salsa mukluk 3 and a different kind of bicycles.

[Bethany1]

LOVE my Mukluk. Took her out today for a 13 mile ride around town. Yup. She goes through snow, mud, gravel, crushed gravel, single track and the road. It's not a bike for everyone as mine weighs in around 37 pounds. The newer ones weigh less due to better lightweight rims. She's not exactly fast and hills can be a challenge but she's tons of fun. Most I've done with her is about 20 miles both single track and road. Don't take her for a test ride or you might come home with her..LOL.

[zoom-zoom]

It always surprises me a little how many people are still shocked by the appearance of fat bikes. They no longer look crazy to me. We have 2 in our garage. Around here they are hugely popular. We have a Winter fat bike racing season that is growing into some non-winter beach races. A lot of mtn. bike races around here have a fat bike division, too. We live in a perfect area for them -- long, snowy winters and endless sandy beaches. They are freakishly stable and handle far better at slow speeds than anything else.

[goldfinch]

I've thought about getting a Mukluk and spending a winter up north next year. I haven't been in the north for about 5 years now and want to do some boreal birding. My question is whether you can put smaller rims on the Mukluk to use the bike also as a mountain bike. Anyone know?

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I've thought about getting a Mukluk and spending a winter up north next year. I haven't been in the north for about 5 years now and want to do some boreal birding. My question is whether you can put smaller rims on the Mukluk to use the bike also as a mountain bike. Anyone know?

You can, but I think it requires a separate fork. We have a friend who uses her Ti Mukluk as a 29er in the warm months, but she has to swap the fork out, so it's not a quick switch, by any means.