Winter Cycling - Woohoo!

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UnsafeAlpine
01-28-09, 04:50 PM
I needed a change. We haven't had snow in ages. It's been 60-70. I live in Colorado. It's been freaky. Finally this week we got it. Rode home from school Monday night. Snow on the ground, 2 freakin' degrees, loved it, buy my mountain bike is not cutting it. It's a little small for mountain biking and way to small for commuting. I'm working on putting together a fixed gear full suspension winter commuter. It fits better, it handles great, and it should be freakishly unique. I'll go without studded tires for now as I seem to deal with everything on the commute fine right now.

Holy cow, though. Winter riding is the schizzle. :)


andmalc
01-28-09, 06:09 PM
I'm not sure from your message if you've already got a frame picked out. I'd say look for a long wheel base for better snow handling. I believe the 1980's MTB's were like this.

My fixed gear Steamroller gets great traction in the snow (40mm Nokians help a lot) but my big, long cross bike feels more stable.

I'm riding the Steamroller anyway, cause I can't stop riding fixed. Here it is today after my commute home (sorry about the jumbo image size - gotta work on that):