Does anyone else race on the ice? [or ride]
We have a race coming up in about 2 1/2 weeks. This one is inside on a hockey rink. I have never done it that way. Most often we do in on a friends farm pond that he clears for us. [he races also].
Ice Racing
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Ice Racing
by Fenlason » Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:21 pm
glenn
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
Kahlil Gibran
We don't stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
Kahlil Gibran
We don't stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw
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by Fenlason » Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:18 pm
I guess I can share more about it.
We generally use mountain bikes. Old school no suspended bikes [front or rear]
We make our own studded tires. We use a rounder tire profile vs a more square one.
We use pan head sheet metal screws. installed from the inside of the tire out ward. We used silicone caulking compound to cover the screw heads. The length of the screw depends of the thickness of the tire. We spend a lot of time finding the right set up. If the screws are too long... there is too much drag.. and the screws wobble. To short and of course you don't get good grip.
We ended up with a set up that grips better than slicks on clean dry pavement. On Bill's small pond. 20 laps to a mile.. so the turns are pretty tight.. we hard coasting through as 20mph. You end up sprinting each straight away and coasting the corners. Riding hard I would end up with a controlled two wheel drift from the inside of the turn out to the outer edge as I came back to the straight away..
We generally use mountain bikes. Old school no suspended bikes [front or rear]
We make our own studded tires. We use a rounder tire profile vs a more square one.
We use pan head sheet metal screws. installed from the inside of the tire out ward. We used silicone caulking compound to cover the screw heads. The length of the screw depends of the thickness of the tire. We spend a lot of time finding the right set up. If the screws are too long... there is too much drag.. and the screws wobble. To short and of course you don't get good grip.
We ended up with a set up that grips better than slicks on clean dry pavement. On Bill's small pond. 20 laps to a mile.. so the turns are pretty tight.. we hard coasting through as 20mph. You end up sprinting each straight away and coasting the corners. Riding hard I would end up with a controlled two wheel drift from the inside of the turn out to the outer edge as I came back to the straight away..
glenn
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
Kahlil Gibran
We don't stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
Kahlil Gibran
We don't stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw
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