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.

I hope you have this thing outfitted with the, what is it, 6? Inch tires too. I cant wait for the pics, I've always wanted a Pugsley for my trips out bush.

awesome! i love the pugsley....or there is another brand called wildfire designs i believe. i want to do one some day.

Carver makes a Ti fat tire bike, don't know the name of it, but bikeman
had one on the floor when I got my Pugsley

also you can get one of these Thunderwings

https://www.viciouscycles.com/frames-thunderwing.php3

https://cpm01.smugmug.com/gallery/3624389#206443950


I am running Innova Endomorph 3.7 tires, which are
marked 26 x 4.00 in the sidewall.
[it depends on the tire pressure how much hits the ground,
3.7 or 4.00 all I know is it is a fat as my shoes]

Any pictures yet? I am, visually, a huge fan of the pugsley, they are a great bike to look at. I really want to ride one so i can pass judgment on that.

I need to wait for the weekend so I can ride in the daylight and bring the camera.

Im going to hold you to that. As far as pics are concerned, I'm like Siu around here.

I am gonna take more pictures. but I took
one just now, after a 4 hr ride


that is my Surly Karate Monkey behind it, and also my TT bike behind that

nice. I'm just jelous you actually get to ride....

Whats the weight on this sucker?

I don't know, and I don't care. somewhat heavier than my other bikes

rides like a bike though, which is what counts

maybe I'll weigh it in the summer when I am at race weight myself
right now I avoid scales because I don't need 'em.

very jealous

I just started in the whole mountain bike thing, but I wish I had bought one of those.

I've found some trails only a couple miles from my house. They are partly wooded flood plain and there is a lot of sand. I walk my bike as much as ride it in that area. I have to walk the bike 1/4 mile just to get to it. If, scratch that, when I buy a Pugs there will be a lot more ground that is possible by bike.

Congrats man.

Mind if I ask what the wheels/tires cost? I know the frames are about $600. I can figure out what I'll need to spend if I know the wheel price

I got the bike built new, as is, at bikeman. so I don't
know the wheel price.

You could use one of the Garmin GPS units. New color ones are coming out so I think they're clearing out the old B&W models.

I checked their site

Wheel is ~$200
Tire is ~$85
Tube is ~$15

I guess I need to save for a while

That is such an awesome bike :drool:

teh

the whole thing w/o cages, built
(and they threw in the spud 520's which was nice)
$1799.00

normally they wouldn't build it, they ship the frame and
ship a parts box, U build yerself. but I made the trip to
the shop expecting to get the parts and they surprised
me by having it ready-to-roll.

anyhow, more pictures this weekend when I have a chance to ride in daylight

it looks mad with my trinewt and dinotte taillight on the snow, but my camera blows chunks at night

I've so wanted a fat tire bike for riding in the snow. This just makes me want it more. Local ski hill perahps, bombing a ski hill would be so much fun on that.

I've already ridden it 40 miles in 10 inches of snow...
some 100% fresh, some snowmobiled once, and xc skied, and snowshoed.
so there was a lot of varied snow...

and no other bike I own would have been able to go more than
50 feet. I was able to do all 40 miles with no dabs. it was hard,
but I was riding. this thing is the shiznat. at one point the snow
did get softer and deeper, so i stopped and dropped my tires from 15psi to
about 9psi I guess...and the riding got better again and I was easily
able to continue. when I was riding in ski ruts, I could cross over the
trail between the snow ruts and they had zero affect on steering. the
thing is a complete tank. you steer it, not the trail. amazing.