Give me enough time: I may end up with three bikes, Anne. I've had a similar thought as you: Hunqapillar for roads of any kind, and any trails I want; ECR for backcountry tours and some snow; Moonlander for deep winder riding almost anything I want. That's likely gonna be a while though, and I don't know yet how my vertigo responds to 3"+ tires. That takes a trip out to Durango (Denver is too noisy for me to try riding there).
With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, December 5, 2013 12:43:45 PM UTC-7, Anne Paulson wrote: > > I test-rode the ECR's father, the Surly Krampus, also with 3" tires. > I'm very seriously eyeing it. The only place where it failed was deep > dry beach sand (like a sand dune). It just ate up everything else. > > For serious snow you might want a Pugsley (4" tires). From what I've > learned, a Krampus/ECR rides like a mountain bike and is fine on the > road, but a Pugsley gives away more when it's not on difficult stuff. > > On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Deacon Patrick > <lamon...@mac.com<javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > > I am seriously eyeing a 3" Surly ECR both for improved range in snow, > sand, > > and for being able to ride more of the rough-stuff trails. > > -- Anne Paulson > > It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.