The ski-bike has some fresh neon colors, a laid back orange seat, new skis, Ti stem, and is now ready to bomb some hills. The skis will eventually end up orange too. It's to bad it's been raining and not snowing. More snow is on the way though. The local ski resorts (two within 10 minutes from my house) wouldn't let me bring it on their hills last year. I plan on calling and trying to talk with someone again this year, to try and get it in. I'm sure I can make something happen. Maybe a late night session or something. If not Kalamazoo has lots of hills and gravel pits. I can kind of see their point though, the ski-bike weighs nearly 45lbs probably. And if I were to lose it, it could take someone out. And I'm not really sure about tethering it to myself, it might drag me down the hill.
I designed how I wanted the triangle mounts look and Brice, of Livin Proof Kustoms, made it happen. They are pretty bad ass. Most of the ski-bikes I've seen online have very small mounts, and they ride very low to the ground. I wanted mine to sit like a regular BMX bike, so I designed the mounts to be 10 inches high. This is good and bad. Good because it feels like a normal BMX, but bad because that is a ton of pressure on the axle, and with it not being able to pivot, it wants to turn on the dropout. It should work fine as long as I keep it real tight. And I should be able to catch some air, as long as I don't land too steep. Looking forward to snow.
