Not that I couldn’t have used a fatty on yesterday’s sand-fest of a ride, but why does every review of a fat bike or a 29+ bike such as the Surly Krampus have to use the phrase “it’s just fun to ride” in the review? To me, it just seems like they’re saying the bike is a slow and heavy tank without offending the bike’s manufacturer and threatening ad revenue. Then again, at least they’re not saying it’s “flickable.”
I am pretty sure that the bikes get the job done (I doubt they would keep selling if they didn’t), and I don’t doubt that if I remain in Michigan that I will have one in the next few years to combat winter boredom, but enough of the “fun.” Of course they’re fun, they’re bikes! All bikes are fucking fun. Except recumbents… those are just dumb. And time trial bikes… Tri bikes… And tandems! Oh shit, there is NO way tandems are fun!
See how “fun” this post was? And by “fun” I of course mean heavy, slow, dimwitted and stupid. Like the author.