When I left my house @ 6 this morning, it was pouring rain. Half way to work, the snow was so heavy it slowed my to 60kph (37mph) and even as such was iffy. Twice I was in 4 wheel drift. No one else on the roads. I loaded up my fixie, thinking it would be a nice rainy lunch time ride. With this snow and freezing rain, it’ll have to be ice-spiker again for lunch. I’ve got a serious itch to get out of this winter season! At least it’s not cold. This is the view from my office right now. It's about 2" thick. Yuck!
Showing posts with label ice bike. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ice bike. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Winter should leave us alone
When I left my house @ 6 this morning, it was pouring rain. Half way to work, the snow was so heavy it slowed my to 60kph (37mph) and even as such was iffy. Twice I was in 4 wheel drift. No one else on the roads. I loaded up my fixie, thinking it would be a nice rainy lunch time ride. With this snow and freezing rain, it’ll have to be ice-spiker again for lunch. I’ve got a serious itch to get out of this winter season! At least it’s not cold. This is the view from my office right now. It's about 2" thick. Yuck!
Monday, February 16, 2009
Weekend Projects
This past long weekend, I figured I should try and make something of some of the parts I have kicking around. I've thought about an ice bike for a while. I had an old wheel set with some gnarly screw-studded tires on them. I matched up a frame that I thought would work, and single speeded the cassette with a cheapo spacer kit from Bow Cycle. I've had all of these parts kicking around for several months, some of them a year or two, so it was nice to finally built them up into something.
I did some testing on the shear ice roads in town, and it's incredible. I had a hard time standing on the roads and walking, but these screws bit into the ice very well. Not once did I loose traction. Even while hard braking and trying wheelies. These will make for some fun lunch time rides at a lake near where I work. The town plows pathways on the ice for ice skaters, and now it's for cyclists.
This is the front wheel.
This is the rear wheel.
S/S Chainring up front (I've had this kicking around for about 3 years.) It's 38 tooth.
Cassette spacer kit with 16 tooth cog.
Second project was just an old steel MTB. I got it from my friend Cory, and I always like to have bikes that I can ride, and not worry too much about. Mostly just for little jaunts to the grocery store or Lions Meeting. A bike that I will never lock up, and won't feel like I've lost a fortune if it is stolen. What's more is that I'll probably never ride this bike any distance that would be a big deal if I had to walk if it was stolen. Just a good old steel bike, tuned up and running nicely.
I'll be installing my Swalbe Snow Studs and some fenders on this bike to make it a little bit more practical for all seasons. It is actually a very comfortable bike with a very classic, upright feel to it.
I did some testing on the shear ice roads in town, and it's incredible. I had a hard time standing on the roads and walking, but these screws bit into the ice very well. Not once did I loose traction. Even while hard braking and trying wheelies. These will make for some fun lunch time rides at a lake near where I work. The town plows pathways on the ice for ice skaters, and now it's for cyclists.
This is the front wheel.
This is the rear wheel.
S/S Chainring up front (I've had this kicking around for about 3 years.) It's 38 tooth.
Cassette spacer kit with 16 tooth cog.
Second project was just an old steel MTB. I got it from my friend Cory, and I always like to have bikes that I can ride, and not worry too much about. Mostly just for little jaunts to the grocery store or Lions Meeting. A bike that I will never lock up, and won't feel like I've lost a fortune if it is stolen. What's more is that I'll probably never ride this bike any distance that would be a big deal if I had to walk if it was stolen. Just a good old steel bike, tuned up and running nicely.
I'll be installing my Swalbe Snow Studs and some fenders on this bike to make it a little bit more practical for all seasons. It is actually a very comfortable bike with a very classic, upright feel to it.
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