Human Powered Snowthingee

Mee-n-Mac · 01-09-2006, 07:06 PM

wacky idea warning .... wacky idea warning ... wacky idea warning

OK, you were warned ! While pondering our F1 crib over a Black Russian (or 4) this weekend the thought of a HPV, akin to a snowmobile perhaps, surfaced. I did a little searching but found nothing to suggest that such device had yet been constructed. I thought for limited usage, crawling about the lake and such, it might be fun. Upon further thought it occurred to me that perhaps instead of creating my own tracks (see below) I could get by with some low pressure knobby tires. So I ask people who use ATVs out on the lake, how well do the tires grip in ice and/or snow ? Remember that with human power ("Mee" says, you, ? human ? ) I won't have anything like an ATVs torque but that may be a good thing.

See the "SnowPod" @
http://www.mobilityeng.com/

FWIW : I was envisioning something using chain and cycle parts but leg powered, like recumbent bike, perhaps side-by-side tandem.

01-09-2006, 07:06 PM	#1
Mee-n-Mac Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,943 Thanks: 23 Thanked 111 Times in 51 Posts	Human Powered Snowthingee wacky idea warning .... wacky idea warning ... wacky idea warning OK, you were warned ! While pondering our F1 crib over a Black Russian (or 4) this weekend the thought of a HPV, akin to a snowmobile perhaps, surfaced. I did a little searching but found nothing to suggest that such device had yet been constructed. I thought for limited usage, crawling about the lake and such, it might be fun. Upon further thought it occurred to me that perhaps instead of creating my own tracks (see below) I could get by with some low pressure knobby tires. So I ask people who use ATVs out on the lake, how well do the tires grip in ice and/or snow ? Remember that with human power ("Mee" says, you, ? human ? ) I won't have anything like an ATVs torque but that may be a good thing. See the "SnowPod" @ http://www.mobilityeng.com/ FWIW : I was envisioning something using chain and cycle parts but leg powered, like recumbent bike, perhaps side-by-side tandem. __________________ Mee'n'Mac "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by simple stupidity or ignorance. The latter are a lot more common than the former." - RAH