Candy Cranks

So I headed out for the maiden voyage on my Surly Pugsley mountain bike this past weekend.  If you’ve never heard of a Pugsley, it is a bike with huge fat tires ridden at very low pressure. The tires are perfectly designed to ride through snow, sand, mud and pretty much anything else you can think of. For various reasons, the bike has been collecting dust in the garage for 2 winters, but I’m no less enthusiastic about it now that I’ve given it a proper test ride in the snow. SOOO MUCH FUN!!!
My point for this quick post is to comment on the On One Mary Bar.It is this ridiculous looking sweeping riser handlebar that makes the bike look like a cruiser. On first glance, I planned to remove it just because it makes the bike look goofy. But since time did not allow me to get to the task, I rode it as is. You know what? I loved the damn bars!! The snow, I’m sure, makes a difference. I could see that the handling in snowless technical terrain might feel different, but I think I’ll even set my pride aside and give it a shot when the snow melts too.

So here’s to lookin’ goofy on a bike!