well, just a little blurb. I been jonesin for a Pugsley since I first saw one.

so...finally saved some scratch and got me one. I got a Frame
and build-kit from bikeman, and they were gonna ship the kit,
but I said nah I will just drive to the shop and get the parts. Well,
they surprised me by building the bike !! Woot ! it was dialed, just
had to adjust the seat and crank the rear der cable barrel 3/4 turns
to adjust stretch.

it has 3x9 gearing, LX trigger, XT ders, BB7's,

At 10psi is steers hard on the road, and feels
like you have a flat in the back...

as soon as you hit the trail it is smooth, and it trucks over all
sorts of babyheads, sticks, floats through snow (it is not a miracle bike
it still sinks in deep soft snow, but it floats up on snowmobile trails
where any other bike would sink, and also floats where people have
walked or snowshoed)

it is amazing on swampy grass or soggy trails. I will definitly be riding
this a lot in the springtime. it just doesn't make ruts. pretty safe in
most soggy trails as far as erosion control.

the most amazing thing, is how this thing climbs.

There is one steep, nose-to-bar dirt climb I never been able to ride.
well the Pugs climbed it with no slip. unreal. I mean it was amazing.

also, steep uphill wet leaves, sit down and chug it out. no way
was that climbable on my 29'er with 2.3, or 26'er, or CX bike.

it is not a fast bike at 10psi, but it isn't too slow either. I was able to
big-ring it most of the time on normal trails.

this thing redefines drifting.
you want to drift in the snowy corners, and you can do it with
ease on the endomorphs. I was drifting in the snow all over the place and
full of confidence. I was looking for stuff to ride over, this thing is so fun.

anyhow....this thing rocks the house ! it is a hell of a workout on the legs,
so time spent on the pugsley is not wasted. and people are drop-jawed when you
pop out of the trailhead on this clownbike. I am happy it is gray, I kinda
hated the Purple Pugsleys.

it makes riding fun all over again, and it definitely opens the swampy, snowy trails
up to fun riding, as opposed to 'should I ride here making ruts, or am I gonna
be walking a lot...Pugsley doesn't make ruts, and you will ride 99.99% of everything
where you were riding 70% before.

the only downside is configuring a cyclecomputer for accurate mileage. you can't
go by tire size, or rollout. it depends on tire pressure. I tried 3 times to calculate
the dimension and then went for a ride and I knew it was off. so I just started resetting
the computer on the fly and guessing a number, until I got it reading what I think
are accurate miles. 5 more PSI, I'll have to recalculate. Oh well.