One weekend in September a friend of
mine, who is a veteran bicycle tour leader, suggested that I take my Surly
Pugsley fat-bike on my planned bikepacking trip instead of my mountain bike. I
did, and it changed everything. With the exception of several events that took
place in the weeks that followed that required my MTB, I was scarcely been off
the Pugs when riding. I did a number of fall colors rides, explored some cool
trails in a nearby state forest and even rode some volunteer trail patrol with
a bike that I had previously relegated solely to winter use. Those rides became
fuel for some overnight trips the following spring, and those photos become the
illustrations that I hope will inspire you to go, and see what's out there. Initially, the fat-bike’s claim to fame was it’s
ability to ride over snow and sand. But then somebody, or somebodies came to the realization that it
could do so much more; that the fat-bike was indeed, the perfect off-pavement,
backcountry expedition bicycle. I am now one of those somebodies, The fat-bike, in it's 60-plus brand names, is changing
the face of backcountry travel, and like many others I have been swept up in
their success. The fat-bike takes me back to when I first started riding a bike
as a kid, and experience the sheer joy of riding again.
Proceeding on...
2WX - The Two-Wheeled Explorer
