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I usually ride this event with bluefxstc and redwolf but it seems they aren’t going this time. So I plan to do Ironman class with my son and a couple riding buddies on ICE bikes this time.

Here’s a vid of bike being ridden. Seems impressive for the price and weight (around $4500 shipped to your door and about 240lbs).

I think I felt a little bit of drool form as I watched that! One note, if you pause where the camera pans over the front sprocket you can clearly see that this bike (or at least the power plant) has seen some real runtime at significant load conditions.

It is interesting that the picture shows front and rear turn signals, license plate bracket, passenger foot pegs, reflectors on the forks…all common parts for bikes that the manufacturer intends to be road legal, yet they are to be sold here as off-road only.

I’m just gonna wait until someone in my area gets one and then figures out that the range is inadequate for their purposes and puts it up for sale, so it will be whatever color it is.

Tried out the Alta here earlier this year.

I think I remember hearing about this problem with one other Alta owner, and it turned out to be one of the pins in the charge connector was loose and sliding down into the connector. Might consider pushing lightly on each of the pins in the bike’s connector just to make sure they are secure.

Riding an ICE bike with the exhaust noise and vibration through the pegs and grips creates more sensations when riding and gives a more visceral feel than riding electric. My first impression of my Alta could also be described as kind of “hovering”.

Yes, that does look right. The 132 minute lap is Philip and I’s laps combined because his bike battery died and thus did not go through the checkpoint (I took GoPro video of my run, so I do have my time for that lap). My worst lap time was the 75 minute night lap that I rode Silas’ supermini.

Results are in. So we finished 5th in our class. Philip clocked us off the course at 10:32am. 18 laps were counted (one lap was not counted and one rider elected to skip his turn).

I have noticed concern on some of the forums as to whether this race will happen next year, and riders are being encouraged to express appreciation to Scott and Debbie for what they and the volunteers do as well as to consider volunteering themselves if possible. The amount of time/work...

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Silas and I will try to find our wristbands from the last race we participated in at Starvation Ridge.

I would like to be part of this, and I’ll ask the teenager if he is game when he gets out of school today. So long as you three are all ok with him on ice bike again (still not tall enough to safely ride an Alta).