Extreme non-conventional bicycles.

"Jasper Janssen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Okay, so there's the Surly Pugsley, which is the only bike in this post
without a custom frame:

http://www.surlybikes.com/pugsley.html

Off-center, dishless rear wheel, 135 mm offcenter hub in the front as
well, capacity to take 100 mm tyres and, with their 60 mm Large Marge
rims, even usable with a canti, they claim.

Then there's this:
http://www.sneltweewielers.nl/news/sx1/
The Snel SX-1, custom built for the Sahara with matching trailer for a
triplet of 3-inch Nokian tyres, capacity for 55 liters of water plus 40
kilos of gear. Those water bottles you see there are 1.5 liter soda
bottles. These guys are my LBS.

And this:
http://www.m-gineering.nl/artic.htm
The Ar(c)tic, custombuilt by m-gineering for crossing Siberia and the
Bering strait and then N.- and S.-America. Running, when set up for snow,
three tyres on each end (looks like a 60-75 plus 2 47s) and the derailer
near the seat using an extra chain.

Are there any other heroically modified bikes for extreme environments out
there on the web?

Jasper

Nice finds. Not as extreme, but I've been eyeing the Vicious Cycles
Thunderwing: http://www.viciouscycles.com/frames-thunderwing.php3

Those crazy german scientists have been spending too much time in the
garage.

Claudius Vitalis schrieb:

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Those *crazy german* scientists have been spending too much time in the
garage.

It's a *crazy dutch* scientists who spend a lot of time in his garage.

In article <[email hidden]>, Jasper Janssen

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Are there any other heroically modified bikes for extreme environments out
there on the web?

This submission is on the periphery of your question: not a complete
and heroically modified bike per se, but IMO the 'Xtracycle'
<http://www.xtracycle.com> definitely qualifies as an extreme
modification! Touring in British Columbia this summer I encountered a
fellow with one of these - he'd even packed his guitar on it!

Luke

Jasper Janssen said:

Are there any other heroically modified bikes for extreme environments out
there on the web?

Ummm... want to be amphibious?
http://www.autocanoe.com/

Jeff

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Then there's this:
http://www.sneltweewielers.nl/news/sx1/
The Snel SX-1, custom built for the Sahara with matching trailer for a
triplet of 3-inch Nokian tyres, capacity for 55 liters of water plus 40
kilos of gear. Those water bottles you see there are 1.5 liter soda
bottles. These guys are my LBS.

What is that? A water delivery vehicle?

Jasper Janssen said:

Okay, so there's the Surly Pugsley, which is the only bike in this post
without a custom frame:

http://www.surlybikes.com/pugsley.html

Off-center, dishless rear wheel, 135 mm offcenter hub in the front as
well, capacity to take 100 mm tyres and, with their 60 mm Large Marge
rims, even usable with a canti, they claim.

Is there any reason that I frame that has a derailleur hanger would also
have rear fork ends as opposed to drop outs? Just in case you want a
single speed?

also, you didn't at all mention tall bikes, although those aren't
manufactured in any quantity that I know of, they are quite extreme, IMHO.

Some pics:
http://www.rat-patrol.org/BikesTall.html

and a video:
http://biketraffic.org/biketraffic/BT1003/images/payphone.mov

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Quoted message said:

Then there's this:
http://www.sneltweewielers.nl/news/sx1/
The Snel SX-1, custom built for the Sahara with matching trailer for a
triplet of 3-inch Nokian tyres, capacity for 55 liters of water plus 40
kilos of gear. Those water bottles you see there are 1.5 liter soda
bottles. These guys are my LBS.

What is that? A water delivery vehicle?

When I used to tour through Maine I onece saw a bike that had an ice blade
at the end of the fork instead of a front wheel. This bike also had a steel
rear "tire" that looked a lot like across between a garden varitty 26X 1 3/8
tire and an orange peel zester.

I have been looking ever since for a reference to such a machine, any
pointers?

Thanks

Dave Reckoning
Noblesville, IN

Dave Reckoning said:

When I used to tour through Maine I onece saw a bike that had an ice blade
at the end of the fork instead of a front wheel. This bike also had a steel
rear "tire" that looked a lot like across between a garden varitty 26X 1 3/8
tire and an orange peel zester.

I have been looking ever since for a reference to such a machine, any
pointers?

The Minnesota HPVA races them every winter- if you start now, you too
can participate in the World Championships!

http://mnhpva.org/ice/Ice.html
http://mnhpva.org/ice/2004/index.htm

Them crazy Minnesotans...

Jeff

queen mother of them all:
<http://www.hanebrink.net/etb/index.html>

it dates back to the late 80s.

Luke said:

This submission is on the periphery of your question: not a complete
and heroically modified bike per se, but IMO the 'Xtracycle'
<http://www.xtracycle.com> definitely qualifies as an extreme
modification! Touring in British Columbia this summer I encountered
a fellow with one of these - he'd even packed his guitar on it!

Along similar lines is the Burrows 8 Freight from the same designer who
brought you Chris Boardman's Olympic Gold winning Lotus track bike.
Note the 8 Freight has Mike Burrows' characteristic monoblade.

Pete Clinch has a piture here
<http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/pictures.htm> of his 8
freight with a 2 seater couch on it. When he bought his fridge and the
store naturally asked where he wanted it delivered he was able to say,
"Oh that's OK thanks, I've got my bike outside."

--
Dave...

dkahn400 said:

Along similar lines is the Burrows 8 Freight...

If you like that, I think you'll like these photos:

http://organicengines.com/SUV/index2.htm

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Dave
dvt at psu dot edu

dvt said:

dkahn400 said:

Along similar lines is the Burrows 8 Freight...

If you like that, I think you'll like these photos:

http://organicengines.com/SUV/index2.htm

I wanted one of these (being car-free, but still needing to move stuff)
but I couldn't afford neither it nor the frieght charges up to Canada.
So with the help of friends I built one, and it includes 12-volt
electricals for lighting, turn signals, and horn.

http://drumbent.com/trike.html

Mark

Paul Hobson wrote:
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Quoted message said:

Is there any reason that I frame that has a derailleur hanger would also
have rear fork ends as opposed to drop outs? Just in case you want a
single speed?

also, you didn't at all mention tall bikes, although those aren't
manufactured in any quantity that I know of, they are quite extreme, IMHO.

Some pics:
http://www.rat-patrol.org/BikesTall.html

and a video:
http://biketraffic.org/biketraffic/BT1003/images/payphone.mov

Along with recumbents and upright bikes, our gang has some similar
tallbikes, etc., most of which were built by Mike Watson, who is
well-known on the BikeRodnKustom.com pages.

I have one of his choppers: http://drumbent.com/chopper.html

Check out the "Past Events" page for HPVOoO (http://hpv.tricolour.net)
and start surfing. You'll see lots of photos of tallbikes, choppers,
cargo trikes. Our motto is that if it didn't get photo-documented, the
even never happened! ;o)

Oh, and did I mention we towed a full Hammond Organ rig (wth organist)
through a parade?

http://hpv.tricolour.net/organ-trailer.html

Mark

can the snelt site be read in hindi?

Jasper Janssen said:

Are there any other heroically modified bikes for extreme
environments out there on the web?

Here's what looks like an amphibious tricycle I spotted this summer on
a river in Wisconsin:
<http://www.geocities.com/blagnort/water-trike.jpg>

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so when the tire-rim spec goes uo to 3"/1-1/2" then the category goes
from mtb to serious atb?
the SX-1 and the artic have framed diffrent ideas for tracking over the
wastes!! euro to semi??

Ray Heindl said:

Jasper Janssen said:

Are there any other heroically modified bikes for extreme
environments out there on the web?

Here's what looks like an amphibious tricycle I spotted this summer on
a river in Wisconsin:
<http://www.geocities.com/blagnort/water-trike.jpg>

That's a commercially-produced water trike that's usually sold to
resorts and other such places. It's less stable than a paddleboat,
but to the folks who are typically found in such location, it looks
like it's more fun. (Whether this is true for any specific individual
is largely a function of your definition of "enjoyment". I'll stick
to scuba, thanks.)

ISTR that a good many years ago, the Coast Guard ended up having to
pluck the rider of one of these from the Gulf when, against the
instructions of resort facilities folks, he took one out while there
was a brisk offshore wind. A little too late, he discovered that a
15mph breeze was more than he could pedal against.
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Werehatrack said:

Ray Heindl wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Here's what looks like an amphibious tricycle I spotted this
summer on a river in Wisconsin:
<http://www.geocities.com/blagnort/water-trike.jpg>

Quoted message said:

That's a commercially-produced water trike that's usually sold to
resorts and other such places. It's less stable than a
paddleboat, but to the folks who are typically found in such
location, it looks like it's more fun. (Whether this is true for
any specific individual is largely a function of your definition
of "enjoyment". I'll stick to scuba, thanks.)

I figured it must be commercially made, since the wheels appear to be
molded plastic -- kind of tough to make in a basement workshop. I
wonder how it compares to a paddle boat for efficiency. Most of the
paddle boats I've seen have paddles that bend if you try to pedal too
hard, so they really limit the speed. The trike thing look like it
wouldn't have that limitation.

Quoted message said:

ISTR that a good many years ago, the Coast Guard ended up having
to pluck the rider of one of these from the Gulf when, against the
instructions of resort facilities folks, he took one out while
there was a brisk offshore wind. A little too late, he discovered
that a 15mph breeze was more than he could pedal against.

Bet he never did that again.

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