This is what I plan to ride in the DDD adventure race (or in my case, adventure ride) in January. My goal is mainly to finish.
For you bike geeks, it's a Motobecane 600HT aluminum frame with a Surly Pugsly 100 fork, Snowcat-ish 48mm trials rims, 2.4-inch tires, 1 x 8 drivetrain, Titiec H-bars, and Shimano DH-3N70 dynohub/Schmidt Edelux lighting (taillight to come.)
I have to say that this thing is quite the brute to pedal and it steers like a mattress, but the good news is that it holds a line on loose gravel in a way that suggests it will do very well in the snow. I'm guessing that we'll soon find out.
6 comments:
Now that's moto! I love it! Rugged and functional.
Joe in Iowa
Very cool!!!
Sweet ride. Makes me want to update my old Miyata mountain bike.
Holy crap.
Thanks to all for the kind thoughts!
Pete, I say go for it.
Jim, that's exactly what I say when it comes time to drag this critter up a hill.
Very nice--that should be a lot of fun in the snow. The trials rims are great--wouldn't mind trying some of those.
I have a slightly similar but much cheesier project here:
http://landscapecycling.blogspot.com/2008/11/basement-bike-project-1-woodstrials.html
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