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[Inspired by misreading Rod Tiger's Bicycular Trucks]
Can't ride your bicycle through that muddy battlefield ? Well you need bicycle tank tracks for extra traction.
(?) Bicycular Trucks
http://www.halfbake.../Bicycular_20Trucks
[lubbit, Jun 26 2001, last modified Oct 04 2004]
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Going round corners might be a problem. |
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Apparently bicycles with a track in back and a ski (or skiis) in front have been proposed for snow travel--patented in Canada but I don't know if they were ever manufactured. *tries to imagine prehensile wheels, sees vision of toroidal squid* |
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The Iditabike snow race has inspired the production of extra wide rims and tyres that actually work. Originally, people glued 2 rims together, but now they are extruded in extra wide form.
Bike are steered by balancing and balanced by steering. Without quick steering of the front wheel, you fall over. |
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Dramatically wider tires, lower gearing might be an easier solution. See http://www.burrobikes.com/ for a concept in this direction. |
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There are two wheel drive bikes that
might help too. |
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