Sorcerer

Maybe you'll laugh, and maybe my wife will kill me.

Just ordered some skinny 29" wheels to fit my fat bike so I can run regular mountain bike tires.

Was cruising the internet and just ran into the old deal I had seen on the Framed brand at an outdoor gear webstore called The House years ago that actually still existed. For $100 they sell front and rear 135/170 mm quando hubbed wheels with cheap tires, tubes. 160mm rotors, and a 9 speed 11-34 SRAM cassette.

Obviously these were made for my 2012 Mukluk, and are being sold off cheap because no one will buy them. Well, I always wanted to try this set-up, so here goes.

Last year I gave away a really nice 29'er rigid bike that was very light. Well now I'll have a porky 29'er option. Wonder how wide the Mukluk will fit a 29" tire? I'll find out as I have a bunch of tires in the garage. Rotors, hmmm, hopefully I won't have to buy any.

So far this year the 9 speed Mukluk has been on 4 bike-packing trips and a lot of unloaded trail rides. It's great! Now I'm just so curious to see how it feels shod in different wheels/tires. Figure with the weight loss I can use the 34t cassette (have a 46t on there at the moment), plus I have a manual shift (move the chain) 22t granny on the crank spider.

I've been hankering to get my wife a fat bike so we can ride the beach together again. She doesn't want one though. There are some great long, I mean 30 mile long, beach rides we can do. The headwinds can be a bit daunting though. Maybe one day I could say, I just bought a fat bike to match my fat bike.