Winter bike / Snow bike thread

The purple pugs is a classic. A thing of true beauty.

my size!

edit - damnit H!

just cos I'm watching, don't mean I buy it.
Maybe I wait for you to buy it.... then come round your house and replace it with a goldfish.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16345232

Electric non?

Not electric. Not cheap either. There was one on EBAy just before christmas.,

the chain looks very long and exposed. Wouldn't fancy fixing a snapped chain at -50.

I've only seen them as beach bikes.

Q-factor looks eye watering.

I thought all Hanebrinks were electric, hadnt seen a pedal power only one before

I thought all Hanebrinks were electric, hadnt seen a pedal power only one before

You're probably right. I've only seen a couple as beach cruisers on MTBR.com, and one on EBay.
All pedal powered.

The one on Ebay was real pricey. That much I do remember.

He builds some cool custom motorbike too - wasnt he one of the forfathers of MTB Suspension, or was that someone else?

He builds some cool custom motorbike too - wasnt he one of the forfathers of MTB Suspension, or was that someone else?

e.g. this from 1985

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16345232

would the small wheels not be harder to get over that terrain than larger ones?

I thought the same. I suppose her route must be over extremely smooth terrain.

Maybe Arctic sea ice is either smooth or completely unridable.

As a beach/dune bike it looked great.

My instinct tells me it would struggle to climb out of snow holes. Hanebrink probably knows a shite more than my intincts though.

At a guess- I'd say it's to do with the fact the wheels are heavily steel reinforced, so if you make them larger, then the bike becomes unwieldily heavy, especially when dragging kit as well.
But I don't really have a clue.

That Mountain shocker is amazing !! $795 in 1985 would be pricey.

Not that pricey - in 1985, a 531 road frame was about £175-£200, which was about $350-$400 in those days.

I'd say it's to do with the fact the wheels are heavily steel reinforced

That begs the question of why didn't they just use spoked wheels? It doesn't weigh much more than a tandem, and the gear will be towed anyway - the wheels don't need to be that strong.

Or maybe it's to do with thin flexy spokes becoming brittle at really low temperatures. A solid wheel is less likely to flex, therefore less likely to break.

sorry- I meant the tyres.

Cryogenic embrittlement should be no more of a problem for spokes than for frame tubes.

Actually, stainless steel typically suffers much less from cryogenic embrittlement than ordinary carbon steel.

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WTF?
Carbon steel becomes brittle at 20-40 C?

Plenty of steel bike are rode at those temps. Thats horrible news.

Also, after over half a decade of nordic winter commuting. I discovered the nastiest cycling surface ever today.

yesterday morning - crazy hail storm, inches fell in 1/2 hour.
yesterday afternoon - Some light rain despite the cold.
Yesterday evening - temps drop heavily.
Last night - an inch of dry snow.

So this morning there was an inch thick layer of hail, frozen solid, and coated with clear frozen rain. All this dusted with dry snow.

Had a nasty fall going down the driveway. The kiddie trailer went over, and I had to jam my legs into the fence to prevent it slidding further. Lots of drama, no damage.

Answers the question of wether or not to stud the fat tyres though.