Wednesday in the family.

Pugsley's sister from the Addams Family has arrived.  It should be a bundle of fun since it can be run 26fat, 27.5+ and 29+.  The plan is to have a Bluto for the summer, rigid fork for the winter, and bags for potential bike packing whenever I get a chance to go.
It was a crazy roundabout way to build it up but I managed to buy two other fat bikes to strip, split apart and build into the Wednesday.  I've been to Kingdom Trails and it's almost as fast as the Krampus while being much less punishing.

Krampus went to Italy.

My Krampus went to Italy a full season before my daily took a vacation there.  The backstory: After riding the NEMBAfest in 2015 I came to the conclusion that I was not getting any younger.  I can still ride fast and have fun hopping over technical terrain, but I'm much more sore the next day.  I figured that after riding single speed for over 16 years it was time to add gears...and a front shock.

Coincidentally, Surly dropped the bomb that they were releasing a fat bike that had Krampus styled geometry that was narrower then the ICT.  Enter the Wednesday.  Since I had a Pugsley I felt that he should have a bike sister.  I began plotting the funds to snag a Wednesday frame set.  The major source of the funds came from Krampus.  I could run 29+ on Wednesday so Krampus had to go.  A buyer from Italy contacted me and we worked out a deal and off Krampus went!

Farewell Krampus! A wonderful time was had while it lasted, and I'll never forget the shine of the Moonlit Swamp color.

2 year gap-bicycle musical chairs!

It's been two years since I took a peek at this blog.  Lots of bikes have come and gone in the meantime.  I guess I should devote individual posts to some of the more noteworthy ones.  If I had to sum up the direction my cycling has taken I'd say that 90% of it is now related to fatter tires.  Fat tires on Fatbikes, fatter tires on "Plus" bikes, fatter tires on "old" 26'' bikes and kids bikes.  Heck, I've even moved to fat tires on my "road" bikes-more of an "all road" bike that is trendy now.  I've been running 32c on 700's for years, but now I'm also trying out 650b in 42c and 26'' in 2.3'' slicks.  It's been an adventure and lots of fun.  I can easily say that large volume supple tires are here to stay and will change cycling for the better.