Thre are 18 of us headed up to Steamboat for 4 days of skiing. They are also having a winter carnival up there and one of the events is a mt bike dual slolam race on the ski slope. So I heard that best way to stay upright was to put some spikey tires on your bike. Too cheap to by some real ones, I made some. I tested them a bit on the frozen snow patch by my house, I think they will work pretty good. The race is Thrusday night, so I will let you know after the weekend.
On the single ply tire I could turn it inside out and put the screws in pretty easy. I just picked a random pattern that should allow at least one screw touching the snow at all times. I would prefer more, but that would be too many screws and too much weight. This one will be my rear tire.
Bling Bling 2.35 for the rear. One of the trashy tires I had laying around.
Insert a liner so the screw heads don't cut the tube. The liner is an old tube sliced open.
Slide the tube inside the liner.
The front tire is a Swamp Thing 2.5.This is Front tire 1.0. 
I felt it needed more traction so I added another row of screws on each side.
I felt it needed more traction so I added another row of screws on each side.Front tire 2.0.
In the end, I used about 160 screws. About 100 in the front and 60 in the rear.
In the end, I used about 160 screws. About 100 in the front and 60 in the rear.
Awesome. Thanks for the update. BTW, I need something to read while ate work.
ReplyDeleteI need to see some sweet video of that set up in action. Maybe some dirt jumping or berm shots?
ReplyDeleteI agree with more updates. I use your site to show my friends how the "other half" lives.
ReplyDeleteI agree more screws, more screws. You may want to use the ones that they throw away at nasa as they are made of light metal alloy. I think you should try running over some toes just to make sure the screws are not retracting to far into the tube when going over bumps. Ya, now that's how the other side lives!
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