I think you'd really like some studded snow tires. I've had the Nokian Hakkapalitas and Schwalbe Winter Marathons and both were great. Do you think you could ride where you want to go on the Fargo with studded snow tires?
Otherwise, have you considered a beater bike? I rode my beater 26" vintage mountain bike in the winter with studded Nokian tires and it was like an insurance policy that guaranteed I would be able to go everywhere I wanted to go. On Friday, January 17, 2025 at 7:42:12 AM UTC-5 Richard Rose wrote: > Honestly & from my own experience, find a used fatbike. I no longer have > one for the reason you site - 15 rides. But, it’s still the best answer. In > those conditions the fatbike is so much fun & does no damage to the trail. > Just a thought. > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 17, 2025, at 6:54 AM, Jay <jason....@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm looking for ideas to expand and optimize my riding with one of my two > bikes. > > > This isn't for my Roadini - I have that equation solved. I have two > wheelsets, one with 43 GKSS for all-road rides, including accessing the two > rail trails a little further out of town, and some gravel cuts/trails to > avoid busier roads, while adding the joy that comes from riding these cuts. > And one with 30mm tires on Dura-Ace rims for fast (as I can go) road rides > with a friend. > > My other bike is a Salsa Fargo. Going into my third year with it, and it > has been great for my local, non-technical trails. I ride that around 2x a > week on these trails, where I'm 80% unpaved and 20% paved (paths, > sidewalks, roads). I have the stock wheels and tires (2.2" Terevail > Sparwoods, and a wheelset I had build but a local wheel guy, running Hope > hubs, Stans Arch rims, tubeless with Sim Works Super Yummy 2.2" tires. > That wheelset was on the bike exclusively, up until winter started here > outside Toronto, and it was awesome for three seasons. > > *Looking for ideas on*: up until we had snow that stuck (last three > weeks), I didn't have a problem with my setup. I took the good wheels off > the Fargo, and put on the stock ones with faster-rolling Sparwoods and used > it on the often-wet winter roads, where there may be a little bit of > snow/slush (no ice). With fenders, this has made for a good winter bike, > when the roads are relatively clear of snow/ice. *What I'm missing > though is perhaps a studded trail tire so I can ride those same local > trails I do in the summer, in the winter*. I don't want to ride > exclusively on snowy/slushy roads, just on the trails that are .5km away. > I can add a dedicated wheel with something like Schwalbe Ice Spikers, but > that's expensive, for maybe 10-15 rides where I can't ride on the roads. > For now I'm on the trainer on those days. > > Welcome your ideas! Thanks > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/830aa1f9-7d6f-4088-9e46-2405e5cdce88n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/830aa1f9-7d6f-4088-9e46-2405e5cdce88n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a83a7bf0-62bd-4716-b5d5-59a824bd63f2n%40googlegroups.com.
