All the Surly FBs have rear-facing track ends, which I don't like at all. Only downside of an otherwise very cool bike. Looking at the Salsa Mukluk just because of the drop outs, although it's Al alloy which is not my preference. But yeah, the Krampus looks awesome!
Cheers, David On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Kellie Stapleton < kellie.staple...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since I rarely ride snow, I would now get the *Krampus* (Surly), a 29"er+ > instead of a Pugs, but they just came out with them recently. > > > On Saturday, May 18, 2013 11:42:12 AM UTC-7, Tonester wrote: >> >> I'm glad someone else brought this up, because I sure as hell wasn't >> going to out myself! When the fat bikes came out I thought "what a truly >> ridiculous idea". Since then, I've seen all sorts of cool adventures on >> youtube (find the guys who fatbiked/kayaked in Alaska!) and have moved to a >> place where I have access to miles of creekbed with potato sized rocks >> (everything from fingerlings to bakers). I tried riding my bike with 2.0 >> tires and couldn't hack it. I'm going to try again with my bike with 2.4s >> - if that doesn't cut it a Puglsey is on the the shopping list. >> >> On Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:17:29 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: >>> >>> Damn, another bike to add to the want list. I must try one. >>> >>> On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Kellie Stapleton < >>> kellie.s...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I can attest to the fact the Puglsey is more than for just snow; my >>>> only mtb bike: >>>> >>>> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-fMVg3EEwiPc/UZepZUpkyZI/AAAAAAAAAFc/VyOUfWxiIiU/s1600/photo-6.JPG> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Saturday, May 18, 2013 6:40:11 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sorry, readers, I didn't get a chance to ride it, since it was special >>>>> ordered and the owner picked it up before this week's workday. But Steve >>>>> is >>>>> thinking of getting one for a floor model (as well as one or a few Long >>>>> Haul Truckers, which have been selling well). >>>>> >>>>> 210 mm Q factor .... shudder. But if/when one comes in, I will try it >>>>> and report. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> http://resumespecialties.com/**i**ndex.html<http://resumespecialties.com/index.html> >>>>> patric...@**resumespecialties.**com >>>>> >>>>> Albuquerque, NM >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>>> group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-**US<http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>> . >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> http://resumespecialties.com/**index.html<http://resumespecialties.com/index.html> >>> patric...@resumespecialties.**com >>> >>> Albuquerque, NM >>> >> -- > 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
