{"id":93822,"date":"2018-02-01T17:36:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T08:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&#038;p=93822"},"modified":"2018-02-01T17:36:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T08:36:14","slug":"ride-surly-fatbikes-in-the-snow","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/ride-surly-fatbikes-in-the-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Ride Surly Fatbikes in the Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93656\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9147-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9147-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9147-1-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9147-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9147-1-1179x786.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><br \/>\nWe had a heavy snow in Tokyo last week. As I work in a local bike shop, it really sucked, but snowing hard in Tokyo was pretty rare, so we were like, why not to ride fat bikes in the snow? Duh!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93657\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9149.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9149.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9149-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9149-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9149-1179x786.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><br \/>\nReady?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93659\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9156.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9156.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9156-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9156-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9156-1179x786.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93669\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9161.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9161.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9161-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9161-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9161-1179x786.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><br \/>\nShredding!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93662\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9168.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9168-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9168-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9168-1179x786.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><br \/>\nWentz was riding the fat bike with 26 x 4.8 tires, which are the fattest tires Surly makes. There was no problem riding on snow. Running performance was very high.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93663\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9224.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9224-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9224-900x599.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9224-1181x786.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><br \/>\nDuncan was riding with 29 x 3.0 tires so-called 29er plus. This is like a thinner tires with bigger wheels setup, which provides smoother and faster riding.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93664\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9245.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9245-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9245-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9245-1179x786.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><br \/>\nWheelie battle! We were more excited than any other kids. These things were really fun to ride.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93665\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9190-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9190-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9190-1-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9190-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9190-1-1179x786.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93666\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9205.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9205-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9205-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9205-1179x786.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><br \/>\nLong skid!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93667\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9254.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9254.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9254-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9254-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9254-1179x786.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had to go back and open the shop.\u00a0We had too much fun!<\/p>\n<p>Surly fat bikes are very versatile. You can ride any kind of situations such as pavement roads and mountains. <a href=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/contents\/kamiuma\/\">Blue Lug Kamiuma<\/a> got many test riding Surly bikes. Please visit and do some test riding!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":93663,"template":"","tags":[],"better_featured_image":{"id":93663,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1280,"height":852,"file":"2018\/01\/IMG_9224.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"IMG_9224-640x426.jpg","width":640,"height":426,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9224-640x426.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"IMG_9224-900x599.jpg","width":900,"height":599,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9224-900x599.jpg"},"large":{"file":"IMG_9224-1181x786.jpg","width":1181,"height":786,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9224-1181x786.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"IMG_9224-800x600.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9224-800x600.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":93653,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9224.jpg"},"acf":{"online-store-load-items":"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=surly"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global\/93822"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/global"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}