I have neglected my fat bike, The Panzer, lately. While my shoulder has been recovering from surgery I swore off mountain biking (the source of the injury). That hasn't been hard since there is not much single track in my neck of the woods.
It was kind of sad to go to Montana on vacation and not mountain bike, but I resisted the urge. Anyway, as I have been riding on forest service roads on my Giant Revolt, I have noticed plenty of areas that are ideal for a fat bike. Specifically, inhospitable terrain such as muddy roads, barely roads, and severely loose roads. Perfect for the Salsa Mukluk.
I decided that I would head out and do a little stomping around the Kisatchie National Forest. It gets a fair amount of military traffic and recreational off road traffic. The result is roads that aren't all that great. Perfect for the Panzer
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| Such as the bend in this road which turned out to be deep and slick. I was barely able to power through it. |
I was wishing I had a set of Nate tires for better traction. The Larry tires were quickly overwhelmed.
There were a lot of roads like this that were very loose and soft. It could be done on a normal mountain bike, but this is much more fun.
There are a lot of unimproved Jeep track. You can sort of see the road but it has a tree across it. No Problem to go around with the Panzer!
Again, there was barely a path. This is ideal terrain for fat tires.
Over all, the Kisatchi jeep track is a nice alternative to the less than ideal paved roads. The Salsa Mukluk is a Prime candid for this terrain. I am still cleaning sand and dried mud from odd nooks and crannies.
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