Now, this is what I call a Winter Bike!
12-12-12 | 12:49 PM
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Now, this is what I call a Winter Bike!
I've been seeing this image float around on my fb newsfeed 
I can't use it here in OK, but if I lived somewhere snow actually accumulated and stuck around...
12-12-12 | 01:16 PM
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Not exactly a commuting bike, is it? 
Unless you live up-slope.
I was wondering, do they make ski-bike kits? They look like ordinary bikes with special wheels, maybe you can convert any old FS to a ski-bike.
Unless you live up-slope.I was wondering, do they make ski-bike kits? They look like ordinary bikes with special wheels, maybe you can convert any old FS to a ski-bike.
12-12-12 | 02:24 PM
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That's cool!
12-12-12 | 07:54 PM
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That rig wouldn't work well around here. They clear the roads.
That rig wouldn't work well around here. They clear the roads.
12-12-12 | 08:03 PM
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12-12-12 | 10:41 PM
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12-13-12 | 06:01 AM
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Yup, I can't imagine those things staying on the tires very well. I'd hate to have them come off at speed and wrap around the axle. Instant crash at speed. Plus it looks like they would last about 3 minutes on pavement. Most of us ride snow ice and pavement, but mostly pavement. Studded tires already exist and work fine.
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12-14-12 | 07:10 AM
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12-18-12 | 02:25 PM
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Living in a part of Michigan which receives 96" of snow between, well... now and March. That ski bike looks like a nice toy. But nothing more. The roads are plowed and cleared most of the time and that might be fun on a frozen lake or forest path, but that's about it.
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