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asdf
10-25-2006, 05:58 AM
I ran into this link, looks like a sweet setup.
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=180382
Sombeech
10-25-2006, 08:56 AM
wow, HUGE tires.

What's with the handlebars? To lean forward more?
Joe Gardner
10-25-2006, 09:05 AM
Cool bike, the bike shop up by the U has a single speed surly pugsley (http://www.surlybikes.com/pugsley.html) in stock.

Quite a few of my winter cycling (http://www.bikeforums.net/forumdisplay.php?f=53) forum members put sheet metal screws in there tires for winter riding:

http://www.firstflightbikes.com/_borders/WeigleCrank.JPG
Sombeech
10-25-2006, 10:35 AM
Quite a few of my winter cycling (http://www.bikeforums.net/forumdisplay.php?f=53) forum members put sheet metal screws in there tires for winter riding

Solid core tube?
DickHead
10-25-2006, 03:36 PM
I'd sacrifice my first born for a Pugsly. I don't need one, I just want one.
Ross
10-27-2006, 09:19 PM
Pugsleys look rediculously heavy to me. Mostly just the wheels. Never actually picked one up though. Guess it'd be fun to tool around on.
DickHead
10-27-2006, 09:36 PM
Pugsleys look rediculously heavy to me. Mostly just the wheels. Never actually picked one up though. Guess it'd be fun to tool around on.

It certainly isn't a race bike, although I've heard of them being used on MTB courses with alot of sand...
Ross
10-28-2006, 05:29 PM
ya, good sand bike too.
greyhair biker
11-02-2006, 02:27 PM
I didnt know the Large Marge tires fit anything but a Pugsley. The Pugsley rocks! AND it's not all that heavy really but don't take my word for it...I ride a Rocky Mountain RM9 as my 'beater' bike -50#- so what do I care about weight :ne_nau:
greyhair biker
12-15-2006, 06:49 AM
On of my bikes with th estudly Kenda Klondikes mounted....
...and the shameless plug on the handlebars!
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l113/wliedtke/studlytires002Medium.jpg
accadacca
12-15-2006, 07:57 AM
On of my bikes with th estudly Kenda Klondikes mounted....
...and the shameless plug on the handlebars!
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l113/wliedtke/studlytires002Medium.jpg
Very nice and I noticed the uutah hat!!! :2thumbs:
TreeHugger
12-15-2006, 03:13 PM
wow, HUGE tires.

What's with the handlebars? To lean forward more?

Actually, you dont want to lean forward more. It's like riding in sand, weight off the front wheel.

We used to ride in the winter a lot in Michigan. A very interesting spin on the sport :-)
greyhair biker
12-15-2006, 09:56 PM
been dying to take my RM9 out and bomb the hills under cover of snow but around here you have to wait til its friggin cold to keep the dirt/mud off the wheels....and my tires are 2.7" and very little room SO is best if I ride one of my others setup with the studs....ice riding is fun! Illl have to post some pics when the skating pond ices the rest of the way..what a ball!
greyhair biker
12-16-2006, 02:04 PM
Yeah!! Got out this morning and rode the ice & snow with the studly tires!! Cool stuff, actually COLD stuff...rode for an hour - until I couldnt feel my toes anymore & then came home and hopped in my sauna to warm up...good times!
tanya
12-16-2006, 02:29 PM
Yeah!! Got out this morning and rode the ice & snow with the studly tires!! Cool stuff, actually COLD stuff...rode for an hour - until I couldnt feel my toes anymore & then came home and hopped in my sauna to warm up...good times!

We want photos! Anything cool out there?
greyhair biker
12-16-2006, 03:28 PM
sorry, I forgot to slide my camera in the back of my spandex tights, SO , I will try to get a photo or two :lol8:
greyhair biker
12-16-2006, 07:52 PM
..how 'bout a shot of my favorite place in the winter...my sauna :haha: :bootyshake:
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l113/wliedtke/scan0007Medium.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l113/wliedtke/scan0008Medium.jpg
Sombeech
12-16-2006, 10:57 PM
..how 'bout a shot of my favorite place in the winter...my sauna :haha: :bootyshake:

Did you build it?
tanya
12-17-2006, 09:51 AM
..how 'bout a shot of my favorite place in the winter...my sauna :haha: :bootyshake:

Look at those legs :eek2:

Nice sweat box :lol8:
greyhair biker
12-17-2006, 09:04 PM
..how 'bout a shot of my favorite place in the winter...my sauna :haha: :bootyshake:

Did you build it?
Yes, I built it about 5 years ago. Coverted a closet and a storage room -built it from the ground up & ordered a finnish style saunacore heater from BC canada....Ive spent alot of time in there...room for several 'close bodies :naughty:
greyhair biker
12-17-2006, 09:06 PM
..how 'bout a shot of my favorite place in the winter...my sauna :haha: :bootyshake:

Look at those legs :eek2:

Nice sweat box :lol8:
:Ahnuld: :naughty:
HEADHUNTER
12-18-2006, 07:58 AM
when I was a kid my parents bought a house from a Finnish couple - they had a sauna in the backyard. I didn't really pay attention to it until I discovered girls :nod: then.... we'd tell them that the sauna was best when nude. :2thumbs:
greyhair biker
12-18-2006, 01:08 PM
I come from an old German family ...first generation SO, yes, the sauna is a clothing optional area usually the optional part...at least for me :bootyshake: