Introducing me and Pete the poodle
Hello. I am Jef - a fat guy who rides a fat ebike and tours with a phat poodle named Pete, who isn't really fat at all. CycleNuts is my ongoing project of passion. Bikations are its latest connotation - long-distance cycle touring vacations. My rig is FATSO 2, a 2024 SMLRO XDC 600 plus - a two-wheel drive 2,000-watt fat tire ebike, which is replacing FATSO, 1 a 2020 SMLRO XDC 600, now retired just because a cyclist can never have too many bikes... right? Modifications are super chunky Hummingbird tires, Mr Tuffy tire liners, Yun self-sealing inner tubes, Drift Maniac 11-34T freewheel, Minoura front pannier rack, 21Ah rack battery wired in with a dual battery balancer. There's more stuff, but that's the basic setup. FATSO's GVW with me and Pete aboard was 410 pounds. FATSO 2 probably will be similar - less stored food and water will probably be offset by more motor and a bit more battery - and I am ten pounds lighter this year. The first Bikation took place in 2023 - ...