Originally Posted by xbike Kenny
Ski-biking and MTB seem like a perfect match. Why not ride all year long? Now you can. Many riders tried this decades ago when a ski bike was just some welded tubes attached to some boards. Today, you can use your own bike and easily swap out your wheels / cranks for skis / footpegs and ride your own rig on the snow! Better yet, head to your closest ski-bike friendly resort and shred down the mountain.
I think the greatest potential is for parents who [like me] are too old to try to learn to ski, or heaven forbid try snowboarding. But riding a bike -- thats as easy as s*x, right? [or did I get that backwards...lol]. Anyhoo, now you can jump on your bike and ride down the slopes with your kids, and NOT be confined to the lodge.
I also posted a link to some schweet videos in the Shameless Promotions section.
Anybody try it yet????
Sorry Kenny...you can do all those things on a bike with wheels. And ride on pavement and flat surfaces.
The ski bike takes away a lot of things you can do on a bike. It also limits you to a place with a ski lift that will bring the thing up the hill. I hope you're not trying to sell these things, the market is very small and specialized. It's easier to use skis to put them in the car to drive to the ski area.