As our sun-starved pallid bodies become reintroduced to the bright warm stranger in the sky, I’m compelled to recall a recent last bit o winter biking frolic. During my typical mid-February cabin fever-induced blues I came across a quaint blurb from a bike-minded Gnomish friend talking of turning cranks across a local frozen swamp. Needless […]
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45NRTH Wrathlorde 26×4.2 Studded Tire (long term) Review
I’ve ridden my share of studded fat bike tires over the years. Back before fat bikes, we used to run Nokian Extreme studded tires on our 26″ mountain bikes to extend the riding season, and since the invention of the fat bike, I’ve ridden a broad variety of studded tire brands, tread patterns, and sizes. […]
Factory Studs vs. Aftermarket Bike Studs
Have you ever wondered if hand-studded tires are as good as factory-studded ones? I spent last winter on a pair of 45NRTH Dillinger 27.5 x 4 – 120 tpi tubeless ready tires. One of them came to me as a new factory studded tire and the other one was ridden for a season of dirt […]
45NRTH Wrathlorde Update
I wanted to post an update about these 45NRTH Wrathlorde 26 x 4.2 studded tires. We initially mounted these bad boys on a set of 100mm rims and published a report here. We read some of your interesting comments about the Wrathlordes on our social media feed. One cat said we had created a very […]
First Look – 45NRTH Wrathlorde 26×4.2 Tire
Last week, just as I was leaving to go to the Funduro down in Illinois, our set of 45NRTH Wrathlordes was delivered. This is the most exciting new set of tires that I’ve laid eyes on since say…the Johnny Fives last winter. The Wrathlordes sport 300 concave studs per tire with an aggressive tread pattern […]
Product Spotlight – Terrene Tires – Cake Eater – 26 x 4.0 & 26 x 4.6
Our amigos at Terrene Tires sent us the follow up to their rugged 4 season Wazia fat-bike tire, the Cake Eater. Tim from Terrene shared with us, “Riders asked for a tire a bit less aggressive and lighter than the Wazia and that’s what we’ve developed with the Cake Eater. The new tire is a bit […]
Bontrager Gnarwhal TLR – 27.5 x 4.5 Studded Tire
It’s not very often, that we need to borrow a fat-bike to test a fat-bike tire, but it’s happened before with super fat sized tires and the litany of new wheel/hub and tire choices has created a similar situation at times. This time it was Trek’s new 27,5 fat wheel size that created the need […]