Upgrading and shredding a... Ski Bike? (IT'S TOO FAST)
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- Ski biking! Wait... ski biking? Yes, ski biking. I majorly upgraded my ski bike and took it to the the same place I first tried the sport... and it was a wild time!
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This guy isn't dressed like someone who's ready to eat the ground at the speeds he's achieving.
if you fall and hit something off that at near 50mph which he was going that can be deadly
@@johnames6430 or if you hit metal bars dead on...
I have skied at those speeds, and while it would suck to fall, as long as you dont hit trees or get tangled in the bike you should be ok. He is still at only about half the speed of olympic skiers, for reference.
@@johnames6430 ehh. He’s wearing a helmet. I hit my head snowboarding going around 35-40. Lip caught some fluff and I face planted. Got a gnarly concussion and cauliflower ear on one ear from my helmet but I’m still kicking. The reason I know the speed is my buddy had those crazy Oakley goggles where it shows.
I regularly get above 60mph on my ski bike, and while it hurts if you eat it. Most of the energy gets bled off as your sliding. And no the bike doesn’t ghost ride, you figure out real quickly to keep ahold of it and it slows you down quicker.
You need a spring activated blade/fin(s) on the skis. Ones you can engage with a handbrake lever. They’ll dig into the snow to keep the skis composed during jumps and higher speeds. It might act as a brake too, but if it’s steep enough, lesser speed for more grip is ideal.
That's a brilliant idea, too bad it hasn't been implemented
I work in the repair and tuning center at a ski shop and a dude in a wheelchair brought one of these in to be assembled and some skis to be mounted to it. That was one of the most fun and unique days I’ve ever had at work.
How does he ride it if he's in a wheel chair?
Did it have 3 ski's?
@@menno763 These aren't new, they've been around since the 90's and I think originally were made up by a guy who loved sking/snowboarding but needed a wheelchair so him and a buddy made the ski bike. THe one I saw the guy had a little bucket seat he fit in and unlike these he had a friction brake that worked like a bike brake (basically it pushed some tongs down into the snow and dragged slowing you down) and unlike these it used two snowboard width skies instead of the two normal sized skies.
He'd fly down the hard courses like nothing.
Menno It’s called a sit ski. The man who ran the ski club at my school when I was young and got me into skiing was in a wheelchair and had a sit ski. Watching him shred down the mountain with that thing was incredible.
I know these have been around for a while now, however, I could see this sport progressing quickly into rotations and flips.
“Probably doesn’t show but I’m going pretty fast” **Zips past tree**
I liked this coment so it gets 666
ive spent so much time skiing at Sunshine that I knew exactly where you were at every point in this video, really helped understand just how crazy that thing is. Great video man 👍
That long run down Goats eye would be a blast, let alone the ski out.
I’m gay, like this comment if you’re also gay!
Alright, the original comment was:
Not scary at all, just pull the brakes if you’re going too fast... oh wait there’s no brakes.
Ps. I’m not gay
No brakes...yet
@Aden hui you didn't think it trough, did you? It is posible to fit a mechanism on a custom rear axle, that can be lowered below the surface of the snow to create some resistance
@@diamonddogie That's too practical, this demands retrograde rocket boosters
@@diamonddogie that would also fuck up the show tho if it was really digging deep. You just slow down by turning.
@Aden hui Air brakes could work.
75hm/h...holy crap!
Now that’s a lot of.... miles per hour
hm, also known as the holy meters
Hector meters hmmm
No it’s kilometres per
holy molies per hour
if i ever did this i would most certainly wear a full face helmet, those handle bars are just waiting to knock teeth out. i can feel it.
yea need full dirt bike racing gear, once you crash once and break a rib, jaw, etc. you buy the gear, its always less expensive than breaking your body.
@@M.TTT. Not in Canada where healthcare is free, however I would still not want to break anything.
@@Zaptosis i would count the time spent healing as an expense larger than gear
@@M.TTT. it’s a lot nicer falling on snow than dirt. Makes you kinda slide it out a bit he would be fine if he separated from his bike
@@Saucepro-hw7jt ah true, that does help a bit if its not packed too too much
2:10 explain this flat earthers
my friend refers to them as "flearthers" its fun to say
@@sm6909 I'm overriding "flat earther" with "flearther" now
Flat earthers don't exist 🙂
My old cheap ass BMX in the shed: *ah shit here we go again*
LOL
Why did you buy a BMX in the first place? I personally don't understand the appeal of a small bike like that.
Like I remember when I was in high school, most my friends had mountain bikes, but there was always that one friend who had a BMX bike with no gears, & he couldn't keep up with anyone, & it was just garbage for him. Like I'll never know why so many people keep buying these bikes when only a few people actually do tricks with them. Like if you aren't doing tricks just get a normal bike thats good for all the other bike stuff.
@@Zaptosis When I was in school (graduated in 2000) mountain bikes were barely a thing. Of course there were only a handful of snowboards on the mountain too 🤨
@@Zaptosis BMX bikes are pre-millenials
Great comment chap.
6:03 lmao the sound effects killed me! :D
"It was like I had rocket boosters on"
*plays jet engine noises*
When his ski bike is better than your normal bike...
When you don’t even have a bike because your broke
When that’s ture
We have all been at this point
Yer
You kidding? His skis are probably better than any bike I will ever own.
I remember skiing there. My ski coach told me that we were actually crossing provinces but my 9-year-old brain couldn't process that. This video brings me back to the times before covid.
As a dutch person who sucks at skiing, this looks awesome!
Right??? Sell these
Perfection on a mountain iets wat he niet in nederland vind
Was about to comment the exact same.
Used to wear skiboots with short skis on our skibikes gives you a lot more control when things get rowdy. Good to see bikes back on the slopes they are great fun.
75km/h with no brakes... that's some scary shit
He has brakes
@@justasnowball where?
@@MorganHJackson the edges
No different then snowboarding
Ski brakes do exist. He should install that
It’s like a snowboard. You need to take jumps on an edge. Going straight takes away your control at the moment you need control.
Awesome video. I want one.
“This is the only way to ride this terrain”
*honest leg work has entered the chat*
Snowboard
It's like a ten minute gondola ride just to the base of the mountain where you can actually get onto chair lifts...
@@shrimpbread7284 And it is a smoke show the whole way up..
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What ski resort is this?
Make fwd electric
@@matiascarl1703 no thanks
Do u think Whistler would allow this?
Next time You should try converting a hard tail or your DH bike into a ski bike
Oh man, this looks like so much fun 🤘
How are you not hearted? Love the content. Keep it up.
Have you thought about turning it into a mullet with a ski that wider in the front than the back?
Things I would like to hear about and see are: What does the difference between powder and pack skis feel like? And how fast can you stop? It would be awesome to see you practice some heavy stopping. Maybe even some sprays in the mix. And when you're comfortable enough with the jumps, how bout a bar spin? haha Can you manual that thing? 360 slide? Tailwhip? Ok I'm getting outta hand now haha....but am I? Put some pegs on it and hit some rails and boxes!
You know you’re doing something right when you only have 11 dislikes keep up the great work, and those ski bike are DOPE
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@@Jules.C. 394
And now they're gone
RIP
Long-time skiier here who can't snowboard worth a d*mn. This looks *awesome*. And love the investigation into upgraded components!
I remember my first time seeing one when I was little, everyone I knew was so amazed and my whole family
So...ok...I'm now in love with these bikes. Steering is just like a bike, but you're drifting the entire time. Hips, arms and eyes.
Ski bike delirium dive when u get more confident that would be a sick video
Cool. When i was younger my friends and i would convert little kid's bikes into snowbikes, including suspension. We used skateboard trunks, those turned out to be perfect replacements for the axles, and we were able to weld them onto old metal, cut in half, ski's. Skateboard trunks also have sideward flex in them, perfect for turning in corners whilst skibiking. Replacing the original forks with old Rockshox's proved more difficult but we managed to get it sealed up proper and working. Had to use some kind of bungy cord attached to the front ski to keep it leveled straight, it would otherwise bite into the snow, amongst other small little upgrades we had to come up with along the way.
Been ages, good memories!
I have no desire to ski but I can get behind this!!!
I miss riding Louise, Sunshine & Kicking Horse. Thankyou for that. Great memories!
We definitely need more of these really sweetly made videos ! They still are unpopular here in Quebec and I wish we had access to more mountains.
I just wished we had a comparison video between the 4 main skibike brands....
Unpopular for a reason. People cant stay in place. Can you imagine skiing quickly then getting hit by a 9y old girl going straight down a intermediate path???
@@abrahamsalamah5773 Nah, it's a bit more complex than that. It's mostly about the snow resort industry and learning curve.
First, the snow resort industry is in a massive decline over the past 30 years. This is primarily driven by less people skiing and snowboarding. Less people doing those sports, less people even interested in trying snow biking. Two, learning curve. If it takes a mountain biker two or three days to become comfortable with a dual blade setup, how long is it going to take the recreational person that only makes it out to the slopes twice a season? In a sport whose culture is chock-full of privilege and incredibly harsh on newbies that makes little to no effort to entice new folks to join, adding a sharp learning curve is exactly what not to do.
I found my new sport. I’ve always loved bmx and mtb plus the snow now I can combine everything.
I loved this vid, i hope to try this one day and can’t wait for more skibike content (almost more than regular riding). Would love to see some pro riders shred these things in the park
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We built diy ski bikes at the shop I worked at in the 90’s. Bmx frames and chopped up downhill skis with foot pegs on both the seat tube and fork for high speed stability. So fun and so painful when you inevitably lost it and caught the top tube or stem in the nuts.
This looks way more fun than skiing to be honest but I don’t know since I’ve never skibiked
I had the exact opposite thought..but I also have never tried this
@@drifterdogs Lol, me too. I am doubtful you can do anything other than smooth groomers with one of these. My favorite type of snowboarding is in trees and steep powder...
@@hb7030 I snowboarded my whole life. Went out on a ski bike 5 years ago and haven’t put the board back on since. Anything you can do on the board, I can do significantly faster on my ski bike. Granted, it’s not like the one in the video. I ride what’s called a “monster”. It’s a different kind where you where little foot skis on your feet as well. They are made for tree skiing. It’s unreal what you can do on one on your first day of riding
I've BMX'd and skii'd my whole life and the thought of combining the two makes me excited. However, how the heck do you get into this and would a normal ski lift actually let one on the hill?
Cool! 😎
When I get 70 five years from now and think high speed down hill skiing is getting too dangerous I believe that this can be a fun challenge and still give me a rush! 🤘🏻😁🤘🏻
Thx f uploading
A/ Sweden
I’ve never felt the terror watching a video like I do with this one. Well done. I particularly enjoyed the footage from the skier perspective where you see the whole bike and rider. This looks amazing. I’ve nearly hit 100km/h on a road bike. I can’t imagine it on a ski bike. Thanks for a riveting video! 🤝
That's kind of sad lol you should check out redbull rampage
Me and my dad were there that day and saw you. crazy cool video man!!!
This thing would make the ski-out at sunshine so much more enjoyable!
100%! So much fun.
Always take the black routes, or if you're feeling spicy try skiing the creek!
Such an awsome video - worked a season at Sunshine in 2009/10 and your footage brought back awesome memories. Cameras back then weren't great so seeing your ski bike runs in 4k on a big TV was just sensational. Thank you Loam Ranger!! And noted - on a ski-bike, the upgraded forks seem to be the go :)
Wow! I live in Alaska and ski in the winter and MB in the summer (i have a mojo) and dang, I’m more of a ski guy myself, but this look to fun to not at least try out! Hoping to land a 360 on skis this winter so wish me luck! 😬
The quality of your videos are amazing!
This has a real 'BMX Bandits' feel to it.
Also, @3:24 ... did you say 'Meow' ?
Do I look like a cat to you boy?? Am I jumping around all... nimbley bimbley from tree to tree??
DO YOU SEE ME EATING MICE?
@@TheLoamRanger lol
@@TheLoamRanger That bike looks super quick. Meow do you know how fast you were going?
I saw it too
Yeah i paused it on the meow
My buddy john made one of these 20 years ago when we were in high school. It had front shocks and was a fun ripper on the hills when ever it would snow. Only problem we had... No brakes...
More of this... please!
Bro just created an awesome sport hope it becomes more popular cause I’d definitely love to ride that
this is 100% gonna be what snowboarding was in the 80s and im here for it.
Thats so epic that they gave you these bikes. So nice!
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Yea
How would a ski bike be for someone who's been a great skier all their life but I've ended up getting into a accident and can't ski because of 2 knee surgeries and a back surgery. I just want to be able to go down slopes again. I don't need to do jumps. I miss skiing so much. Just wondering your thoughts about it. I'm still in good shape. Unfortunately skiing puts to much pressure on my knee.
im from winnipeg and every time i go to sunshine its a blast..cant imagine on a ski-bike!!
I would've liked to see the jumps in a view other than the GoPro. Enticing though.
When he was talking about a-line that trail is connected to Jeff’s whoop whoop which my last video on my channel was filmed at! Great video guys.
Fun fact: Skibikes aren't new. My dad used to drive one, when he was a child - they built them their self's.
Ski Bikes have been around for a very long time. In the 70 ies they were built in Austria, they called them Ski Bobs. They even had championships , even world championships. One of the centers was Flachau in Austria.
clipless pedals or toe straps.. 8D magnetic neodymium clip
make ski assembly adaptable to bikes & bottom brackets by rotating 1 crankarm by 180°, swap wheels & rear derailler with ski assembly
snow brakes with a rotor or gyro to spin bars with brake cables, hollow stem bolt for bmx
and a bell 😁 just a few suggestions..
You should wear that leg strap. If u let go of that bike it’ll become a missle
Thankfully that's not the case with the two-ski ski bikes. The moment there's no input on the handlebar the bike falls over. The three-ski ones on the other hand, I can see why they need tethers.
Leash
@@TheLoamRanger I'd still rather not have it careening down the mountain on a steep slope, wouldnt matter whether its upright or not.
@@donalddarko3676 nope the bike get stuck and you slide down on a steep slope
@@schumiswitzerland there is no way that bike isnt sliding down a steep slope say what you want.
bucket list expanded
Would love to see you come down to the states when you can and drop Corbett's on that thing.
Bruh corbetts on that would be sick, when they did it on normal mtbs it was awesome
Check out the guy that hit it on a sit ski - so heavy!
This is awesome, now I can be the insane guy who shows up with both a snowskate AND a ski bike.
Yes. This has to be ordered now.
Hey Ranger, you should come to Colombia, check out the epic amazing trails we have on my channel!
Wow I watched this for fun and I went to banff and lake Louise 3 years today this Is a great video keep it up 👏🏽👏🏽
man these mountains are just way different than what I have access to. Like, mine is like a small hill, it's fairly steep but that just means it's a shorter trip so it's like 4 minutes up the hill and like 30 seconds down the hill it's very sad
had to give up snowboarding after becoming disabled vet and they are awesome. zero back impact, could go all day. short skis on feet double control. I stop at any airtime.
I am SO stoked on this idea!!! How sick would it be if there were DH Bike style, single track trails intended for ski bikes? (As opposed to just riding A Line on that thing during the winter - which would also be sick)
there are at certain resorts.
I want to try this.... love biking and mountain snow sports...
That’s awesome! I’m a full time skier in the winter and a mountain biker in the summer so this is very interesting. Just wondering, can you catch an edge on the bike like you do on skies...which would lead to a pretty big lateral tumble on a ski bike...just wondering?
Only on full suspension. I'm thinking tail bikes just make a fractured butt
You can, but the learning curve is fast, I haven't caught an edge in years.
Yeah man thank you for putting this video up, because you made me finally see how fun this looks !!!
I built one of these over the summer, they shred
Nyc 1 dude 🤗
BMX actually
Looks so fun and solves many issues with both skiing and snowboarding, wish I had one
That looks totally sick! What do you think about having rotating pedals so you can put your outside foot, on a sharp turn, at the 6 o'clock position?
could help with carving too, giving you a more fluid feel when you bounce side to side. Like even being able to switch what foot is forward for the turns or carving. Kinda like when you're skiing. Probably give you more tail control with more leverage when one foot is more toward the rear. Also better spraying ability. I would imagine it would also be easier to do some manuals.
Have you heard of SNO-GO? It’s real similar to what you’re talking about. Wicked fun too
question: can it do barspins? that would be sick
I feel like the ski will hit the downtube. But id like to see it tried.
They can, with the right skiis. no brake or derailleur cables to worry about!
He wouldn't know
Or do a board slide.
Yes! In fact, I have done one myself :)
1. i can make a hand brake for that bike that slows you.
2. i can make a spring for the front end ski so it flexes like your legs would.
3. this was great thanks for the inspiration!
if he added a spring contraption on the back ski he could do a wheelie
they have that with the tngnt carves
This is what I’ve been waiting for!
I remember seeing two guys with those 45 years ago
I met a someone years ago on one of the these, he had regular ski boots w/ really short skis. He said his knees couldn’t handle the skiing anymore so he switched to the bike. He was really good at it, now I’m at that point I had one knee replacement already and looks like I’m going to have to get the other one done
I've wanted a ski bike for 3 years now. Next year is the year!
Haha awesome. Probably want a bit more protection. Its like combining the dangers of road and mountain biking all in one. Love seeing AB on youtube
M’y little brother was sitting in the middle of the trail when 3 of those bikes jumped over him lol
Dont sit in middle of the trail. Common sense
Mmmmkay
I just rook a downhill ride on my hardtail in the worst snowstorm germany witnessed since 50 years. Now i get recommended this
Hey there, I was wondering (I doubt you’ll ever see this) when exactly you were at Sunshine? I was there just over a week ago, and this video was posted a week ago. I did see some snow bikers and thought it looked insanely cool. I’m wondering if it could have been you?!
Who knows
I know but I won't tell. Ain't no snitch
@@nicolasjensen6774 lol ok then
Never seen snow in my life, but this looks awesome.
That looks soooo fun, do you feel much of a difference from pedal position vs regular offset stance with cranks?
I bet it is like going from a pedal bike to a motorbike..
Weird for 5 minutes..
They DO look VERY close together but.. totally seems to WORK A TREAT!
@@JETJOOBOY I imagine they're narrow so that you can do some hard carving where your ski-bike needs to get at some fairly extreme angles relative to the ground, wider set pedals would likely limit that as they'd be hitting snow. I'd be curious what it would be like to put regular offset pedals you can spin (with some adjustable built in resistance) on the ski bike, that way you can switch stance when you're carving left vs. right, and that pedal will be higher so it won't hit the ground. If you were used to a normal bike I imagine it might feel more comfortable at first, but perhaps not be superior vs getting used to the fixed ski bike pedals, although I imagine the extra width might aid in stability/control, so who knows. Haven't tried it but would love to.
This looks outstanding! A great hobby for kids to explore the powder.
I feel like stopping and changing direction would take quite a while to get.
You would think! But honestly, I'm 100% confident you or anyone else would get the hang of it within an hour.
@@TheLoamRanger I feel like i'd prefer a Scooter version like my mountain scooter. No idea why but feet position looks scary compared to a bicycle or a big long Gravity scooter board.
Nope
From Alberta, been on all of those runs... LOVE IT.
How do you slow down?
You pizza obviously...
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@@Evinthal84 Classic South Park😂
Drift
This might just be the winter hobby i've been looking for
These things should be more common, it looks insane
I think they're spreading fast, I've seen some almost every day on the slopes in switzerland this season
@@ammakko yeah those are from a legit compamy making snowbikes called brenter
Nah, just ski and snowboard (this is coming from someone who mountain bikes 4 times a week during the Spring/Summer/Fall).
Here in the north of Sweden we have been putting small skis on bicycle frames since, atleast, the 70s... It is fun.
Let me be the first to say:
I want one. Oh wait I’m sure everyone else who saw this video already said that.
man!!! i was a heavy into snowboarding in high school, faded in college, and havent done it since. but just taking a look at those views and runs makes me want to get back into it!!! and that ski bike looks hella fun!!!!!
3:23 there is a little text and it says "meow"
I see
Ski biking gets made fun of but dont knock it until you have tried it. WE used to get free rentals at our local resort. We would ski/snowboard for the first half of the day and then rent bikes for the second half. It was a blast. And these were crappy snow bikes of 20 years ago.
I made something like this. I took an old bmx and mounted 2 skis on the front and a snowboard on the back. Hella fun to ride
More of this... this is LIT AF!!!
I got a bmx version and man oh man, it's so nimble! It's really a lot of fun to ski bike!
You know…I’ve never skied, only snowboarded a handful of times, but I am an avid mountain biker and this looks freaking amazing! I gotta look into getting me one of these ‘bikes’, lol.
That thing it's amazing!!! Great job!!
I have wanted a ski bike for a long time.... now I really REALLY want one!
Tried this stuff in Ukrainian Carpathian in 2018. It was so exciting. Dont miss the chance to catch some new feelings in case you enjoy some winter activity