ski bike

[midnighthunder89]

So here is my project ski bike built for $5 for the nuts and bolts. Built in my room with no real tools so kinda ghetto rigged...

[astrozam]

Interesting, promise us you'll tape the wipe-outs,lol

[mattblackratbus]

Mad looking machine, what keeps the trucks in the bike dropouts?....Johnny

[ihatemybike]

I dig, but where do you put your feet?

[midnighthunder89]

we are not really done yet we want a bar welded through the BB we built to see if we like it if i do I will build better skis and put on a better bike so this is just a test. The trucks are just tightened really tight against the dropouts to attach bike to ski. I don't think there will many crashes after the first run at least from me. I snowboard, bike, and have good balance. I would like to build a Full Suspension one.

[GEJ]

Hummm-this could be the ground floor of a new extreme snow bike sport.180's on mogels,back flips,loops,sat tv coverage.

[T.Low]

we are not really done yet we want a bar welded through the BB we built to see if we like it if i do I will build better skis and put on a better bike so this is just a test. The trucks are just tightened really tight against the dropouts to attach bike to ski. I would like to build a Full Suspension one.

I don't think there will many crashes after the first run at least from me. I snowboard, bike, and have good balance.


These look like famous last words if ever I've seen them!

[midnighthunder89]

i am not the first person to do it ever they actually sell kits if you have some spare $ to buy them they are sweet and i think at keystone in CO you can rent them or there is one place you can rent them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZNW_Y3OOb4

[peter]

What a maroon. He forgot to put the pedals back on.
This'll prolly be the slowest skibike on the planet


PS: It's cool. Please do videotape your untimely demise....er, your experience for us all

[kings-x59]

Man,that looks like something I could really hurt myself with

[safariobsession]

Awesome man! Taking the cafeteria trays or using cardboard boxes get kinda old going down the hills of campus eh? haha.

[midnighthunder89]

the trays are fun for our FWD friends but the hills around here are big and for that we needed something "safer"

[T.Low]

I was all excited to ask for a first run report...but I guess there's no snow yet, eh? Alpine Valley got any machine made snow yet? Pine Knob? Nubs Knob?

Hell, bring it out here, we still have snow on Mt Baker. And they just had a 3" dusting of freshies a couple days ago.

http://www.mtbaker.us/

[remark123]

Nah, no snow around Detroit yet, Midnight Thunder will either be trying it out behind Wadsworth, (really steep hill, but very short landing zone) or over at Mt. "Rocky", right sport?

[midnighthunder89]

ya i see mcnair hill out my window but I was hoping Ripley will let us run over there and then I could do that instead of snowboarding sometimes. I was thinking about some trial runs next time it rains...if ever. little soap on the skis and i will be golden. I have started my Full suspension one, got a frame got the parts off am going to machine brackets over thanksgiving I am looking for some 80cm kids skis so i would not have to cut them, or snowblades but I am on a budget. cheap is always better.