Snowbike
02-15-11 | 07:32 PM
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From: Lake Orion, MI
Snowbike
Does anyone have a snowbike?
After playing in the snow last weekend, I'm thinking that's a possibility for next year...
You know...
The Pugsley
or The MukLuk
can someone tell me what fun it is to ride a snowbike (or a one horse open sleigh!)
Mikey
After playing in the snow last weekend, I'm thinking that's a possibility for next year...
You know...
The Pugsley
or The MukLuk
can someone tell me what fun it is to ride a snowbike (or a one horse open sleigh!)
Mikey
02-16-11 | 11:17 AM
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Bikes: rockhopper, delta V, cannondale H300, Marin Mill Valley
irclean has the best snow bike on h hybrid forum. 
I find 2.125' knobbies work OK in up to about six inches which is more than I usually have to deal with. I avoid bike trails covered with frozen footprints like what you showed in the other thread. If you want to ride that trail, a bike like one of those you've pictured above would be the ticket. Also might work good for off-road generally, after the snow has fallen.
A big problem with riding on the road while it's snowing is snow or slush freezes on the cogset until the chain won't work anymore. That's why irclean's bike with belt drive (and studded tires) might be more practical as transportation. In really deep snow, and for offroad recreation, the Pugsley/Mukluk looks fun. I have backcountry skis (waxless, metal edge, sidecut) for playing in the snow. I have had some fun mountain bike rides off road in snow, but that was before I got the skis.
I find 2.125' knobbies work OK in up to about six inches which is more than I usually have to deal with. I avoid bike trails covered with frozen footprints like what you showed in the other thread. If you want to ride that trail, a bike like one of those you've pictured above would be the ticket. Also might work good for off-road generally, after the snow has fallen.
A big problem with riding on the road while it's snowing is snow or slush freezes on the cogset until the chain won't work anymore. That's why irclean's bike with belt drive (and studded tires) might be more practical as transportation. In really deep snow, and for offroad recreation, the Pugsley/Mukluk looks fun. I have backcountry skis (waxless, metal edge, sidecut) for playing in the snow. I have had some fun mountain bike rides off road in snow, but that was before I got the skis.
02-16-11 | 07:41 PM
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So are you saying to avoid the footprints on the trail, I have to plow them away?
Mikey
So are you saying to avoid the footprints on the trail, I have to plow them away?
Mikey
irclean has the best snow bike on h hybrid forum.
I find 2.125' knobbies work OK in up to about six inches which is more than I usually have to deal with. I avoid bike trails covered with frozen footprints like what you showed in the other thread. If you want to ride that trail, a bike like one of those you've pictured above would be the ticket. Also might work good for off-road generally, after the snow has fallen.
A big problem with riding on the road while it's snowing is snow or slush freezes on the cogset until the chain won't work anymore. That's why irclean's bike with belt drive (and studded tires) might be more practical as transportation. In really deep snow, and for offroad recreation, the Pugsley/Mukluk looks fun. I have backcountry skis (waxless, metal edge, sidecut) for playing in the snow. I have had some fun mountain bike rides off road in snow, but that was before I got the skis.
I find 2.125' knobbies work OK in up to about six inches which is more than I usually have to deal with. I avoid bike trails covered with frozen footprints like what you showed in the other thread. If you want to ride that trail, a bike like one of those you've pictured above would be the ticket. Also might work good for off-road generally, after the snow has fallen.
A big problem with riding on the road while it's snowing is snow or slush freezes on the cogset until the chain won't work anymore. That's why irclean's bike with belt drive (and studded tires) might be more practical as transportation. In really deep snow, and for offroad recreation, the Pugsley/Mukluk looks fun. I have backcountry skis (waxless, metal edge, sidecut) for playing in the snow. I have had some fun mountain bike rides off road in snow, but that was before I got the skis.
02-16-11 | 09:21 PM
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I could be wrong but I think that irclean is a forum member, not a brand of bicycles.
I rode a Pug late last fall, just on turf and asphalt which of course is not the best way to get a feel for its unique capabilities. Amazingly though, it just disappears under you when you ride it on those surfaces. You don't really feel that there is anything odd about the bike, it handles well and feels like any other nice bike. I presume that it becomes exceptional in its element but it certainly does not feel awkward, sluggish, or anything of the sort on normal riding surfaces as you might fear. People who own one seem quite taken with them. The first time I saw one was in the LBS where its owner had brought it in, for "show and tell" I guess. He claims it puts a big grin on his face every time he rides it, even around the block. It would be hard to question his assessment since he was grinning ear to ear the whole time.
Ken
I rode a Pug late last fall, just on turf and asphalt which of course is not the best way to get a feel for its unique capabilities. Amazingly though, it just disappears under you when you ride it on those surfaces. You don't really feel that there is anything odd about the bike, it handles well and feels like any other nice bike. I presume that it becomes exceptional in its element but it certainly does not feel awkward, sluggish, or anything of the sort on normal riding surfaces as you might fear. People who own one seem quite taken with them. The first time I saw one was in the LBS where its owner had brought it in, for "show and tell" I guess. He claims it puts a big grin on his face every time he rides it, even around the block. It would be hard to question his assessment since he was grinning ear to ear the whole time.
Ken
