craneplaneguy
10 kW
I was minding my own business while taking a short ride in the snow on the farm road that runs behind my place, when I saw the Peruvian cowboy who works for my neighbor rancher was having a problem. He had his two wheel drive ATV high centered on a dirt berm, left over from a road they had recently cut in with a dozer, so I sprang into action! No, I didn't use the BBSHD powered fattie to tow him out, I got off and between the two of us we got the ATV off the berm and all was good. I speak no Spanish and he no English, but it didn't matter, mission accomplished. I remounted and rode off up the mountain, feeling pretty smug, what a cool ride I have!
Later in the day I rode up to the little local (but kick ass, lots of black diamond real steep runs plus ready access to the out of bound back country) ski area 3 miles away further up the mountain. It's 1200' vert from my place, and with the recent snow was a fairly challenging ride. Especially as when I made the decision to cut off the county road and go overland through the fields, I failed to take into consideration, THE SNOW WOULD GET DEEPER AS I WENT HIGHER, duh! It was a struggle but ended up being doable, just. I needed to pick up my season pass for the year at the area's office, and apparently I was the first to ride a bike up to it, ha ha. Coming back down took a different skill set then getting up. I was on asphalt, with icy rutted snow, normally I'd take this road at 30+ MPH, letting gravity do it's thing, not this time, I old manned it down and took my time. The fattie is weird enough on pavement, with the low pressure I run, pavement with ice, rutted ice, it's downright bizarre, but keeping it slow got the job done.
As our bike trails are now snowed in for the winter, I was going through a little riding withdrawal, until I remembered the fattie does just fine in the snow, ride on!
Later in the day I rode up to the little local (but kick ass, lots of black diamond real steep runs plus ready access to the out of bound back country) ski area 3 miles away further up the mountain. It's 1200' vert from my place, and with the recent snow was a fairly challenging ride. Especially as when I made the decision to cut off the county road and go overland through the fields, I failed to take into consideration, THE SNOW WOULD GET DEEPER AS I WENT HIGHER, duh! It was a struggle but ended up being doable, just. I needed to pick up my season pass for the year at the area's office, and apparently I was the first to ride a bike up to it, ha ha. Coming back down took a different skill set then getting up. I was on asphalt, with icy rutted snow, normally I'd take this road at 30+ MPH, letting gravity do it's thing, not this time, I old manned it down and took my time. The fattie is weird enough on pavement, with the low pressure I run, pavement with ice, rutted ice, it's downright bizarre, but keeping it slow got the job done.
As our bike trails are now snowed in for the winter, I was going through a little riding withdrawal, until I remembered the fattie does just fine in the snow, ride on!