Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
... Let's just pray to the weather gods.
Sounds good to me. Add mine to the total.

As for those seats, Crankin, not to worry. I have so many layers of leggings/long underwear/bike shorts when I ride in the winter that I have plenty of padding.

Can you believe it? Temp hit 50 degrees, today. I swear, I could actually see the snow melting. Okay, maybe not, but a lot of my trails are now mud where they were ice and snow, yesterday. rain, tonight, so maybe more melting. Then it's snow and more snow for the weekend. Oh, well.

Worked on my 2008 year Trek 8000 26" MTB, this morning. Got it tuned up and took it out for a spin on the pavement. Almost forgot what a completely different animal those skinny 26x2" tire MTBs are than the fat bikes. Lots of fun to be able to accelerate so rapidly and turn on a dime. Really enjoyed the ride. I've come close to selling this bike, several times, but I am so glad I didn't. It has lots of sentimental value for me, not to mention I did a lot of upgrades on it. I really do think it's a shame so many brands are no longer carrying 26" wheel MTBs.

Trek 8000 with Norco fat bike for comparison.