Global Fat Bike Day Wisconsin

Had another great ride down at GFBD WI in Manitowoc.  Bigger crowd this year than last year and fun.  For me it was cool to run into an old coworker from the place I worked years ago.  Ended up riding and chatting with him most of the day.  Not sure what else to say.  I guess I'll end with fatbikes are awesome.

First couple rides on the fatty w/HED's

No real pictures or anything fantastic, but I've gotten a couple rides in now with the HED wheels.  I'm not in peak shape at the moment but I sure can tell a difference with the huge difference in rotational weight.  The tires are also ending up with a wider, squarer profile than they were with the 65mm wheels (the HEDs are 88mm).  I'm getting more self-steer at the same pressure from the Knard 3.8's, I don't like that but still working it out.  I fix that by raising the front pressure a bit but then I'm not soaking up the little stuff with these giant tires like I feel like I'm supposed to.  I'm settling in around 7-8psi on my gauge in the front and it seems to be fine.  Part of it is getting used to the bike again after a summer on the Scalpel or the CAADX.

I'm looking to swap over to the Dillinger 5's soon as soon as it looks like I'll be dealing with ice/cold.  If that never comes I will probably still swap but pull the studs out of the tires - at the moment I'm just avoiding that work and leaving the lighter knards on the bike.

I haven't weighed the full bike but I think I've lost about 240g/wheel just in rim, then rim strips/tape were another amount.  I wouldn't be surprised if I lost in total 1.5# while I gained almost 2cm of width of rim.