check this out i have not seen a vintage one of these in a long time
http://cgi.ebay.com/60s-Vintage-SKIBIKE ... 19b85b3c51
http://cgi.ebay.com/60s-Vintage-SKIBIKE ... 19b85b3c51
the perfect bike for those in snow areas!!!!
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Lol, that reminds me of a cool book called "The Fantastic Bicycles Book" by Steven Lindblom (if I remember right). It came out in 1980, and was directed towards kids building their own kool bikes, one project was a ski bike! They also proposed an ice cycle, much like the turn of the century original. It had a bolt-studded tire (or rim maybe), one cleated pedal on the sprocket side to drive with, and no crank on the other side. You'd put a skate on that foot! I don't think they actually built it at the time, was more of a what if. Still have that book somewhere! :mrgreen: ~Adam
And if you live on a frozen lake: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1071/758 ... 51.jpg?v=0 8)
^bumpy ride.. :shock: :lol:
Scary "bikes" :shock: I'ld rather have one of these:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/surl ... index.html
Not that we have much snow over here, but there's always the beach 8)
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/surl ... index.html
Not that we have much snow over here, but there's always the beach 8)
I might try out some of my bikes in the snow tomorrow. It started snowing hard here about 2 this afternoon. We now have about 4 inches and the forcast is for snow thru tonight and into tomorrow. We may get as much as 12-15 inches total.I have not ridden a bike in the snow in 40+ years. I remember how clean the tires always got when you ride in fresh clean snow and avoid mud and the squeak of tires in soft snow. 
Working on a snow bike today. Looks like we've got 8" here! :shock: I've done this every other year or so for a while now, so I think we're up to "The Snow Cat: Mk IV" The first was a Ross ten speed frame with 26" cruiser wheels and knobbies, that was ridden in a blizzard a couple miles. It was awful. The second was a Raleigh mountain bike that wasn't much better. I forget the third.. Maybe this one's "Mk III"?
Oh right, Olli's tank bike (and a lack of snow) shut me down for a year! :roll: Dunno if Snow Cat Mk IIIorIV is interesting enough for a build thread though.
Oh right, Olli's tank bike (and a lack of snow) shut me down for a year! :roll: Dunno if Snow Cat Mk IIIorIV is interesting enough for a build thread though.
nice! love that bike, ill have to build me one of those!
Wow that's funny that I read this thread as I am visiting Colorado at the moment and MAN have I seen some odd rides on the slopes here :lol: I was just in an antique store yesterday and this guy had a snow bike from the forties (he said :roll: ) and he wanted $650 for it :!: 10 pounds of rust and all. Another guy had something almost identical but for $20...go figure.
Growing up in New Hampshire I used to run skinny tires in snow up to a foot deep to cut through to the bottom. anything deeper I would run a cruiser type (knobbies would dig in, cruisers would float) 26x2.125 at low pressure (about 15psi).
I would have liked a set of the Surely tires.
I would have liked a set of the Surely tires.
I used the Pug's bike for a little R&R last winter, he won't ride in the basket in the winter.
Not good on the shifting come springtime. I think I would rather build another with a coaster than to use this bike again in the snow. Does great power slides :wink:
GL
Not good on the shifting come springtime. I think I would rather build another with a coaster than to use this bike again in the snow. Does great power slides :wink:
GL
