Ski Bike: Take sledding to the next level with this easy to make ski bike using a stripped down bike frame. You can make the mounts for the skis with either metal or wood depending on what you have.
I was given the opportunity during my senior year of high school to design and build anything I wanted (obviously within reason), so I chose a downhill ski bike. With a bit of research and trial and error, I have managed to successfully cut, mill, grind, and weld my own ski bike.
Ice & Palms is the kickass adventure of Jochen Mesle and Max Kroneck while they cross the Alps in the middle of winter by bike and skis. Their ambitious six-week bikepacking and skiing trip sta…
We rented a ski Chariot and both my son and I were impressed by it while cross-country skiing. He was comfortable, and it was a breeze t...
Is there any motorcycle genre more evocative than the ‘desert sled’? The very name conjures up images of blasting across the sandy shrublands of Baja. ‘Dual sport’ or ‘enduro’ just doesn’t cut it. For Brit bike fans, the heyday of the desert sled was from the mid 50s to the early 70s. Triumph twins ruled the proverbial roost, taking over from stripped down Harleys and Indians—before Huskies and Yamahas became the weapons of choice for the high plains and dunes of the western United States. This Triumph TR6 captures the vibes of those good times just perfectly. It’s mostly period
Scandinavian Side Bike is a sleek Danish-designed, bicycle sidecar for 2 that easily attaches to any bike and doubles as a snow sled in the winter.
We rented a ski Chariot and both my son and I were impressed by it while cross-country skiing. He was comfortable, and it was a breeze t...
Once a year, thousands of riders come together to race DIY motorcycles on the ice and get drunk. It's great.
Most customs live relatively sedate lives: buzzing around the city, maybe a blast into the country at the weekend, and then a couple of hours cooling down outside a café or pub. If you’ve ploughed hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars into a bike, you’re not likely to put it through a torture test. But that’s exactly what LA-based Alex Earle has just done with his latest build. He’s thrashed this Ducati dirt bike for two weeks and hundreds of miles through Alaska’s toughest terrain, and lived to tell us the tale. ‘The Alaskan’ is only Alex Earle’s second
This year, NAHBS landed in Hartford, Connecticut - a gathering of artisans and anarchists who express their passion for cycling with machine tools, metal and carbon. Grab some popcorn...
We rented a ski Chariot and both my son and I were impressed by it while cross-country skiing. He was comfortable, and it was a breeze t...
Is there any motorcycle genre more evocative than the ‘desert sled’? The very name conjures up images of blasting across the sandy shrublands of Baja. ‘Dual sport’ or ‘enduro’ just doesn’t cut it. For Brit bike fans, the heyday of the desert sled was from the mid 50s to the early 70s. Triumph twins ruled the proverbial roost, taking over from stripped down Harleys and Indians—before Huskies and Yamahas became the weapons of choice for the high plains and dunes of the western United States. This Triumph TR6 captures the vibes of those good times just perfectly. It’s mostly period
Innovative Omo ski-bike combines the features of a snowboard and a bike. Here's everything you might want to know about it.
Once a year, thousands of riders come together to race DIY motorcycles on the ice and get drunk. It's great.
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Once a year, thousands of riders come together to race DIY motorcycles on the ice and get drunk. It's great.
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Is there any motorcycle genre more evocative than the ‘desert sled’? The very name conjures up images of blasting across the sandy shrublands of Baja. ‘Dual sport’ or ‘enduro’ just doesn’t cut it. For Brit bike fans, the heyday of the desert sled was from the mid 50s to the early 70s. Triumph twins ruled the proverbial roost, taking over from stripped down Harleys and Indians—before Huskies and Yamahas became the weapons of choice for the high plains and dunes of the western United States. This Triumph TR6 captures the vibes of those good times just perfectly. It’s mostly period
Ski bikes have been around for over a century, but there's never been one like the Snogo Ski Bike. It uses a unique 3-blade design that articulates with your side-to-side movement to offer an experience that blends traditional skiing with...
Is there any motorcycle genre more evocative than the ‘desert sled’? The very name conjures up images of blasting across the sandy shrublands of Baja. ‘Dual sport’ or ‘enduro’ just doesn’t cut it. For Brit bike fans, the heyday of the desert sled was from the mid 50s to the early 70s. Triumph twins ruled the proverbial roost, taking over from stripped down Harleys and Indians—before Huskies and Yamahas became the weapons of choice for the high plains and dunes of the western United States. This Triumph TR6 captures the vibes of those good times just perfectly. It’s mostly period
Is there any motorcycle genre more evocative than the ‘desert sled’? The very name conjures up images of blasting across the sandy shrublands of Baja. ‘Dual sport’ or ‘enduro’ just doesn’t cut it. For Brit bike fans, the heyday of the desert sled was from the mid 50s to the early 70s. Triumph twins ruled the proverbial roost, taking over from stripped down Harleys and Indians—before Huskies and Yamahas became the weapons of choice for the high plains and dunes of the western United States. This Triumph TR6 captures the vibes of those good times just perfectly. It’s mostly period
It's hard to express just how much Mark Drury loves vintage Triumphs. In his own words, he's a “self-confessed Meriden groupie,” but his love for the marque is even more evident in the projects he takes on. Based in Northampton in England, Mark runs the workshop Retrograde Mechanica as an after-hours endeavor. And more Triumphs pass through his doors than any other make... regardless of the condition they're in. This 1967 Triumph Daytona 500, for example, was pretty trashed when Mark took on the rebuild. “This little one all started in a straight swap with a mate of mine,” he
Ski Bike: Take sledding to the next level with this easy to make ski bike using a stripped down bike frame. You can make the mounts for the skis with either metal or wood depending on what you have.
I was given the opportunity during my senior year of high school to design and build anything I wanted (obviously within reason), so I chose a downhill ski bike. With a bit of research and trial and error, I have managed to successfully cut, mill, grind, and weld my own ski bike.
Hayden Roberts once quipped that when he moved from England to California in the early 2000s, it was “about 40 years too late.” His work testifies to that: as Hello Engine, he builds neat vintage Triumphs that look like they were transplanted straight from the 60s. And like many of the desert sleds from that golden age, his Triumphs are never stock under the hood. His latest project is this 1960-something Triumph TR6. And we use that designation loosely, because, as usual, Hayden pieced it together from a plethora of rescued, salvaged and restored parts. The client for this project
The motorcycle industry is replete with modern replicas of classic machines. These days, you can buy bikes that mimic the style of vintage motos—but with hidden electronics and catalytic converters, and no oil leaks. Period-correct old timers are becoming rarer by the day. So we need guys like Hayden Roberts: craftsmen who live and breathe classic motorcycles. He's a British transplant living in Santa Paula, California, where he repairs and restores old British iron under the Hello Engine banner. His latest project is a showstopper. Built for the Born Free show, it's a Triumph desert sled that's dripping with patina
The Scandinavian Side Bike can turn your bike into a cargo & kid hauler, and doubles as a snowy weather transport option.
How to Make a Snowboard Bike: In this instructable I am going to show you how to make an awesome snowboard bike. It is made out of a snowboard, a bike and a few other bits and pieces. Materials needed: Bike Snowboard (no bindings needed) 2 25cm hinges 2 15 cm hinges 1 steel bar…
Josh Smith has built his own 5-speed powered winch for towing sledders back to the top of long hills.
Ski-bike ( Full Suspension ): This Ski-bike was inspired by several commercially available bikes which I lusted after but couldn't afford. It's the second one that I've made and has only seen 3 days on snow so far. I took the first one I made to Les Arcs in the French Alps for a…
How to Create a Downhill Ski-Bike 2.0: A ski-bike is a magnificent contraption that uses the basic elements of a bicycle fastened to downhill skis to ride down a snowy slope. My first attempt at creating a downhill ski-bike resulted in a fully functioning prototype and was overall, a suc…
When you buy a new dirt bike, you expect the factory to offer you a stripped-down, light-as-can-be machine, ready to ride away. But in the early days of off-roading, this wasn’t the case. Most dirt bikes were essentially road bikes that customers stripped down and lightened themselves, with no dedicated off-road steering or frame geometry. This 1956 Triumph TR6 ‘Desert Sled’ is a typical example—and that’s how Seth Neefus of Portland, Oregon likes it. “I always dream about what a dirt bike or dual sport bike would look like if it rolled out of a factory back in the 1950s,”
Is there any motorcycle genre more evocative than the ‘desert sled’? The very name conjures up images of blasting across the sandy shrublands of Baja. ‘Dual sport’ or ‘enduro’ just doesn’t cut it. For Brit bike fans, the heyday of the desert sled was from the mid 50s to the early 70s. Triumph twins ruled the proverbial roost, taking over from stripped down Harleys and Indians—before Huskies and Yamahas became the weapons of choice for the high plains and dunes of the western United States. This Triumph TR6 captures the vibes of those good times just perfectly. It’s mostly period
If there’s a spiritual heir to the go-anywhere machines of the 1960s, it’s the Scrambler Ducati Desert Sled. Unlike most modern-day scramblers, the Duc is happy in the rough stuff. Even if it’s unlikely to be thrashed as much as the 1963 Bonneville that Bud Ekins built for Steve McQueen. When our man Matt rode the Desert Sled a year ago at the launch in Spain, he was impressed: “The Desert Sled is the scrambliest scrambler money can buy,” he said. But of course, some people will always want to push things further—and one of those folks is former Paris-Dakar
Once a year, thousands of riders come together to race DIY motorcycles on the ice and get drunk. It's great.
Hayden Roberts once quipped that when he moved from England to California in the early 2000s, it was “about 40 years too late.” His work testifies to that: as Hello Engine, he builds neat vintage Triumphs that look like they were transplanted straight from the 60s. And like many of the desert sleds from that golden age, his Triumphs are never stock under the hood. His latest project is this 1960-something Triumph TR6. And we use that designation loosely, because, as usual, Hayden pieced it together from a plethora of rescued, salvaged and restored parts. The client for this project
