Snow cover on the lake?

[fatlazyless]

Would pedaling a bicycle across frozen Lake Winnipesaukee, devoid of snow, be a fun exercise or what! If you already have a mountain bike, just order up the correct size winter studded tires, and take bike and tires to the local bike store to get the summer/winter tires switched around, and you are good to go, out on the ice.

And, unlike a snowmobile, no worries about engine overheating due to no snow on the ice. What a way to travel ..... pedaling the big ice!

[loonguy]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Would pedaling a bicycle across frozen Lake Winnipesaukee, devoid of snow, be a fun exercise or what! If you already have a mountain bike, just order up the correct size winter studded tires, and take bike and tires to the local bike store to get the summer/winter tires switched around, and you are good to go, out on the ice.

And, unlike a snowmobile, no worries about engine overheating due to no snow on the ice. What a way to travel ..... pedaling the big ice!

Talk is cheap, Les. Give the ice bike a try and let us know how it really goes.

[Mink Islander]

Well I walked out today from cattle landing. The lake is puddled with areas of slush. All that is going to freeze overnight making running on snowmobiled less than ideal. The wind really kicked up this PM as forecast. Gusts were strong enough to blow my tip ups out of the hole. Gonna be very windy tomorrow morning but better in the PM and Sunday. Tight lines!

[Lakegeezer]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Would pedaling a bicycle across frozen Lake Winnipesaukee, devoid of snow, be a fun exercise or what! If you already have a mountain bike, just order up the correct size winter studded tires, and take bike and tires to the local bike store to get the summer/winter tires switched around, and you are good to go, out on the ice.

And, unlike a snowmobile, no worries about engine overheating due to no snow on the ice. What a way to travel ..... pedaling the big ice!

Rode about 6 miles across the bare ice lake years ago with a mountain bike. The trick was to lower the tire pressure to about 10 pounds and it worked great.

[loonguy]

Originally Posted by Lakegeezer

Rode about 6 miles across the bare ice lake years ago with a mountain bike. The trick was to lower the tire pressure to about 10 pounds and it worked great.

Once was enough?

[Lakegeezer]

Originally Posted by loonguy

Once was enough?

Tried it again with some snow on the lake and it didn't work as well. Then..... age happened. Not interested in falling off the bike any more.