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(saw this in Popular Mechanics)

Looks like fun until someone cuts off a body part…

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eerie sounds created skating on thin ice: [www.youtube.com]

National Geographic

I saw the ice biking on Modern Met was wondering how he did the blades.

I was impressed that he had the same number of ball bearings to put back in that he took out. They rolled across that table pretty quickly.

they make studded tires just for this...

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We ice biked when I was a kid. The ponds rarely had good ice for doing biking - too much snow or the ice was not safe. So we would go early to the skating rinks before the warming house opened and the staff threw us off. No need to change tires, etc. Needless to say, excellent balance was extremely important as were quick reflexes. Youth was also key. We had lots of practice on icy residential streets where a fall could be nasty. None of us suffered anything but a few bruises when on good ice (you go down, you slide on the smooth ice). The joys of being young and carefree...

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Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.



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