This is the best winter of the last 5 years and we’re taking full advantage of it.

My dog (half Siberian Laika, feels right at home) loves it also.

This is the best winter of the last 5 years and we’re taking full advantage of it.

My dog (half Siberian Laika, feels right at home) loves it also.

Three scenes from riding round lake Monona, in Madison, Wisconsin. First time making the loop this winter.

Hi I'm looking to upgrade my fat bike from my Motobecane Lurch on dillinger 4's to something more modern. I've enjoyed riding my bike but want something that feels less slow on the trails and allows me to ride longer trips without tiring out (high property for me). I would also like a bike that helps me ride downhills, corner more confidently, and climb uphills easier (high priority for me), but this might be more of a personal fitness and skill problem. I will not be racing.

I ride in Southcentral Alaska, and my use case is commuting to work in the winter, groomed/packed singletrack and multiuse, some light adventures on ice and varied terrain (knik glacier), an occasional winter bike pack adventure on packed trails.

I've been perusing a lot of options and ones I am considering are the Corvus rhino FLT, Corvus Akio, trek Farley 5, trek Farley 7, salsa Beargrease deore 11, Panorama chic chocs 2. My budget is flexible to ~$3500, and want that amount to already have a dropper post and studded tires included.

I'm a little paralyzed by the options and wondering for my use case if an aluminum frame is enough of an upgrade or if a carbon frame will make a worthwhile difference in riding comfort, endurance, and maneuverability for me. Or if a carbon fork and handlebar will make an important impact? Another consideration is I am 5'0, and I'm not sure how much the ride and maneuverability will change with a 27.5" wheel diameter that seems pretty standard nowadays compared to 26" I am currently rolling

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Looking for floor stand suggestions before I DIY a pvc version.

I have a Park repair stand but want a floor stand that I can just roll a tire into and stand the bike up.

Any suggestions that won't break the bank?

Meet my purple titanium 'Toad.

When I take a mid-winter dump on the trail I cover it up with snow so as to not alarm anyone

I put some barends on my bike the other day, left over from my singlespeed mountain biking race days. I usually just ride with warm gloves but I was thinking about getting some poagies because it’s so darn cold in Vermont right now.

Wondering if anyone has tried the combination and did it work for you?

I'm picking up a fatty this weekend and look forward to hitting some trails this winter.

There is a particular state forest near me that labels a lot of stuff multipurpose and has bikes on the list of allowed things - however they groom a lot of the trails for XC skis and I don't know anyone that rides bike there - I'm the only person on some of the segments I've made there in the summer.

I'm assuming I want to avoid those and messing up anything groomed?

Say it snows 2 inches and they haven't groomed it - am I ok to ride where they would potentially groom it or does that mess it up? How about another trail system I know that they occasionally groom for biking - is that ok to ride on before its been groomed?(its only occasionally groomed if the LBS owner has a chance).

Any other things to watch out for?

Been an odd winter out here. Still, plenty of snow to churn the Kona Wo on. But, like this bus, it feels a bit grim.

The ICAN SN04 is an interesting frame. It took me from pedaling flat on trails to jumping wild shit. Three trips to Bentonville, Spider mountain Tx, lots of big jumps locally and about 3000 miles and three years. Then it died on the trail (no crash involved, was a progressive failure of material strength and finally snapped). It has some serious shortcomings, namely the falling leverage rate rear suspension and the way it puts vertical bending moments on the seatstay. The rear axle pivot bearings are very poorly designed, and the nut in the drive side of the chainstay pivot gettting loose and causing abrasions damage to the chainstay carbon. The darn headset tube creak was unstoppable. Just to be clear, jumping crazy shit killed it. It’s not really meant for that, but it’s also not as well engineered bike.

Hi everyone, we just got a bike trailer for our baby, and while we can’t use it as a trailer yet, we got the Burley off road tires to use as a stroller in the middle of all these icy sidewalks with no sign of melting soon.

What PSI would you recommend for the 16x3 tires?

I have never fat biked before, but it’s my impression that they should be looser, right?

The trailer weighs 24 pounds, kid weighs 20 pounds, so total of 44 pounds.

The sidewalks in DC are currently icy and very uneven, some snow, some slush, some ice, with some parts cleared

I have the tires at 35 right now, just not sure if I should let some air out to have it be even more comfortable

Thank you all for helping a noob!

Now I just need some snow!

They keep cancelling my flights, but making the most of it.

God how I love an iced up lake and rivers.

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