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Topic Name: Fat bike sled?
on: August 16, 2014, 06:34:29 PM
Ride1gear
Posts: 32
Fat bike sled?
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I have been tossing the idea around ( mostly in my head) of building a sled to haul,behind my fat bike his winter. Any ideas?
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Reply #1
on: August 16, 2014, 07:25:24 PM
mbeardsl
Location: NC
Posts: 293
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For what purpose? Cruising around or full on expedition?
Do what the CX skiers and snow runners do with a simple plastic sled? Can cut off the back if it's too long. Could even add skis to it but probably not needed. You'd need to figure a way to pull it properly (from hip width and crossing poles) so it doesn't fishtail like crazy.
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Reply #2
on: August 19, 2014, 06:51:26 PM
Ride1gear
Posts: 32
Re: Fat bike sled?
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August 19, 2014, 06:51:26 PM »
I think I've got the attachment to the bike figured out, and was thinking of using one of those plastic sleds. I have seen cross country skiers using a more heavy duty sled. I'm not sure how long a "toy" sled would hold up, especially where I would have to anchor the sled to what I would pull it with
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Reply #3
on: August 19, 2014, 09:55:59 PM
Joe13
Mukluk, Vaya, Vaya Ti, Ponythief
Location: Bergen, Norway
Posts: 40
Re: Fat bike sled?
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August 19, 2014, 09:55:59 PM »
Paris Expedition Pulks are a good starting point. Light but tough and easy to 'cut-to-size', as we did when we made our 'Incredible Rulks!' (rucksack pulks that we could carry or tow on XC skis, depending on terrain).
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Reply #4
on: August 23, 2014, 02:03:50 PM
Damnitman
Posts: 125
Re: Fat bike sled?
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August 23, 2014, 02:03:50 PM »
Billy Koitzsch of
http://www.arcticcycles.com/
and
http://www.iditasportalaska.com/the-race/
talks a little about his here:
Dogs aren't the only ones racing on the Iditarod Trail
...you don't get to see it though...He also used it for his 2000 mile trip here:
http://www.newsminer.com/features/outdoors/koitzsch-becomes-first-person-to-bike-length-of-iditarod-iron/article_d112ca94-a7fe-11e2-a8aa-001a4bcf6878.html
...there are pics of the sled somewhere on the web, just not sure where...
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Reply #5
on: December 11, 2014, 10:04:51 AM
jhl99
USA-PA-SW
Posts: 256
Re: Fat bike sled?
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December 11, 2014, 10:04:51 AM »
I came back from a ski tour (this was a few years ago)... and since the bike was in the car, I hooked the sled up and gave it a tug around the parking lot.
Not sure it would be so easy in deep snow.
http://vid111.photobucket.com/albums/n160/jhl99/200901_SkiBike/bikepullsled.mp4
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