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12-28-12 | 09:50 AM

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cyccommute

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Originally Posted by gerv

Interesting. So you keep weight to the back.

So what happens when you hit something you can't go through?

Yes, you want to unload the front wheel. For really deep snow, you are almost constantly doing a wheelie...a little one. For the stuff you can't get through, you walk. I find that I can ride in snow from 6" to 12" with it getting progressively harder as the depth increases. That's Colorado snow, however. Our snow tends to have a low moisture content and is pretty easy to ride in.

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