REVIEWS DEALS BIKESHOPS TRAILS

The ice road that was not.

1438 Views 14 Replies 11 Participants Last post by BlackCanoeDog, Mar 7, 2011

Outsider

Discussion Starter · Feb 27, 2011

One of the bikes was fat, so I guess that is justification enough for posting it here.

The full writeup and more pictures are on my blog, but here are some pictures:

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SlowPokePete

· #3 · Feb 27, 2011

Looks awesome.

Where is that ?

SPP

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CLONG

· #4 · Feb 28, 2011

Outsider said:

I love this picture. Colour me jealous.

BTW, Homemade pogies?

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benwitt11

· #5 · Feb 28, 2011

Very very cool! Looks like a blast.

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Love this photo also. Great write-up in the blog too, enjoyed it immensely. From some of your photos it looks like you are using SPD 545 pedals!! I gave up on them in frustration, always getting clogged and/or iced up preventing me from clipping in...do you not find this too? Or are you just riding with winter boots unclipped on the cages in these conditions?
I switched to CB Malletts and they are a huge improvement in that regard, at least in my experience.
Keep riding, shooting, and posting! :thumbsup:
ps - your Pugs looks great, nicelu outfitted!

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Jesterrider

· #7 · Feb 28, 2011

Looks epic and awesome!

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Outsider

Discussion Starter · #8 · Feb 28, 2011 (Edited)

SPP, it is in this part of the world.

CLONG, the pogies are actually a pair of cheap (about 10 €) ATV gloves bought from Biltema, a Scandinavian chain store that sells mostly car stuff. The pogies actually work very well and are very warm.

BlackCanoeDog, I'm actually positively surprised by the M545 pedals. They have not iced up too badly yet and the cages allow you to ride unclipped should they ice up.

I'm very satisfied with how the Pugsley turned out (well, the color is still ugly). Ultimately I wanted to be able to do these kind of trips on it and it works very well. There should be no problems to get the stuff needed for a week long tip to fit.

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Toni Lund

· #9 · Mar 1, 2011

Here is my brief write-up of this amazing adventure:

http://www.elisanet.fi/tonilund/archives/2011/03/entry_228.html

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Orkje

· #10 · Mar 1, 2011

That is one amazing trip! Thanks for the report!

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BlackCanoeDog

· #11 · Mar 6, 2011

Outsider said:
I'm very satisfied with how the Pugsley turned out (well, the color is still ugly).

No, that colour's perfect on your bike! Looks very back -country, Land Rover/Jeep-ish. Kaki is very appropriate to your adventures :thumbsup:

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Velobike

· #12 · Mar 6, 2011

I got cold reading it

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Outsider

Discussion Starter · #13 · Mar 6, 2011

BlackCanoeDog said:
No, that colour's perfect on your bike! Looks very back -country, Land Rover/Jeep-ish. Kaki is very appropriate to your adventures :thumbsup:

Thanks. While the color is boring, it does have a certain utilitarian aesthetics to it, like in this picture:

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