Deacon says: "It seems to me the fatbike window of ridable snow isn't too much larger than my Hunqapillars for all practical purposes."
I suspect the fatbike is way better than a Hunq with 2.25" tires on icy, crusty snow such as might be found after refreezing. One thing I can say about my Krampus is the traction is amazing, and a fatbike is going to have even better traction. On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Deacon Patrick <lamontg...@mac.com> wrote: > I can make it through 6" of fresh powder on my Hunqapillar with my 2.25" > smart sams. It's when it's deeper that it's challenging. It seems to me the > fatbike window of ridable snow isn't too much larger than my Hunqapillars > for all practical purposes. I've been in snowshoes in fresh powder up to my > navel trying to go uphill. That didn't work so well. Grin. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > > On Saturday, March 29, 2014 12:32:29 PM UTC-6, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> Still, 700C tires fatter than 50 mm and run at sub 30 psi, especially if >> the tires push wider than 60 and lower than 20, really are better in sand up >> to 3" than the typical 26" mtb tire of not quite 2" and run at 50 psi as so >> many of them seem to be. >> >> I've read that in real snow -- newly fallen, 6" stuff -- even the fat >> bikes can't make it through. >> >> >>> On Friday, March 28, 2014 8:49:45 AM UTC-7, Anne Paulson wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> The Krampus (and its brother the ECR) have three inch tires. It turns >>>> out, three inches is not enough to make the bike a snow bike-- for >>>> that you need the Moonlander/Pugsley style bike. So I'll have to visit >>>> Minneapolis in the summer instead ;) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- Anne Paulson It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
