Winter Cycling - Ktrak: Aren't thes neat!

Hey, check this the thing out.

1.) -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IuallwlwQ4- (2:23)
2.) -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LaUvlnDyyI- (1:17)

Do you think this snow bike might be capable of handling deep snow well? Or, are they only good for down hill skiing? Anyone here have one of these or experience riding one? What was it like? I'd love to hear your experience. I think I'll pick up a conversion kit sometime in the future.

Hey, check this the thing out.

1.) -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IuallwlwQ4- (2:23)
2.) -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LaUvlnDyyI- (1:17)

Do you think this snow bike might be capable of handling deep snow well? Or, are they only good for down hill skiing? Anyone here have one of these or experience riding one? What was it like? I'd love to hear your experience. I think I'll pick up a conversion kit sometime in the future.

Depends how deep. A little deeper than a regular bike yes. But soft snow over about 5-6 inches. No. The only human powered vehicle that can go in deep soft snow is one made like a snowcat or snowmobile. That means a lot more surface area to give floatation. Once the vehicle sinks more than a small distance in the snow it requires too much force to move it. Making it too inefficient to be a human powered vehicle that can move at a reasonable enough speed to be considered transportation.

When going downhill you can use gravity and speed to help you go in deeper stuff with that bike conversion. Because with speed you can get flotation. You'll notice that the videos rarely show them riding on the flat in deep soft snow. There's a reason for that. If you wanted to make something human powered for deep soft snow it would probably be better to make something kind of like this. But out of lighter weight components. It wouldn't be fast but could probably go in pretty deep snow with low gearing.

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neat? no.