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ebbmart
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 Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:03 am |
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 Saw Greg Lemond once at a restaurantJoined: Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:21 pmPosts: 1954Location: Powderhorn 24 territory
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Have you people seen this?Quote: John Evingson builds these bikes for off-road racing on snow. Events such as the Ididasport races in Alaska.
John is a professional welder with experience repairing and modifying Alaskan bush planes, so welding a bike from stainless steel tubing is no big trick for him. The bikes are quite light, considering the huge rims and tires. I believe he said 28.5 lbs.   Quote: For most winter riding on the street, you want skinny tires to cut down to where the road is. But off-road there's nothing under the snow but more snow, so you want all the flotation possible. I would imagine this rig would also be great in sand or wet, swampy conditions.
These custom made rims are no longer in production, but he's looking for a new supplier. He uses two inner tubes in each tire.
The black baggy things on the handlebars are a descendant of the old motorcycle HippoHands. They allow you to ride at very low temps, wearing gloves instead of mittens. All stainless = no heavy paint 
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kuando
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:31 am |
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| Better to have Bikeloved and lost than never to have Bikeloved at allJoined: Tue May 29, 2007 9:22 pmPosts: 2719Location: Golden Valley
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You've got the bug.
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ebbmart
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:24 pm |
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| Saw Greg Lemond once at a restaurantJoined: Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:21 pmPosts: 1954Location: Powderhorn 24 territory
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kuando wrote: You've got the bug. Lil' bit.
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"Computers are like bicycles for the mind"
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"Nowadays, people know the price of everything and the cost of nothing."
- Oscar Wilde
Use it up, wear it out; make it do, or do without"
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repeet
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:56 pm |
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That monostay design looks kinda familiar. 
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omgmrj
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 12:07 pm |
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repeet wrote: That monostay design looks kinda familiar. Ha, I thought the same thing.
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ebbmart
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:11 pm |
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| Saw Greg Lemond once at a restaurantJoined: Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:21 pmPosts: 1954Location: Powderhorn 24 territory
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like zero clearance on the rear end too... WTF?
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"Computers are like bicycles for the mind"
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"Nowadays, people know the price of everything and the cost of nothing."
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ArenFry
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:06 am |
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Snow dusters. Whips the snow off your tires or something probably...
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versitalex
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:34 pm |
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| Does this bike make my tires look fat?Joined: Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:48 pmPosts: 631Location: 55409
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ebbmart wrote: What do you mean, "you people"?
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ebbmart
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:10 pm |
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| Saw Greg Lemond once at a restaurantJoined: Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:21 pmPosts: 1954Location: Powderhorn 24 territory
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versitalex wrote: ebbmart wrote: What do you mean, "you people"? Dont be coy, you know EXACTLY what I mean, sir.
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"Computers are like bicycles for the mind"
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"Nowadays, people know the price of everything and the cost of nothing."
- Oscar Wilde
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Ted-D
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 10:17 am |
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omgmrj wrote: repeet wrote: That monostay design looks kinda familiar. Ha, I thought the same thing. Tell me more, I'm not in on the joke here.
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omgmrj
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 10:49 am |
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| Dances on the pedals in a most immodest wayJoined: Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:15 amPosts: 7145
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repeet built a fatbike with the same seatstay design that doesn't require bending of tubes.
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forthetime_being
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| Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:12 pm |
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Has anyone done a "cross-Lake-Superior" trip? Because I would do it with this bike.
And a life jacket.
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prof
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:38 am |
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forthetime_being wrote: Has anyone done a "cross-Lake-Superior" trip? Because I would do it with this bike.
And a life jacket. You'd need it. The lake only freezes over, historically, once in 20 years. With current trends, it may never happen again...
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Caaveman82
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 12:08 am |
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prof wrote: forthetime_being wrote: Has anyone done a "cross-Lake-Superior" trip? Because I would do it with this bike.
And a life jacket. You'd need it. The lake only freezes over, historically, once in 20 years. With current trends, it may never happen again... Way to be a buzz kill.
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