asianflava wrote:There is a burger joint near me, one of the employees parks his Moonlander inside. Never ridden one, but I sit there staring at it while eating my burger, wondering if those are hard to pedal. Seems like so much rotating mass to get going.
I have Surly's knobbiest tires on our Moonlanders... vs what comes stock on them. So far I would have to say.. it is not a particularly fast bike. We also each have a Pugsley. We can make those go fairly fast. I can crank on it, quite well. In stock trim.. the Moonlander is not heavier than my Pugsley was [our Pugs have been lightened a bit] Heavy wheels and tires do take more work to get up to speed.. but once up to speed.. they like to stay there. I think the biggest hindrance to speed on the Moonlander is having so much tire in contact with the ground. That creates a lot of friction.
So far I find my Pugs to be a pretty good all around bike, while the Moonlander to be more specialized. It will however go places that even the Pugs won't. The Pugs will ride on snow.. that no "regular" mountain bike can. The Moonlander will float on snow that the Pugs can't. Late last winter we were riding on about 18" of crusty snow..snow that we could not walk on.. each step we would "post hole" up past our knees.. yet we could ride on it. It was freaking amazing.