http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24728869

Various loons cycling to the south pole! 😯

doesn’t seem lunacy to me, taking one to Glentress does

He’s a customer of mine. I had no idea that’s what he’s up to 🙂

“doesn’t seem lunacy to me, taking one to Glentress does”

hmm, took mine to gisburn last week, going to whinlatter on sunday. suppose i must be a ‘loon’ also then.

…or perhaps i just enjoy riding bikes, all kinds of bikes.

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fat-bike-in-theantartic-on-the-bbc

Thanks Houns – I hate it when Dr Who copies my topics back in time!

I did use the search function on ‘antarctic’ ‘south pole’ and ‘snow’ in my defence! 😀

Edit to add – and I didn’t call the topic ‘What tyres for south pole’ either 😮

Dont the pawls in the freehub freeze solid so you have no drive ? They do on Mendip at -5 never mind proper cold

I ran my fatbike in temps below -5C last year (in Scotland) with no problems. That would be with both a Shimano XT hub and an 11-speed Alfine.

What hubs ? I was using Shimano .Are Hope and better quality one less susceptible to the problem I had ?

Pretty sure it’s a 756

Menendez Granados’s bike has 12cm (4.7 in) wheels

😯

750 miles in 36 to 38 days! Bloody ‘eck, is he doing a 9-5 as well? (OK, it MAY be colder down there than in Nottingham).

neil the wheel – Member

Menendez Granados’s bike has 12cm (4.7 in) wheels

Don’t let Giant see this, it’ll give them ideas.

Amazing, best of luck to him. Good to see he’s doing it on a Surly! 🙂