Winter bike / Snow bike thread

The front look like it got a generous amount of covering on the front wheel, should keep your feet drier.

I need to convince my dad, who he building a chalet in the alps, to get a bike for it.

The village it's in does not like cars in the old part where the chalet is, and in the winter, there's snow on the street that isn't cleared or salted, it's cold enough that is remains nice and white for the winter months. The ski slopes are 1km away so walking there in ski boots is not an option (shuttle bus :( ). So this bike would serve the following duties: carry luggage from car to chalet twice a week, carry skis, poles, boots to the slopes, grocery shopping.
two options:
A long tail bike such as a Big Dummy, Kona Ute, or a Yuba
A fat bike with a sled or trailer

The Yuba Mundo has massive rear clearance. Add a Pugsly fork to that (the enabler would be too long). Then I reckon you could run at least 65mm Surly marge rims, and 3.8mm fat tyres.

You could even stud them with Gripstuds.

I fecking love my Mundo. It has 45mm wide rims, and 2.5" tyres, and cruises like a dream. I can certainly recommend it.

You will need to be clever to get the chain to clear though. Possibly a IGH, and some spacing.

Any excuse.....

I like it and I knew you'd react to this post, but how would you put skis on, upright? Might work with custom footplates but more hassle tiying them up than chucking them on a long trailer with the added bonus of having a fun non-cargo bike.

Theres a million braze-ons. So you could fix something I'm sure. But much as I adore my Yuba. Fun it aint

Grab the fat bike of your chioce, and mod a single wheeled trailer to run as fat as possible a tyre. Something with at least some float.

This is what you want.

http://coastkid.blogspot.no/2011/04/fatbike-trailer.html

right, I recon I can weld myself a trailer, the yuba's the same price as an on one fatty. Alright then! I hope there's still some in stock by the time we can afford it.

Actually you could add a small ridge to each side board, and mod one of those basic car roof rack things for skis. then attach your skis upright.

The ski rack would take so little space, you could still be set up for passengers, or other cargo.

The trailer is the better idea though.

(and a fun mod)

What about those cargo ad on things?

Freeradical : http://www.xtracycle.com/

I'm also going to rebuild an old mountain bike into a longtail, just for fun.
Like chop the rear and brazing tubes together + repaint.

I'm also going to rebuild an old mountain bike into a longtail, just for fun.
Like chop the rear and brazing tubes together + repaint.

Make it fat?

Enabler fork, and mod the rear yourself.

have a fat tyre addiction

Actually, you struggle with the chainlnie again.

no, not fat, more like a long tail touring bike, aiming for an efficient/aero/comfortable touring bike.
26" wheels, 1.5" touring tires
Steel, no rear rack, just frame bags, full mudguards.
aero bars, flat bars, bar ends.

Something for road/path endurance racing/traveling (200km/day 7 days or more in a row)
Why longtail: keep the weight low and inline, won't be doing technical stuff where I like to have control of the rear wheel, which is unliftable with the touring load anyway.

And I'll put my schlumpf crankset on it, Bang tidy!

Sounds Cool.

My longbike is very very stable, which takes the effort out of riding it. Well apart from the 20kg weight it does.

BRP posted some heavily bagged long bikes on my thread.

Do gates make extra long belts? cos I might as well have an alfine and with the 1/2.4 ratio crankset, it would give me a massive gear range. Oh I wish I had more money and order a rob english like BRP.

Do gates make extra long belts? cos I might as well have an alfine and with the 1/2.4 ratio crankset, it would give me a massive gear range. Oh I wish I had more money and order a rob english like BRP.

Dont think so.

I'm very happy with my Metropolis IG crankset - NuVinci hub set-up.

When heavily loaded (carrying a kid or two) I cruise around in direct drive. Fine tuning my ratio with the NuVinci hub.

Unloaded I have the cranks in overdrive.

Although I can easily hit a good speed in the highest gear, I've never used the lower end. So I'm considering dropping a tooth off the back.

Do gates make extra long belts?

They make belts for tandem primary drives at BB centres of about 73cm, so effective chainstay length of about 78cm after allowing for the smaller drive sprocket.

This thread needs more snow.

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I ride this 1970s road conversion during summer as well (with different tyres and a longer gear ratio). Frame and fork double butted 531 with Nervex lugs. A joy to ride.

That's so nice.

This thread needs more snow.

yesterday, first tracks, first time in the snow on the (OTP Canyon) 29er, great fun :)