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A few photos of the Christmas Dummy giving rides to my 11 year old daughter and 3 year old niece…
Last night, I took my 11 year old daughter to see the new multi-trillion or so dollar new release Avatar at the local theater. She has her own bicycle, a pink Electra Cruiser, but without adequate snow tires and the yet to be developed winter riding skills, on the back of the BD she was, laughing, having a great time as we played Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling on the bike stereo.
Its pretty safe to say that I’ve got a lot of faith in my homebrewed snow tires, with the most precious cargo on the back, they worked perfectly, even over patches of ice and hardpack.
She reported to me that:
It was the best movie I’ve ever seen, Daddy. Even better than New Moon!
Thanks Xtracycle for the posting of floor reflection on your Xtracycle Art flickr page!
View it here
BD got dressed up as a Santa surfing machine, and we entered the Eagle Christmas Parade.
Here’s the gang that braved the weather to play in the parade
and some shots of the Christmas Bike all decorated…
Those are 110v LED lights from walleyworld, run from a 12v to 110v inverter
and a preview of the Christmasbike in action:
-16 degrees this morning, and quite cold. Snow tires are working well, although I’ve had two flats on the rear tire, as the screw heads are popping through the duct tape and puncturing the tube. I’ve lined it with an old inner tube, and trying again…
Updated on Thursday the 10th… another flat on the front tire, I’m sure its the same issue, so going to line it too with an old inner tube.
I made some snow tires, as a big storm finally hit Eagle Sunday night…
An old set of MTB tires, then I drilled every other knobby from the outside in…
and screwed in the self tapping sheet metal screws…
a closeup of the screw.
And here they are in action:
Just a quick video (with a twist) of the Christmasbike that will be in the town parade tonight.
Fleming’s OK, only the camera fell, not him…
Here is “the plan” for tonight’s parade:
It’s snowing right now, BD does not have snow tires as of yet, so it may make for an interesting time.
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