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Mumonkan spotted what I saw as JA. For a bike specifically designed for snow, it looks like it will be worthless in snow. Those tires are going to pick up gobs of snow and carry it to those tight spots at the rear frame as well as the fork, where it will instantly collect, forming a massive dam, rendering the bike immobile. If there is any wet snow followed by changing conditions/temps, it will be rendered useless in a heartbeat.
On a road that gets plowed, but has a packed snow surface, that thing would move along I guess. But look at it. Even without the tolerance issues, humping that thing through 12 inches of fresh fallen would be a F'ing nightmare. It aint gonna magically float across the surface. No, it's gonna cut a groove, and the that groove is too wide for human legs IMO. Loaded with camping supplies? Forget it. You'd make better time and use less energy walking.
TenSpeeedV2. You mentioned a smile. I don't know man. I look at that thing and all I see is drudging and misery. Like riding up the biggest hill, against a monster headwind, in the rain.
On a road that gets plowed, but has a packed snow surface, that thing would move along I guess. But look at it. Even without the tolerance issues, humping that thing through 12 inches of fresh fallen would be a F'ing nightmare. It aint gonna magically float across the surface. No, it's gonna cut a groove, and the that groove is too wide for human legs IMO. Loaded with camping supplies? Forget it. You'd make better time and use less energy walking.
TenSpeeedV2. You mentioned a smile. I don't know man. I look at that thing and all I see is drudging and misery. Like riding up the biggest hill, against a monster headwind, in the rain.
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Only based on my guess, I am thinking that the winter conditions in Antarctica are different than the US. I don't know how much fresh snow there is, because I would imagine that it is mostly ice and that the winds blow the powder off of it and the sun melts the top and the cold wind freezes it, especially at night. Since there isn't much there other than barren land, the wind has nothing to block it.
I tried pedaling a 4" tire fat bike through a foot of powder/fresh snow. You can't do it. Especially on that monster with 2 5" wide tires front and rear. I am hoping that he has researched what the conditions would be like and made an educated decision from that. I mean, spending 17k on a bike, pretty sure he didn't just plunk that down on a hope.
I tried pedaling a 4" tire fat bike through a foot of powder/fresh snow. You can't do it. Especially on that monster with 2 5" wide tires front and rear. I am hoping that he has researched what the conditions would be like and made an educated decision from that. I mean, spending 17k on a bike, pretty sure he didn't just plunk that down on a hope.
This is what confuses me too. I don't know the conditions, but suspect like you do, it's more like an ice field. And if it is, I'd use narrow (maybe3 inches?) tires with metal studs.
Another thing that seems JA is that the chain runs to the rear hub between the two rear tires. That guarantees the chain will be in a constant state of torture from all the muck the tires pull forward. Might even make it harder to pedal.
The dude seems qualified for the journey though. He's been on Mt. Everest expeditions, taught survival classes, and done bike endurance competitions. Although,
A woman already did the run 3 years ago on a recumbent trike.
Not me man. No way.
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Only based on my guess, I am thinking that the winter conditions in Antarctica are different than the US.
I am hoping that he has researched what the conditions would be like and made an educated decision from that. I mean, spending 17k on a bike, pretty sure he didn't just plunk that down on a hope.
I am hoping that he has researched what the conditions would be like and made an educated decision from that. I mean, spending 17k on a bike, pretty sure he didn't just plunk that down on a hope.
The guy is an experience mountaineer and Mt. Everest is an impressive bullet point on his resume. I'll defer to his expertise and hope he makes it.
There is no 911 if something goes wrong. I've only known that feeling twice in my life. It is very unnerving.
It is a dry cold.
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This is what confuses me too. I don't know the conditions, but suspect like you do, it's more like an ice field. And if it is, I'd use narrow (maybe3 inches?) tires with metal studs.
Another thing that seems JA is that the chain runs to the rear hub between the two rear tires. That guarantees the chain will be in a constant state of torture from all the muck the tires pull forward. Might even make it harder to pedal.
The dude seems qualified for the journey though. He's been on Mt. Everest expeditions, taught survival classes, and done bike endurance competitions. Although,
A woman already did the run 3 years ago on a recumbent trike.
Not me man. No way.
Another thing that seems JA is that the chain runs to the rear hub between the two rear tires. That guarantees the chain will be in a constant state of torture from all the muck the tires pull forward. Might even make it harder to pedal.
The dude seems qualified for the journey though. He's been on Mt. Everest expeditions, taught survival classes, and done bike endurance competitions. Although,
A woman already did the run 3 years ago on a recumbent trike.
Not me man. No way.
From the few folks I've known who have been there say when the weather gets bad its pretty horrific, even in the Southern Summer (our northern winter). When storms do rage across the area they are pretty severe and can last for days. Conditions aren't the greatest either - snowdrifts, rocks, glaciers with crevasses around the edge of the continent. One positive is the central plateau is relatively flat with a minimal number of crevasses, but it is 9000-10,000 ft in elevation and gets some nightmare windstorms blowing through the area
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I thought she aborted the trip after only about 100 miles. She was pushing the bike for a significant amount of time due to the varying conditions, and the bicycle's mechanical features were having problems with the cold (lubes turning to gel and greases almost solidifying, tires routinely caking up with snow).
From the few folks I've known who have been there say when the weather gets bad its pretty horrific, even in the Southern Summer (our northern winter). When storms do rage across the area they are pretty severe and can last for days. Conditions aren't the greatest either - snowdrifts, rocks, glaciers with crevasses around the edge of the continent. One positive is the central plateau is relatively flat with a minimal number of crevasses, but it is 9000-10,000 ft in elevation and gets some nightmare windstorms blowing through the area
From the few folks I've known who have been there say when the weather gets bad its pretty horrific, even in the Southern Summer (our northern winter). When storms do rage across the area they are pretty severe and can last for days. Conditions aren't the greatest either - snowdrifts, rocks, glaciers with crevasses around the edge of the continent. One positive is the central plateau is relatively flat with a minimal number of crevasses, but it is 9000-10,000 ft in elevation and gets some nightmare windstorms blowing through the area
She made it. And beat two others who started days before her.
Shortly before Christmas, we heard about 35 year-old British adventurer Maria Leijerstam's planned attempt to ride to the South Pole on a recumbent fat-tired tricycle. On December 27th at 1am GMT, she achieved that goal, becoming the first person to ever successfully cycle from the edge of the Antarctic continent to the Pole.
World's first cycle to the South Pole achieved
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Picked this pile of crap look 464 up this weekend.
On the line between jackass, and awesome.
( more like some jackass got his hands on an awesome bike )
look 464 Paul hubs, paul crank, no name carbon everything, but the JA goes to its horribly ****ty paintjob complete with "420's" the local area code, a few marry jane plants, and other goofy ****. Also, they drilled the legs of the carbon fork and frame to wire up a front hub generator to power the super dim front and rear light. Thankfully I picked it up for pennies at the local police auction ( always a good sign ) and am hoping I can make a few bucks off it.
But, I felt it could be saved.
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On the line between jackass, and awesome.
( more like some jackass got his hands on an awesome bike )
look 464 Phill hubs, phill crank, no name carbon everything, but the JA goes to its horribly ****ty paintjob complete with "420's" the local area code, a few marry jane plants, and other goofy ****. Also, they drilled the legs of the carbon fork and frame to wire up a front hub generator to power the super dim front and rear light. Thankfully I picked it up for pennies at the local police auction ( always a good sign ) and am hoping I can make a few bucks off it.
But, I felt it could be saved.
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plan is to sell, picked it up at a police auction for pennies, letting it go cheap and still should be able to put a few bucks in my pocket for christmas shopping
Its a hair too big for me. ( 55 and I ride a 51 and 53 )
Its a hair too big for me. ( 55 and I ride a 51 and 53 )
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That's not a Phil Wood crankset. It looks like a red anodized Paul Royal Flush(*). Does Paul do custom colors, or did this guy spraypaint it in some way?
*) There is no bike (that I've seen) on which these look good.
*) There is no bike (that I've seen) on which these look good.
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sorry, yeah, paul crank and hubs, not phill.
Its a stock color, i've seen silver, black, red, purple, and i'm sure there are were other color options at some point ( did have to scrub off some of the paint pen 420-blaze-it-yolo-bro crap that was on there though )
I was going to put them on my pista, but they are too flashy for me, so i'm going to sell them off. Though if you like them I'm going to be selling them at a quarter of the MSRP. I live in a major hipster city, and with the huge FG scene here should be easy to sell it.
Its a stock color, i've seen silver, black, red, purple, and i'm sure there are were other color options at some point ( did have to scrub off some of the paint pen 420-blaze-it-yolo-bro crap that was on there though )
I was going to put them on my pista, but they are too flashy for me, so i'm going to sell them off. Though if you like them I'm going to be selling them at a quarter of the MSRP. I live in a major hipster city, and with the huge FG scene here should be easy to sell it.
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Picked this pile of crap look 464 up this weekend.
On the line between jackass, and awesome.
( more like some jackass got his hands on an awesome bike )
look 464 Paul hubs, paul crank, no name carbon everything, but the JA goes to its horribly ****ty paintjob complete with "420's" the local area code, a few marry jane plants, and other goofy ****. Also, they drilled the legs of the carbon fork and frame to wire up a front hub generator to power the super dim front and rear light. Thankfully I picked it up for pennies at the local police auction ( always a good sign ) and am hoping I can make a few bucks off it.
But, I felt it could be saved.
Ha! Just saw this on Austin Bikelist.
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I'm interested in buying that Paul royal flush crankset from you. I know they are quite unpopular on this forum, but I like them. PM me if you still have it and you're interested in making a deal.
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WTF? A Mountain Chopper????
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Its electric. They call it a "Muscle ebike."In the state of Georgia anything >1000 watts or >20 MPH is a motorcycle, not an e-bike. This thing would require registration, insurance, brake lights, etc.
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