For 6 months i’ve been coveting one of these.  When I heard Revolution in Flag was putting their demo fleet on sale, I pounced on the post and gave em my credit card num within minutes.

So now i needed to go to Flagstaff to pickup a bike, during the Aspen season. #awwwww #sadness #sarcasm

James and I headed up, with intentions of riding freakishly-designed bikes on easy trails and filling ourselves with sunlight and bike porn.

a shitty one of my brah, but for once he gets in the photo. Check out James’ site for an amazing set of our day, including a few i borrowed below. Methinks I will owe him some fatbike loaners for approaches to BC ski adventures this winter.

The Mukluk rode ok, surprisingly easy for its elephant-man-like appearance, but imo nothing special on a trail. Snappy like a rigid, with a little more sluff and plush from the giant tires. Bunny hopping was easy, sideswiping the tires on rocks was very easy. Once you got online for a turn you could lean it pretty hard cause of the huge contact patch, but it was very hard to be nimble. Other than that it was just another bike, ~33lbs. But not another bike – a really fat bike. I was between a M and a S, and I’m glad i went with the small since it was easier to muscle around. Especially on the downs it helped me counteract the boinginess from the tires. Overall, i’m psyched to bring it to Rocky Point which was my whole goal, glad it can be used for town riding etc, but I dont plan to use it on the trails. Tires and tubes for that thing are too dang pricey to wear down on Coconino rock.

After James dropped me at the hotel and while waiting for the family to join me from the Valley, I took advantage of the slack stability for a solo pub crawl.

obligatory beer+bike photo from Pay’N’Take

obligatory beer+bike photo from Mother Road

After dinner the kids were stoked for urban hooliganism around NAU’s campus

me, stairs

G, stairs

Sunday promised to be the best ride evah for two little girls. 418 to Bismark Lake and back on the AZT. First half was a gradual 4 mile climb. G rocked it all, even if it took 2 hrs.

There were many breaks for forested shennanigans and hide’n’seek. I’m radiant my kids got to frolic in the woods.

G: what’s that sound
Me: its the wind in the trees
G: Golden Showers!

James’ pic

my pic

G’s pic

G’s pic

G’s pic

Alana’s pic

Alana does 3 hrs of singletrack on the 2-bike!

tinyShredder rolling out the detritus of summer’s ferns through autumn leaves