45NRTH made a pretty big splash in the fat bike world when they introduced their Husker Du fatbike tire , and it appears they’re maintaining that momentum with the possibility of a new studded model as well. The prototype studded tire is based off the current 26 x 4.0 Husker Du and has 160 studs. 45NRTH mentions that the final product may have more studs, but at this point it is definitely still in the prototype stages.
If the studded Husker Du makes it to production, who’s interested?
That is going to be insanely heavy. When I finally get a ‘real’ fatbike this fall, I’m just going to get a second wheelset with 29er SnowCat rims. I can mount standard tires on that, or Nokian studded tires. When riding on frozen lakes or trails, you don’t need the float fat tires provide.
Thanks for the info and vid!
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