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Two days of snow on Dartmoor and not a single sign of a fat bike..
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I'm hoping for snow down south............tomorrow we might get 10 mm.....ha ha ha
Time for n+1 then OP. 😉
Sod all snow down here - although give it 48hrs and I'll be seeing way more snow than anyone else in here 😛
No need for full fat up here, chubby worked just fine 🙂
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We had a frost and a Met Office warning of 1 cm of snow. I shall be out show boating tomorrow.
Suitably epic photos will be posted later. I'll ask an old dear in her mobility scooter if she will take my picture.
It's not worth it unless it's over 2" deep
There's always at least 1 at Swinley
Always.
33mm tyres were fine this afternoon 🙂
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There's always at least 1 at SwinleyAlways.
There was indeed. Looked like he was having fun on it.
Si
Well I'm out tomorrow on mine 10mm snow or no snow....the roads will be too frosty for road bikes
Always take my fatty to Swinley in the hope of some snow..... 🙁
My 2.25 29 worked well until snow was 2feet then i was carrying 🙂
Mine was out in the Surrey Hills frost, honking and thrutching up climbs I've not been able to clean on 2x10 geared 29ers - the Puffin's 32:19 SS.
Surprising. And painful!
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Didn't see any sign of them up the Gap today. Just our 2 29ers and about another half dozen lads on 26ers. All enjoying the snow
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130 cm fresh snow is a bit much for bikes...
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Dissapointing amount of snow on dartmoor today
There will be at least 2 fatbikes at Swinley in the morning,happy days!
Just this second been out on mine for a couple of hours, it coped great with the 2mm of fresh snow 🙂
Matt, we only do pics of overweight balding gits if you don't mind.
Not really a fat bike but it does have 3" tyres, so it's a skinny fat, had it 3 days so far and to paraphrase a macdonalds ad campaign [i]I'm loving it[/i] 😀
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Went out in the snow for a wee run at 2pm this afternoon, over 5 hours later and a fair amount of the galloway hills conquered i finally decided to head for home as i was frozen but i knew i had a naga curry waiting for me to warm me up.
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Mixture of electric modes used, Tour, Sport and Turbo for the deepest snow gullys - only had to get off and push once (and i found out it has a [i]walk[/i] button on the speed controller that engages the motor at a very slow walking pace so that you can push it easily up climbs or through deep-deep snow. Still has 2/5 battery power left so i guess it would have been good for 80+miles if i was careful.
Sooooo happy with it, 😀
Mine was up Glentress, going where others fear to put treads...
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and doing a bit of Fatduro World Series
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Somafunk - that looks awesome. I want one.
Dissapointing amount of snow on dartmoor today
North moors still had a decent amount.
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Warmed up overnight and pretty much all gone now I reckon.
There was a bloke at cannock yestwrday with three on one fatties. One for him and two for his little kids. Spoilt brats 😆
Had a sprinkling of snow on the edge of the Chiltern Hills this morning, but I had to come to work, so no snow fat biking for me today :(!
It's snowed down here in hemel...I've got to entertain my little boy as its the first proper snow (3 inches)in his 4 years..
Hopefully get my bike out after..before its all melted!
Jam Bo : If you're ever up in the D+G area riding the 7stanes and you want to try it out then give me a shout on here - you'll want one though so be prepared 😀 , It's gonna take me a while to leave the house on it t'day as my homemade Naga curry was rather more powerful than i initially bargained for…….
my homemade Naga curry was rather more powerful than i initially bargained for
Was it Naga-saki curry then? Sounds like it would melt any snow within a mile or two of the 'fallout'!
I imagine the [url= https://www.iaea.org ]IAEA[/url] will be contacting me shortly to imply sanctions, There's certainly one part of my anatomy that will not feel the cold t'day.
I thought I'd be crunching over ice and floating on snow.
Nope same old , same old!
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still shaking my flu of and opted for an extended walk yesterday rather than on the bike.
only saw two people in the first 3 hours. one fatty + one cx.
i was in gore glen up near temple, midlothian.
Snow here 🙂
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Todays loop
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Well I was out today ..27miles to boxhill and back again....I kept getting funny looks...I don't know why??
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Maybe it was the 'look at me, I'm mad I am' sign stuck to your face 😉
Thats a cracking beanie!!!
Mine was racing at Brass Monkey round three, didn't cover myself in glory but had fun.
Cthulhu rides a fat bike.
No snow today..... lots of fog though.
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We've still got plenty of snow in Galloway, out for 4 hours t'day and my body is feeling it but nothing a warm fire n' whisky cannot fix
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Climbed this no bother but i did have a fit of the giggles at the absurdity of motoring up the hill
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Apologies for photobombing the thread, I'm sure the novelty will eventually wear off 😉
How does the battery cope with the cold weather?
what that e-bike needs is a more lairy paintjob Kenny 🙂
rOcKeTdOg : out for 5 hours/53 miles yesterday on forest roads and into/over the Galloway hills and took it easy with the power settings, i used mainly the eco and tour modes with occasional bursts of sport and turbo for the hills - returned home with 2/5 left on the battery so it would have been quite capable of 80+miles - i don't think the temp was above freezing for the entire route so i'm pretty chuffed with possibilities.
Out for 23 miles t'day in similar temps and i used tour,sport and turbo as some of the hills were very steep and deep with snow, i returned with 3/5 left on the battery 😯
yunki : Yeah it's a bit of a wall-flower ain't it? - i feel it needs some purple in there somewhere 😀
Things have come along way since lead acid ever readies in my lights would last about 2 miles before dimming
What was yer route soma?
Yesterday was Kirkcudbright-Glengap-Forest road to Lauriston-up laurieston/gatehouse road to Grobdale of Girthon and through Grobdale lane (old galloway path) to disused railway line at Loch Skerrow -Disused railway line to Raiders Road then up to Clatteringshaws - up Benniguinea radio mast (steep +very deep snow), stopped at top to brew coffee and drink whisky/eat fruit cake and marvel at the Scott, back down to far end of Clatterinshaws and take off road sustrans route 7 from Clatteringshaws to Gatehouse viaduct-Gatehouse for a pint-Cally palace woods-Sandgreen-Carrick and back home.
Today was Kirkcudbright-Glengap-Lairdmannoch estate-Neilsons monument/Barstobrick at Ringford-played about in this area finding stupid hills to climb then down through and round about Queenshill estate (more playing around) - hoofed it along the pavement at side of the A75 to Tarff and back home along the Dee riverside path.
I didn't see a single person out n' about yesterday nor today - absolute bliss 😀 and tonight i feel the sort of utter exhaustion that i have not felt for 8 years - it's been a long time coming and i expect i'll be off to bed very soon but very happy indeed 🙂
Id love to have a blast on one of those e bikes...
But then I've been wanting a fat bike... So now it's fatbike or e bike.
Or is it one of these e fatbike?
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If your ever around the Galloway area (7 stanes) then give me a shout on here and I'll let you loose on it for a demo.
Two of us running 26X2.3" tyres in Kielder on saturday. We didn't die.
Fat biking in Tal-y-fan Wales
I was on Dartmoor yesterday, with the fatbike! I was hoping to see others doing the same but I saw about half a dozen normal bikes and that was it. I was hoping for more snow but still awesome.
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I've got to say I'm loving the look of that e-bike. The colour scheme looks fantastic in the snow and the whole thing just looks like a right laugh.
That looks fantastic Rich! Did you really get tent and big sleeping bag and all in those few bags?
Glad to see you are getting out amongst it Kenny, hope to be up your way soon.
Out in force in the Surrey Hills yesterday.
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Yes Kenny all in there did have a small rucksack as well will be good to see you jump on the train and come down !
Rich, That looks like a proper fat bike ride with overnight bivvy, none of this.... "out for a few hours in the snow then back home to a warm fire" nonsense like the rest of us wimps on the thread, forget the train - at some point this year once I've built myself back up to riding a few days in a row I'll borrow my dads van and come down for a weekends biking n' drinking.
Sam: attic space/futon and air beds available so no need to book expensive accommodation when you come up this way....I'll even be able to join you all for a ride now I have my invalid vehicle 😀
I did plan to head out tonight for a spin but the weekends riding has taken its toll, especially after my first full day's work this year so I'm being sensible and having a night off with my Xmas book "the cordillera - tour divide write up" and malt whisky in front of the fire.
Ps : I've not fell off yet 😯 , that's 5 days I've had it in snow n' ice and not a single crash.....yes!.......I am a riding God 😉