Quite a bit of snow fell last night. I witnessed this blizzard as I looked out the window occasionally from around 2 am to 4 am. I was doing some system maintenance for my job while eating a really late night dinner. I had the next day off, which made it worth it. Mostly.
Today, about 4 pm, I headed out for a nearby trail to see how my fat bike handled. Or, rather, if I could handle the trail. I headed out on E. Cedar St. trail, alternating my riding between thick snow and some vehicle tire tracks. It was pretty nice until the snow got a bit deeper, the grade got a bit steeper, and the vehicle tracks ended. Then I started just spinning out a lot. I’m going to give it another shot in a few days after dropping my tire pressure a bit and I’ll see if that makes a difference on the steep-and-deep stuff.
For this control study, what was your PSI? What is your tire width (measured)?
Happy trails!
My tires are Vee Rubber Mission 26×4.0. They have some pretty minor tread and don’t look as wide as other makes and models of 26×4.0 that I’ve seen. The sidewall is marked 8-22 psi, and I think I had them somewhere around 12 psi. I’m going to lower the psi more next time and see how I do. The snow was about 6 inches deep and pretty wet and thick at the top of this ride. Fluffy / dry snow would have been easier to ride in.