On the road with the Pugsley

[emily_in_nc]

I loved this post, NWG. I could feel your joy and the love you have for this very cool bike!

On our ride today, a guy passed us going the other way on a fattie. He was flying! Of course, he was going down the hill, as we ponderously peddled up it with full panniers after three shopping stops. He sure looked like he was having fun.

I love the handlebars on your Pugsley. I can see how those would provide a variety of hand positions.

Thanks for sharing!

[north woods gal]

Thanks, girls. Yeah, fat is different, in some ways good and some ways not as good, but still doable, as with this road work. Certainly the biggest departure from regular bikes for me, so far, but loving it. Have always wondered about recumbents, too, but not sure if I would have that much use for one. Fat bikes overlap so nicely with regular mountain bikes and even touring bikes, so very practical for me. Our MTB trails tend to be on the rough side, so if last summer is any indication, will probably be doing most of my trail work with fat bikes, come spring.

Shiela, I actually have other fat bikes with bigger, more aggressive tires, one even with studded tires, that I use in the deeper snow and on glare ice. Those tend to be a bit much on pavement or gravel, though, hence the Pugsley. The Pugs, though, is a bona fide fat bike, through and through, so it is a mean machine, too, in the snow.