Anne, The fat bikes were fun. The new Ice Cream Truck is the best of the bunch. Well, except for a Ventana with a shocked fork. However, when all was said and done, if I were to buy a new fatbike, it would be an ECR. That is more my preference in both handling and comfort while riding.
We spent the rest of the afternoon riding the Missisippi river bottoms. Basically hardpacked sand/mud with occasional stretches of sand. There were a couple of Rivendells on that ride, but most of the riders were on fatbikes or other Surly bikes. (I rode my Surly Ogre with 2.3 inch tires and someone else was on a Surly Troll.) Unfortunately, due to job (yesterday) and band practice (tomorrow) am unable to make the other events. Jim or someone else will need to post a report. All in all, a fun day. Even if I wasn't on my Rivendell. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey country bike people, report back to us how you like the fat bikes > in the demos. > > On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 6:21 AM, Tim Gavin > <tim.ga...@littlevillagemag.com> wrote: > > That's great news, Jim! My girlfriend and I are excited for the demo. > > We'll meet you at HC tonight! > > > > Tim > > > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery > > <thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Surly loaned me several fat bikes. Four Ice Cream Trucks and a couple > >> Moonlanders in various sizes. We will add these to the HC family fat > bike > >> stable, and have lots of bikes available to demo. 9am 9/27 Saturday > morning. > >> Meet at HC to ride to the demo site, or just go to the parking lot near > the > >> interpretive center at Fort Snelling state park. > >> > >> > >> On Saturday, September 20, 2014 12:52:35 PM UTC-5, Jim Thill - Hiawatha > >> Cyclery wrote: > >>> > >>> Hey, I finally posted some details about the rally next weekend. Hope > to > >>> see many of you there. tell your friends! > >>> > >>> > http://hiawathacyclery.blogspot.com/2014/09/country-bike-rally-details.html > >>> > >>> On Thursday, September 11, 2014 1:48:15 PM UTC-5, Jim Thill - Hiawatha > >>> Cyclery wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Ha, I enjoy the drive across northern Wisconsin! Too bad you can't > make > >>>> it, Michael. > >>>> > >>>> On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 3:35:52 PM UTC-5, Michael Hechmer wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Jim, Alas Pat and I need to bow out of this event, although we are > >>>>> sorry to miss it. It turns out that after a very,very, busy summer > neither > >>>>> one of us was up for the 4 days of driving to & from St Paul. We > have made > >>>>> the trip before. The road through Ontario is really only worth > seeing once > >>>>> and after you leave Green Bay (the bay not the city) northern > Wisconsin is > >>>>> dreadfully boring. We need to relax more, spend and drive less. We > will > >>>>> drive one day through scenic southern NE and then take the tandem to > Block > >>>>> Island ( 6 hours off the coast of RI) for two days. > >>>>> > >>>>> Michael > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Thursday, August 28, 2014 12:05:41 PM UTC-4, Jim Thill - Hiawatha > >>>>> Cyclery wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Been chatting with some friends, and I think it might be fun to > have a > >>>>>> fatbike demo on one of the days. Fat bikes have nothing to do with > >>>>>> Rivendell, but they are about as "country" as bikes get. 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