the skinny and the fat

Demi and Heyride

 Heyride met with some trail folk Saturday at the Pighouse in Ned before heading out on a short cross ride.  I claimed the trails were totally rideable on 32mm wide tires...and i was partially right.  We ran into BobB and Demi his really cute dog at the trailhead and he basically walked the same pace we were 'riding'.  It was kinda funny.  Demi did about 10 miles to our 1 mile.

Heyride cornering gently

 I took more endo's than I have taken since..well...since a IGSSC many years ago.  At least it was soft on landing this time! The cross bikes both had some old studded Nokians (the A10's) which are better on hardpack roads than snowshoe-packed singletrack.  But it was very fun and surprisingly rideable! It's funny how a 10-mile loop on bikes in the snow feels like an adventure.

It just started DUMPING around 3pm up in Ned and overnight we got around 4" of cold white stuff.

two Meriwether cross bikes! Warms my heart to see this.

The Rotundcycle, the Chubby, the Big Johnson...what other names can we come up for this bike?

Today, i went fat.  Headset "issues" had me scrambling in the AM to find a tiny spacer and new upper cup for this bike as the plastic cup split in two on my first ride (!?!?!).  I was less than impressed with Cane Creek's series 110 ZS-44 headset.  Why put plastic in a headset at all?  Anyways, i got out for a couple hours in the fresh snow today and it just hilarious the difference in rides it was compared to yesterday's cross ride on the exact same trails.  I didn't endo, i didn't dab much at all, i just floated and rolled and cruised! Much fun on this fatbike was had...really glad this is my new ride for the winter. I put all my Revelate Designs bags on and the Moots tailgator rack so i wouldn't need a backpack. SO nice not to have a backpack on.  I had everything I needed and more, just in case i needed to bivy or if I got caught in the dark.  You just never know! It has happened before...