i live in southeast PA. we rarely get snow anymore, when we do its either so little that a regular MTB is fine, or so much that not even a fat bike will work. we still get some pretty good cold snaps, just without the snow. i think the coldest i've ridden here is in the 0-5F range, before accounting for windchill. its honestly not bad, it really is just matter of proper layering and keeping skin covered once its that cold. bonus is that i rarely encounter anyone else out in those temps.
yeah mine was doing that, looked like flo33's after a year.
If you have ever had to get back on your (fat) bike when the packed snow trail is only 10-15” wide, but the snow off to the sides is thigh deep, you would understand instantly.
I have not - I have, in fact, never owned a fatbike.
This.
only time i can't ride here is during the thaw, which this year was basically december through about now. it's honestly nice when it gets and stays cold so the trails freeze over.
We ride a lot of the same trails in the winter, trails with jumps, drops, elevation change, etc. We make other trails that don't exist in the summer, with jumps, drops, elevation change, etc. We build other super tight and twisty trails in low lying areas that have some fun tech stuff. A dropper is great for all of this stuff. I used it on the Iditarod for the primary reason of making it easier to get on and off the 65lb bike. You can't just lean the bike and hop your leg over, the bike slides out because it's too heavy for that, so you end up often having to "hop" on and off, which is murder on the body parts after a while, not to mention any time it's soft it makes it hugely easier to get back on. But despite that having a lot of flat over 320 miles, it had a lot of descending and tech stuff too. So nice to be able to slam the seat for stuff. There are a few winter endurance races where I'm sure I could get along without one just fine, but the Iditarod for the long-term toll it takes on body parts is not one of those and it's simply just as useful to me on a fat-bike as on a mountain bike.
Witch.
You can get up to 125mm and have a drop position in between.
Source? That configuration isn't listed on the fox website.
How? If your saddle height is correct your legs should not fatigue.
My bad - I misread something - thought we were talking about the old school Gravity Dropper.
Are warlock and witches a type of wizard?
It's entirely possible I've got the bike set up wrong as I'm not super familiar with road bikes, but its more a case of me using the dropper just to change position occasionally to stop my back hurting and to just stretch a bit without getting off the bike.
Ah yep there's the problem.
As a mountain biker, you're simply not conditioned to being bent over ready to take the seat up your {insert body part here}. Give it time, you'll come around.
Road bike culture seems fucked up - focused on Lance wannabes. I like fenders, disks, and flat bars.As a mountain biker, you're simply not conditioned to being bent over ready to take the seat up your {insert body part here}. Give it time, you'll come around.
What I really like about mountain bikers is how open minded and inclusive they are. The culture is just really positive.
You keep trying to make fun of my neon obsession like it’s an insult. #fluoropride
Core body strength is not correlated to what bike you ride. If your bikes are fitted to you well and match your fitness then no issues should arise. And by matching your fitness I mean having e.g. a shorter stem, higher rise bar, etc. on there in the winter.As a mountain biker, you're simply not conditioned to being bent over ready to take the seat up your {insert body part here}. Give it time, you'll come around.
My "road bike" is a belt drive, single speed, hydraulic disc braked bike. Tange Prestige. Full metal fenders over 47 mm Schwalbe Marathon Plus meats, Tubus rack out back.
I live in the wealthy suburbs of boston. The drivers around me are generally fantastic and give plenty of space and pass carefully. It's only when I drift closer to the city (or other cities in the area) where the poors start to creep in and drive erratically. (heavy sarcasm implied)
