If I had to choose to keep one of my bikes, it would be my Surly Ice Cream Truck with two wheelsets. In the winter, I'm riding either 26x5.05 Vee Snowshoe XXLs or 26x4.8 Bud and Lou, and in the summer, 26x4.8 Knards or 29x2.6 Vittoria Mezcals. It doesn't go particularly fast anywhere, but it goes everywhere. I'm also running a Mastodon at 140mm, but I might drop that down to 100mm or 120mm.
For really sandy stuff (dry, loose sand), I've found that full-fat tires still work better than reduced-fat tires, but you'll get through it either way. They're incredibly versatile bikes.
May 3, 2023, 11:06 p.m. - TristanC
If I had to choose to keep one of my bikes, it would be my Surly Ice Cream Truck with two wheelsets. In the winter, I'm riding either 26x5.05 Vee Snowshoe XXLs or 26x4.8 Bud and Lou, and in the summer, 26x4.8 Knards or 29x2.6 Vittoria Mezcals. It doesn't go particularly fast anywhere, but it goes everywhere. I'm also running a Mastodon at 140mm, but I might drop that down to 100mm or 120mm. For really sandy stuff (dry, loose sand), I've found that full-fat tires still work better than reduced-fat tires, but you'll get through it either way. They're incredibly versatile bikes.