UCI Snow Bike World Championships 2024 

absolutely ridiculous ! shame as always UCI!

Uci sucks

Unless it's actual ice or extremely hard packed snow (it clearly was not), the studs in the tires won't help much.....muddy conditions knobbies would really help, like a maxxis wet scream or similar tire.

You are correct Sir 👍

I love your idea mate. I would definitely be keen for that 👍

@@benmooreracing - Right now it's normal alpine skiing but a lot lamer. I'm so used to "the real thing" that y'all look scared even if you're trying hard, hahaha.

Cheers dude!

First time - it's the stupidest thing there is - probably last time too. Skiers must be like - WTF!

Couldn’t have said it any better myself mate! 👍👍👍

I share your concerns mate

I called British Cycling mate 👍

a fattie would actually be worse for cornering - you need the tire to dig into the snow, instead of riding on top.

@@jokermtb I wouldn't call that cornering! A studded fatbike tire certainly has more grip than those squirrely trenchers, and with 6 mil spikes? Fuggetaboitit!

Why uci? Why!

You're mistaken - the super wide cross section of a fat bike tire won't let the tire dig into the snow, or apply the maximum PSI of pressure into the snow that a narrower contact patch tire will into the snow.....Fat tires are designed not to dig into the snow - precisely what you don't want. The 6mm studs are merely there to break the crust and help the tire stay in place in a corner.@@augsu

@@jokermtb In firm snow you are correct, but this race was in mashed potato snow. I just happened to have the exact same conditions here, so I did a downhill bomb weaving like I was running gates. 24mph no tripoding, loads of control, my 48 year old butt would have dominated!! Traction in snow is a complicated matter, I groom trails for a living so I know a bit about it. You have to run the right equipment for the conditions, and in snow that can change constantly. I just finished building a Norco Bigfoot VLT with 27.5 4.5 studded tires and an EX1 drivetrain, thing is a beast. As for the "fat tires are not designed to dig into the snow", it's a little more complicated than that. In soft snow, traction comes from the friction of the facets of snow crystals. A fatbike tire gets traction from compressing the snow between the lugs. This is why sometimes there is a little slip before gaining traction, this is the snow being sheared from the base layer, once the snow builds up between the lugs the friction increases and so does traction. In firm snow the massive footprint can give exceptional grip as well, but as always lug design and tire pressure are super important. Most guys I ride with and RU-vidrs I watch don't even carry pumps, it's hard to learn the right setup for different conditions, so I think a lot of people have a crappy time from setup issues and think they're not as capable as they are. Plus most fatbikes come set up for trail riding, I had to fully rebuild my Norco to get it right.