Blizzard in a blizzard

The aptly named Blizzard has come into its own this week as a snow mobile.

I’ve been meaning to put up some photos for a while as its kitted out with a new Shimano Alfine hub gear but somehow it’s never a good time for photos. Its either raining, snowing or really grim when this bike comes out – which is probably no coincidence really.
Its just a shame you can’t see the silver hub as they’re a nice option which isn’t as popular round here as the black, but they’re a good shiny silver bare metal.

Generally the Alfine’s riding nicely now, I think its bedded in a bit. The reverse rise shifter gets me, but only when I go back to a normal bike. It could do with a front double chain ring to get a better range of gears. It’s fine for flat and flattish areas but I can’t get it up steeper hills, obviously thats personal preference even though I’ve got a large 20t sprocket on the back.

Very dirty Shimano Alfine hub

Other parts – its turned into a monster at 31bs. The excellent Maxxis Rendez have been doing a good job steering through snow and are not too slow where its cleared on the road.

I would write some fitting hints but its a blur of swearing, pinched fingers and  misread instructions.