@garymcm@mastodon.social 🙂
Which one? '50somethings', 'bikes that cost more than...', or 'eeb'?
@jexner@tooting.ch 50s and bike price. Not eeb. 😜
but honestly cycling is everything to me, so I can justify it. I want to write something really
I’ve nothing against e-bikes, btw, and have been interested in one for winter riding here in deeper snow. I have a fat bike but once you get above four or 5 cm of snow it’s kind of useless.
@garymcm@mastodon.social I remember being stuck in 10cm snow here in winter, yes.
@jexner@tooting.ch that looks so good though!!
@garymcm@mastodon.social That was about 500m from my place, one surprising morning. I got stuck twice on like a 5km ride :-)
@jexner@tooting.ch here’s a picture of my fat bike. It’s about 11 years old and was one of the early fat bikes. It’s made of steel and the tires are not quite as wide as modern fat bikes. I always loved the first light snowfall because it handled it really well, but I’ve had to walk it out a few times like you. This bike would make a pretty decent touring bike since it’s loaded with mount points. Even though I don’t use it nowadays, I’ll keep it for that day!
@garymcm@mastodon.social Oh, nice, a Pugsley!
80mm rims, I guess? "Rolling Darryl"?
If you put a shorter stem, that thing is more than capable of descending some pretty dicey stuff.
@jexner@tooting.ch those tires are Dillingers with studs. Pretty good, but I’ve lost a lot of studs which is a bit disappointing. They still have good traction on the occasional ice but not like Nokians.
@garymcm@mastodon.social On my MTBs, I have tested tons of tyres, but on the fattie, I got Surly Bud and Lou, and never looked back.
No traction on ice (to be expected, no studs), but otherwise rock solid in everything I have ever thrown at them.
jexner 🏳️🌈
Gary McMeekin