If studded tires are good on ice as a result of they dig in to the ice and assist the bike hook up on a slippery floor, then absolutely a noticed blade, a instrument designed for reducing by way of issues, would do the identical job higher, proper? As it seems, that speculation holds no water. The people from CboysTV on YouTube discovered the onerous means, after laser reducing a pair hundred kilos of half-inch-thick metal into the form of a noticed blade and bolting them to the extremities of a Honda CRF250R grime bike.
This video is a visit from begin to end. Not solely do these wild boys load up a motorbike and four-wheeler to go ineffectively rip round on noticed blades on ice, they handle to make use of the blades for what they have been designed to do. While driving round within the woods, they hop the again wheel up on a fallen tree and rip a fats burnout on the wooden cleaving it in twain. As it seems, the noticed blades are higher on grime than they’re on ice. There are most likely a number of too many shut calls on this video for my liking, nevertheless.
One of my private targets this winter was to get out on the ice for some metal shoe bike racing. Unfortunately the unseasonably heat climate thwarted all makes an attempt to take action this season, and if developments proceed the way in which they’ve been, the decrease midwest won’t see ice thick sufficient to carry an ice race for fairly a while. I assume I’ll must haul as much as northern Michigan or Minnesota (the place these people are) or one thing to make it occur.
If you reside someplace with good thick frozen lakes, put money into some studded tires and hit the slippery flats. Maybe don’t use noticed blades, although.
Source: jalopnik.com