lazylightning@mail.r
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Wow that's funny! But I'm sure it will make the bike much heavier) I think two would have been more than enough)
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Wow that's funny! But I'm sure it will make the bike much heavier) I think two would have been more than enough)
mabman
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If you want to see what snow biking, the non motorized version anyway, is all about check out the three segments here: http://lacemine29.blogspot.com/2010/12/iditatour-part-one.html
Mike is a friend of mine and about as genuine a person as you will ever meet. He doesn't think much of my motorized exploits but has gotten used to them over the years.
One thing for sure though is that that trip would not be possible except for the snow machine traffic that packs down the trail in advance of the Iditarod Dog Race. The bicyclists go before the dogs to take advantage of this.
Mike is a friend of mine and about as genuine a person as you will ever meet. He doesn't think much of my motorized exploits but has gotten used to them over the years.
One thing for sure though is that that trip would not be possible except for the snow machine traffic that packs down the trail in advance of the Iditarod Dog Race. The bicyclists go before the dogs to take advantage of this.
lazylightning@mail.r
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Cool Blog! He made a great trip. The gasoline engine would have really helped him at times, but it would have made the load a little heavier when pushing and carrying over rocks would have come into play. Also, the problem with long distance travel with a motorized bike is that you have to carry a gas supply, especially when you are out far somewhere. A strong bicycle trailer or a sled might have been in order here for your friend or on long wilderness snow trails with a motored bike))) I took an empty 5 gallon gas can with me on the train(in a box) and put my boxed up bike in the baggage wagon and went way out in the north of Russia in Karelia this summer. Filled her up when I got there and took a taxibus about 70 miles out in the middle of nowhere. Lived there for 3 weeks and my bike was my buddy. You can be sure it really came in handy on those endless abandoned forest roads. Lot's of boulders sticking out here and there to dodge...it was a sand road too))) Two wheeled bike trailers need big fat wheel barrow wheels for off roading it though. Otherwise the large weight and uneven rocky roads will make your wheels curvy in a heartbeat)
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mabman
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Your adventure to Karelia sounds like a good one also. Mike does carry his camp stove fuel in his frame and fork. He tried a single wheeled trailer one year with the same type of wheel/tire, in fact all the wheels where rear type wheels, but it did not work well for him and he never did it that way again.
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had a book way back that went into some minor detail on "snow bikes" back in the day before these 4 inch fat tyres became available...
things like double lacing rims onto one hub...ie, use two 24 spoke rims on a 48 hole hub, and spacing the rims apart to allow for the fattest tyres around at the time... obviously frames need tweaking to suit.
some company online somewhere sells the fat tyres with replaceable (screw-in) steel or carbide spikes. not cheap. oooh, a search found a completely different one...! http://fat-bike.com/2012/12/grip-studs-customizable-traction/
cus my country is silly i think i would have to follow a double lace setup and just make do with mud...
the old idea of two "wheelbarrow" tyres on a frame with a big moto/tractor tyre stretched over them as a belt? cut out the sidewall...
things like double lacing rims onto one hub...ie, use two 24 spoke rims on a 48 hole hub, and spacing the rims apart to allow for the fattest tyres around at the time... obviously frames need tweaking to suit.
some company online somewhere sells the fat tyres with replaceable (screw-in) steel or carbide spikes. not cheap. oooh, a search found a completely different one...! http://fat-bike.com/2012/12/grip-studs-customizable-traction/
cus my country is silly i think i would have to follow a double lace setup and just make do with mud...
the old idea of two "wheelbarrow" tyres on a frame with a big moto/tractor tyre stretched over them as a belt? cut out the sidewall...
