Igna and I finally bought ourselves train tickets. The train will take us to Grand Junction, Colorado. From Grand Junction we are going to bike to MOAB, Utah – arguably mecca of the mountain biking. From Grand Junction we are going to take Kokopelli Trail all the way to MOAB. I will be doing a series of updates to this page to document this coming adventure. At the same time, I will post these updates as a separate post for the ease of navigating. I do not write much on this blog nowadays but this trip, in particular, is a good place to start. Let me briefly introduce you to…
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Inspiring. Dreaming. Fatbiking in Alaska.
Just stumbled into this visual evidence of misery and glory all together! Oh and please read more details about historical side of this type of bike adventure here. Chapeau!
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Fat Bike riding in Chicago
I want to address all fat bike savvy folks in Chicago. I have a fat bike and love riding it. I do even commute daily on it. Now you have a fat bike and you love riding it. Lets connect and go for a ride together. I mean lets go and explore some MTB trails around Chicago. I would love to go to Kettle Moraine with somebody. Or if you prefer we could hit Palos Hills. I have an access to a truck so we would have ability to transport our lovable bikes. Just contact me via comment section or directly via email and lets go fat! Here is my…
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It is all about Fat Bikes now. For now.
Just found this. Enjoy.
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Surly Pugsley rear wheel build pics
I shall make this blog inspiring by posting pictures about the rear wheel built for my Puglsley. I shall share the component specifications for that build: Surley Rabbit Hole 32H silver rim. Shimano Alfine 8spd internal gear hub. Older version – SG-S500. Wheelsmith DB-14 silver spokes. Drive side: 283mm; Non drive side: 280mm; Due to the offset rear dropouts wheel needs to be dished by ~17.5mm in order to have rear chain cog away from rubbing the tire simultaneously having both wheels in the same line. Surly supplies an adapter so you can use it for your offset wheel builds. I shall wish you a great winter commuting in a…
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Fat distractions
While always being attracted to the weirdest bicycles I would never think that this would get me into the mountain bicycling. Although I have my Surly Pugsley framset hanging somewhere in the stable I feel that all this happened too suddenly. Building it takes some time and that is good. This should give me needed time to transition smoothly to this funky underworld of the biking universe. Get into mountain biking sustainably. Do it slowly. Do not ride a mountain bike. If you can. Parts are coming from all over the world. While waiting for it to get on my workbench I have plenty of time to dream about riding…