I live in Alaska. The winter triathlon national championship is here. I highly recommend the race. The gear I used is a fat bike for the bike. I used classic cross country skis but the faster choice would be skate skis, and ran with Snow-Cross shoes that Salomon makes. You could do run in any shoes though probably. It is a fun event - if you want to come do the one in Alaska in January, it is easy to just rent a fat bike and skis. Race site is close to the Anchorage Airport. If you want to watch winter tris to see what they are about there are videos of past world championships on Triathlonlive.tv.

Here is an article about the winter tri in Anchorage:

https://www.teamusa.org/...EuP8UgWnJbfNhAGPkfyk

Yes, ive done a ton of them including nationals on a number of occasions.

super fun times!

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I’ve watched Kurt from the back of the field in a bunch of the Channel Multisport winter tris back in the day!

Run- I liked track spikes
Bike- fat bike, but they weren’t a thing when I did my last race
Ski-skate skis for the win.

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Wow, I've never realised you could watch all that on triathlonlivetv!

Alaska is a bit too far from Europe but I'd certainly love to go there one day!

Is a fat bike a necessity? Would a hardtail bike with wide mtb tires be a bad choice?

Spiked or normal tires?

Studded tires aren’t much help in snow, only good for ice.
If the snow if good and firm a wide 29er tire should suffice.

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I'm finally thinking of giving winter triathlon a try.
If I get a 29er hardtail is that a good solution? Would a 1x12 gearing be a good idea?
I saw a good discount on a Scott scale. Canyon also an option.
Are 2.4 tyres enough?

It's not the first time I'll be doing MTB but I don't have one atm so I hope to also be using it beyond winter triathlon for general off-road/cross country, possibly a cross triathlon. I don't want to spend a huge amount of money and take advantage of the discounts available in this period.

I did cycle with a fat ebike on snow a few times in the past and thought it was fun though it was awful in compact snow but pretty awful on the occasional ice.

1x12 gearing would be good. I rigid 27.5+ or 29+ would also be a good option. No need for a suspension fork with snow riding and keeps things simpler.

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