleur hanger or any prob with the bike. It came with vee mission 'snowshoe' tires and they seem to have excellent traction in snow.

However, mid winter high elevation snowpack has me a little stymied on finding fun stuff to ride. The cc trails are nice to get out on but kind of boring and the snow is a bit too deep on the bike trails that it's like constantly riding on a skinny or log cuz if you slip off the packed trail your foot sinks down 2 ft and you smack your taint. Even the little side hits off ski runs look fun as hell but venture off the machine groomed without an adequate freeze/thaw and it's endo city. Still very pleased with the bike but as previously stated I think the biggest benefit of these bikes is loose dirt, scree fields, turning any slope into a fun wall ride.

Holding out hope for spring and thinking that once the pack goes isothermic late spring getting out into huge rolling meadows early mornings is going to be the shit!

Yeah, I rode yesterday and it was a little sketchy without studs. I have a mix of dry land and snow/ice covered now in Portsmouth.



I was thinking the same thing for western riding. It would be tough. Even here last winter it was a little too deep to really ride, and I'm with you on the xc and snowmobile trails...kinda boring.

Early fatty ride and corn late morning turns is in your future!

Just wait till RockShox comes out with their Bluto ski mount.

Bike fork with a fat ski.

Ultimate float and an end to endo's.

[TahoeBC]

Just wait till RockShox comes out with their Bluto ski mount.

Bike fork with a fat ski.

Ultimate float and an end to endo's.

Braking is over rated

http://www.alpineskibikes.com/collections/all

[strawjack]

Predicting 3-5" here. Should be perfect if it stays in the 3" range.

[rip]

Nothing more frustrating than breaking thru the crust and stalling out.. go to put your foot down and it sinks 2+ feet and then slowly tip over into the unconsolidated snow and then wallow around while you try to untangle yourself from the bike finally emerging covered in snow.

Went out yesterday and checked out one final ace up my sleeve.. sketchy skin track exits-o-death that get all iced up and dished out. Where you fly down like an out of control rocket taking any chance you can find to scrub speed.... actually pretty fun on the fatbike. Still needs a bit more freeze/thaw.

[strawjack]

Nothing more frustrating than breaking thru the crust and stalling out..

Yeah, that was happening a lot last yr for us too.

Today's ride was dicey and fun depending on aspects. North facing was snow covered sandpaper! Awesome! South and western were dirt or thin layer of snow and ice. Kinda fun to have 4 fat tires sliding sideways and somehow staying upright Running flats this time of year is key!

This seems to fit here...cross post from ecrc.

[buttahflake]

from yesterday, all snow on this side of the state, and ride anywhere.
pick any line and go, all rocks and logs are covered, all hay fields are lunar, corn rows!

[gravitylover]

Other than being frozen it's not much different from October around here. Maybe a little because the leaves are blown out of the way but that's about it. Thankfully winter is supposed to be on the way for tomorrow.

I got hooked up with a Bluto recently and built a wheel yesterday. I still need a crown race, anybody have a spare 1.5 kickin? They are surprisingly difficult to acquire right now.

[sb]

This seems to fit here...cross post from ecrc.

i wants to help ya drink that

[scrublover]

Bluto 120mm and Hope Fatsno/Marge Lite combo ordered up.

Gulp.

With a pair of 2.7 Surly Dirt Wizard tires.

I think My Chromag hardtail is going to get lonely...Actually, the Chromag could be pretty damn fun if those tires will fit it at all!

[strawjack]

Awesome ride today! 4-6 fresh! Broke out the pov...nothing special but ill post it up later...maybe. A couple guys on studded enduros...ktm ...ripping up the motoX sections of my ride! Stoke!!

[rip]

Now this is what I'm talking about

[sb]

its just a fad

[gravitylover]

That vid kicks ass.

...led me to this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzb8P0zScW8
If you haven't ridden pipeline you need to. There are a couple of descents in this zone that are similar and it's all "easy" dirt road climbs up. I say easy because 3k vert is a big climb.

[sb]

So I go to mount up my Dillr 4 studdy tires and the axle will not come out of the bluto fork. The QR just un screws and this small c shaped part falls out. Taken it back to the shop to git fixed tues.
WTF! Lucky I did not have a flat out in nowhereville.

[gravitylover]

I just need a crown race and a fatty rim strip and I'll get the Bluto on my bike. Think I'm gonna try the shrink wrap tubeless method.

[strawjack]

Now this is what I'm talking about

bitchin'!

[buttahflake]

calm before the storm.


with the 18 inches, predicted for tonight/tomorrow the snowmachine trails will be, full on.
i could jump on the network 300 yards behind my place and ride snowmachine trails from here to Canada or south to CT.

[strawjack]

^went with the pogies, nice!

Yeah, I'm gonna have to snowshoe my trails in once this is over. I'm sill riding single track that only has short uphills, so it's doable. There are some dirt roads that snow machines sometimes ride and our single feeds in and out of, so that will help if they get out there and pack it down. But damn, I'm so ready to ski now! Lift weds, tour sat, lift sun is the tentative plan.

[rip]

A few pics from the last few weeks. Currently over in Moab getting some riding in While winter takes its sweet ass time to get rolling again.

[strawjack]

I added a slightly stoopid track to my vid and Vimeo shut me down. That's new to me. Anyway, here is a little vid of my local ride...it was snowing so lens got a little messy.

[rip]

Nice vid!

The riding in moab is excellent right now. Barely any snow and the trails are nice and tacky. Rode a few new trail systems called navajo rocks and also at Klonzo north. The amount of new trails down there is truly staggering. I only brought the fatty and on the trails it feels how I imagine driving a 79 CJ around the nurburgring would feel. A bit sluggish. Fine on anything downhill or if the trail has bermed corners but getting those wide rims up on edge just feels odd. similar to my lotus 138s on groomers.

However... decided to do a little exploring down some ohv trails and eventually found a great dry slickrock creekbed / wash and as soon as I started up I felt like a chubby pre-teen in a bee costume. The blind melon started cranking and I started to see what kind of riding is possible with a rig like this. Fuck the trails, I'm going off road!

[strawjack]

Fuck the trails, I'm going off road!

Ha!

[buttahflake]

perfect packed pow today in Walpole.
Go Pats!

[strawjack]

It's going to be a lot of work to actually get my trails back. It may never happen! 25-30" last week and now we're looking at another 12" today. I need a snowmobile because this snowshoeing isn't cutting it!