Upgrading and shredding a... Ski Bike? (IT'S TOO FAST)
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- čas přidán 30. 01. 2021
- 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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“Probably doesn’t show but I’m going pretty fast” **Zips past tree**
I liked this coment so it gets 666
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 know these have been around for a while now, however, I could see this sport progressing quickly into rotations and flips.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
6:03 lmao the sound effects killed me! :D
"It was like I had rocket boosters on"
*plays jet engine noises*
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.
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
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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.
Yeah man thank you for putting this video up, because you made me finally see how fun this looks !!!
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.
“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..
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 🙂
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 :)
Oh man, this looks like so much fun 🤘
How are you not hearted? Love the content. Keep it up.
I remember my first time seeing one when I was little, everyone I knew was so amazed and my whole family
I miss riding Louise, Sunshine & Kicking Horse. Thankyou for that. Great memories!
THIS IS AMAZING! So happy to see this!
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
Ski bike delirium dive when u get more confident that would be a sick video
The quality of your videos are amazing!
From Alberta, been on all of those runs... LOVE IT.
Awesome ride. Great editing and narration
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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Thats so epic that they gave you these bikes. So nice!
Wow, that ski resort area is absolutely beautiful! Great camera work and cool video!
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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
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.
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!!!!!
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 👏🏽👏🏽
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! 😬
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.
im from winnipeg and every time i go to sunshine its a blast..cant imagine on a ski-bike!!
More of this... this is LIT AF!!!
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
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!
Me and my dad were there that day and saw you. crazy cool video man!!!
This is sunshine I was here last week awesome hills for beginners too and really nice weather when I went
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
That thing it's amazing!!! Great job!!
Sunshine village is my favorite play to go skiing and snowboarding! Id love to try ski biking there!
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!
More of this... please!
Your control through the trees is seriously impressive!
This is pretty dang awesome. Definitely would love to try it.
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?
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Very cool! Never even heard of this before. Scary fast. Looked like a lot of fun
Looks so fun and solves many issues with both skiing and snowboarding, wish I had one
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 would've liked to see the jumps in a view other than the GoPro. Enticing though.
dude. sick. this looks like a complete blast. I miss living in Banff and shredding these hills all the time :(
Love love love the content. Makes me want to buy a ski bike seeing as I’m in Calgary 🙏🏼💙 thanks for the hype video
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
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.
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!
This looks outstanding! A great hobby for kids to explore the powder.
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
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.
Make more of these this is dope
I want to try this.... love biking and mountain snow sports...
I built one of these over the summer, they shred
Nyc 1 dude 🤗
BMX actually
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.
I have always wanted to try one of those. Perhaps next year.
I love this , I have been on this same mountain !
this is 100% gonna be what snowboarding was in the 80s and im here for it.
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 :)
this looks like so much fun
I found my new sport. I’ve always loved bmx and mtb plus the snow now I can combine everything.
I've wanted a ski bike for 3 years now. Next year is the year!
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
that looks like so much fun.
It looks amazing
Next week video : ski biking the dive at sunshine? 😁
bri x
Yikes.
if he added a spring contraption on the back ski he could do a wheelie
they have that with the tngnt carves
that looks like wicked fun!
Dude this is amazing
I remember seeing two guys with those 45 years ago
Very cool indeed would love to try this. However the danger to other mountain users is undeniable, i'm sure many places would not allow this on their resort.
Ski bikes are no more dangerous than snowboards if it's in the hands of someone who knows how to use it.
Jerries are more dangerous than ski bikes by a country mile.
This is NOT true. Been skibiking for years, no more dangerous to others than any other snow sport.
exactly @@Tysca_
Sunshine is my home mountain! I hope to see you ripping this sick rig this year.
Wow this looks super fun
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.
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
Thats so cool! Ive skied around sunshine auite a bit myself, this is thouroughly impressive and so cool!
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.
How do you slow down?
You pizza obviously...
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@@Evinthal84 W h a t
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Drift
"time to step things up so we headed over to the park"
...those last couple jumps were clearly park jumps
Well, those other ones were much smaller, so to me they didn't really count haha.
This is what I’ve been waiting for!
This is so dopeeeeeeeeeee like I’m in love with mountain biking and this is just so cool
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
3:23 there is a little text and it says "meow"
I see
I got a bmx version and man oh man, it's so nimble! It's really a lot of fun to ski bike!
This looks so fun I gotta try it
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).