Ski Bikes

[I_Suck_At_BMX]

http://www.break.com/movies/gt_skiing.html

Does anyone know anything about these bikes? Like how you can get them and stuff. Winter is coming and these look like fun.

[premiumbmx2005]

im asuming theyre home made. i spend way too much time on break.

[I_Suck_At_BMX]

Yea, I'm starting to think they are home made too. All the ones I'm finding online only have one ski in the back.

[premiumbmx2005]

3 ski blades and some ghetto work...or look at jerry garcias snow bike

[I_Suck_At_BMX]

I could've sworn someone on this forum had one but I can't find it any where.

Edit: Jerry Garcia's is probably the one i seen, I'm gunna go find the pic he had now.

[premiumbmx2005]

haha, beat you to it

[I_Suck_At_BMX]

I sent him a pm, hopefully he gets back to me. that video is pretty sick, that stuff looks fun.

[Brian]

I'm just gonna ride my bike in the snow.

[I_Suck_At_BMX]

well i will too, but the ski bikes look like theyd be much funner than a normal bike in the winter.

[premiumbmx2005]

death

[I_Suck_At_BMX]

death
huh?

[Brian]

Maybe bolt a snowboard to the dual crown I took off my tandem, and slap it on the front of my cruiser. Or not.

[I_Suck_At_BMX]

I was thinking of maybie modifing the F5 for a snow bike, but i would feel safer on something manufactured. However the F5 would have more of a BMX feel to it.

[Brian]

To be able to carve snow on a bike would be fun.

[I_Suck_At_BMX]

the bails wouldnt be as bad either...untill everything iced over.

[I_Suck_At_BMX]

If i could just get a good picture of those 3 skied bikes from that video i could have the metal fabrication shop at my school make me something.

[Brian]

I taught welding in metal shop. You don't want to ride on something some half-baked kids have cobbled together.

[I_Suck_At_BMX]

well i guess i could always have my dad do it it if i could just convince him. he used to be an iron worker.

[Brian]

He'll weld you up a 60lb anchor. :)

[KinetikBiker]

I saw a kit for one the other day at some sporting goods store...

And mude and i were going to buy/share one with a parts bike we would put togehter, but we never did it...
Mude: If your reading this, lets get that damn ski bike thing!

[Jerry Garcia]

If you want something to take to the slopes, buy the bike in my sig below.

[Johnny_Monkey]

I saw these a couple of weeks ago at a bike show:

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n242/Johnny-Monkey/IMG_1890.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n242/Johnny-Monkey/IMG_1889.jpg

[ranger5oh]

Sweet!!!

[Jerry Garcia]

^^^^ Thats the 1st ive seen of a 3ski configuration, thanks for the info. I will warn all of you, if you consider a skibike, make sure that it has fat boards on the bottom(unless its a 3ski as seen above) or it will feel like downhill MTB. The full model bikes(koski,k2) and the conversion kits out there have 2 thin skis that attach to your mtn bike but will only ride the groomers. If you want to hit back country or have control in the park, you need something with wide boards on it.


If you want a freestyle bmx feel on the slopes, these are decent bikes in my opinion.

http://www.snowmoto.com/

http://www.snowscoot.ca/

http://www.slopecycle.com

[Brian]

2 dollars! I want my 2 dollars!

[premiumbmx2005]

2 Dollarsssss!!!

[KinetikBiker]

If you want something to take to the slopes, buy the bike in my sig below.
The one mude and i found a while back, was just a kid that you would put onto a regular 20" bmx and the front ski thing went on the forks and the back went on just like a wheel, and there was something you use for your cranks...

That seemed to work out better, becuase mude and i have a few spare parts lying around to build up a bike for skibiking...

[Jerry Garcia]

Welders make great friends!