not sure if just being a dick answer
but if not just being a dick
what does non-suspension 3" tires get me that suspension + 2.35s doesn’t?
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Not a dick answer fwiw, not tryna be a dick.
Still sensitive about MigTBgate 2013(c)
I think I am that Luddite who wants a rigid mtb and I get the fauxspension, I wish I could rent one or borrow. I’ve tried them on at the bike shop but I don’t have any actual trail/gravel experience
so… I’m seeing this tapered carbon fat fork on J&B for June release; I’m a little concerned that buying a Pug at this point is buying into 7 year old design, like a lot of the Surly designs.
not sure if just being a dick answer
but if not just being a dick
what does non-suspension 3" tires get me that suspension + 2.35s doesn’t?
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I thought the whole point of hambikes was not sinking into snow (and maybe sand). If you want to do a fair bit of riding offroad in snow then I imagine you want BIG tyres. If not, there’s no point in taking the massive speed penalty on every other road surface.
How do 29ers ride in the snow? I’m guessing they don’t have near the same float as the hambieks. My wife wants a hambiek but I almost wonder if it wasn’t the bike she liked as much as riding offroad. Though she’s too short for a 29er, she’d be on 26" wheels fo sho.
I once built a ss 29er for a snow bike because I couldn’t justify a hambike. I found that my fg cross bike was better for most types of city snow anyway.
Yeah I keep trying to justify some kind of mountain bike, but I’m afraid to take the plunge just in case my wife ends up liking it but not really wanting to take the time to do it. So I figure winter commuting would be added incentive, but my hybrid with winter tires seems to be rideable here since they plow most paths.
TC: Can’t stand Hambieks. Too much of the cycling world is turning into the motorcycle world. Just waiting on someone to popularize mini-bikes and I’m never going to ride dirt or gravel again. Think my balls are just getting long.
I swore off owning a mountain bike in a locale sans mountains. Finding that maybe I’ve had too much adventure to relate anymore and the things everyone else think are rad just bum me out nowadays.
Still interested in what you end up getting and seeing you through not needing multiple iterations to arrive at the best solution. Kids grow up fast enough today’s perfect plan is worthless in a month or two.
Maybe a dad-e-hambiek could be your ticket. If you get the weight distribution right it would go through snow unassisted no worse than a normal one. Speed on command might be fun for all involved before long, in more seasonable weather. Call that a concession towards providing something useful out of a complaint that didn’t need to be aired.
29er sucks in the deep snow. I’ve tried it. Good unicycle practice maybe. You get going and your rear wheel spins a lot while you stand and try to balance on the front while pushing through snow. I don’t get fatties in anything except for snow or beach sand.
I saw the on-one, and it does seem like a good deal, but I’m concerned about the rack mount situation.
It looks like there’s threaded eyelets at the dropout, and maybe could get the seatpost binder that has mounting points?
So on something like the Pugsley, it being an old design, is there anything wrong with that if all I’m going to do is put around on it? Or is it just stupid to pay that much money for an outdated design?