• willyaEnglish
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    Great shot. Send it on over to the manufacturer for promo lol

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      Thanks! I’m not sure if they’d appreciate my custom duct tape paintjob though

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    Where in the world? All I can tell is that it’s not england, based on the brakes.

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      Finland.

      I’m not sure what the brakes have to do with it though? Similar hydraulic/mechanical disc brakes are used on virtually all mountain bikes around the world.

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        Could it be a joke about England being flat? I honestly don’t know, I’ve never been

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        They have the sides switched. Front brake on right hand. :)

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            Nope. :) Bought a bike there once. The seller showed me how to switch them, but was not allowed to do it for me.

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    Very nice. And you got a battery on that mf?

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    What kind of e- bike is this? How has your experience with non-pavement trails?

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      GRZ Black RAW with 250W Bafang motor, 12 speeds and 26 x 4.8 tires

      Compared to my non-electric and non-fat-tire hardtail mtb this thing is an absolute tank. I originally only bought it so I could ride year around in the snow too but I love it so much that I basically stopped riding my other bike altogether. For riding in the snow it has to be electric assisted unless you truly want to suffer. Even now I almost never see any other bike tracks on the trails in the winter than mine. Yesterday I plowed thru a trail with half meter deep snow drifts. Even the hikers whose tracks I was following turned around.

      In the summer time it has infinite traction and it just rolls over anything you throw at it. You can even ride it off the trail in the brush over soft moss and boulders no problem. The only better all terrain vehicle than this would be a horse.

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          I find that temperature affects it a lot more than the amount of snow. Even in deeper snow it’s not so much power you need but the ability to maintain momentum. When you stall it’s generally because you lose grip and thus speed also. You can’t really ride a fatbike in any deeper snow than you can a regular one. The benefit comes from the wide tires that act as snowshoes and prevent you from sinking in while also providing a lot more grip compared to narrower tires. With good balance you can ride on snowy trails that are really difficult to walk on.

          I’d say that in summer I can do a 45km trip of mixed single track and gravel road quite comfortably but in below 10 degrees celcius we’re speaking more like 25km.