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In 2005, Japanese adventurer Hiromasa Andow accomplished this amazing route on winter roads - on a PUSH BIKE:
Source: Siberia Bike Tour Winter
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Here's a couple more good ones
Anabar Road ... From Udachny north to the Arctic Ocean. (From Udachny south to Lensk is an all season road)
From Verkhoyansk there is also a ungroomed winter road to Tiksi on the Arctic Ocean
If you are looking for your next cool winter ice road project, I suggest this ....
Irkutsk - up Baikal to Severobaikalsk, then Ust Kut, Lensk, Mirny, Udachny, Olenyok, Saskylakh, Anabar. Thats real reindeer herder territory.
http://eyakutia.com/2011/02/pictures...iberia-russia/
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Here's a couple more good ones
Anabar Road ... From Udachny north to the Arctic Ocean. (From Udachny south to Lensk is an all season road)
From Verkhoyansk there is also a ungroomed winter road to Tiksi on the Arctic Ocean
If you are looking for your next cool winter ice road project, I suggest this ....
Irkutsk - up Baikal to Severobaikalsk, then Ust Kut, Lensk, Mirny, Udachny, Olenyok, Saskylakh, Anabar. Thats real reindeer herder territory.
Life in Anabar, the Arctic region of Yakutia, Siberia/Russia | eYakutia.com | English Yakutia |
Thanks a lot, colebatch. I've added these to the list.
Great suggestion re the Anabar road!
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"Entertaining" trip report about the Ice Run here by Red Thread Adventures:
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Two more incredibly tough winter bycyclists on Russian "roads".
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Andrey Finochenko: Andrey Finochenko winter cyclist
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Still looking for the first one to Kamchatka on a motor  !
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In 2005, Japanese adventurer Hiromasa Andow accomplished this amazing route on winter roads - on a PUSH BIKE:
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Thanks for posting that link about Hiromasa Andow's epic 8,600km bicycle trip through the actual route I wanted to take on a motorbike! It just goes to show what is possible. What a fantastic achievement. Mr Andow also shows that there indeed is a summer route from Pevek to Cape Dezhnev through the mountains that isn't obstructed by rivers or swamps. Getting up there in summer may be the problem though.
When the Amarok polar expedition did this route earlier this year they demonstrated how difficult the route could be for vehicles but if Mr Andow can do it on two wheels it surely can be done on two wheels with an engine. The Timbersled system will overcome the deep snow the Amarok's encountered east of Pevek nearer the Ocean.
Clothing and textile technology has advanced considerably since Hiromasa Andow's adventure in 2005. The system would have different requirements and properties for a motorbike but I've done a lot of research into clothing systems suitable for bikes and have a top university willing to work with me on producing and testing a state of the art system which would enable this trip in safety.
Mr Andow definitively demonstrated the concept of “simpler is better.”
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When the Amarok polar expedition did this route earlier this year they demonstrated how difficult the route could be for vehicles but if Mr Andow can do it on two wheels it surely can be done on two wheels with an engine.
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Possibly, although the advantage to the bicycle over the motorcycle is that you can strip off the luggage and carry it easily. Not something you can do with 200kg of Timbersled equipped motorbike.
Then again, the ski-bike should ride up and over obstacles that would defeat a bicycle. As an aside you can get a kit to convert your pedal bicycle into a half-tracked, half-ski machine, just like the Timbersled system.
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Thanks for posting that link about Hiromasa Andow's epic 8,600km bicycle trip through the actual route I wanted to take on a motorbike! It just goes to show what is possible. What a fantastic achievement. Mr Andow also shows that there indeed is a summer route from Pevek to Cape Dezhnev through the mountains that isn't obstructed by rivers or swamps. Getting up there in summer may be the problem though.
When the Amarok polar expedition did this route earlier this year they demonstrated how difficult the route could be for vehicles but if Mr Andow can do it on two wheels it surely can be done on two wheels with an engine. The Timbersled system will overcome the deep snow the Amarok's encountered east of Pevek nearer the Ocean.
Clothing and textile technology has advanced considerably since Hiromasa Andow's adventure in 2005. The system would have different requirements and properties for a motorbike but I've done a lot of research into clothing systems suitable for bikes and have a top university willing to work with me on producing and testing a state of the art system which would enable this trip in safety.
Mr Andow definitively demonstrated the concept of “simpler is better.”
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As Alexlebrit suggested bicycles are much more versatile that motorbikes simply due to their weight. Don't underestimate what they are capable of. When it comes to really tough situation a bicycle isn't slowed to much less than someone on foot. A motorcycle can be stopped by many obstacles that are not much of a concern on a bicycle. On tough tracks a bicycle isn't necessarily any slower than a motorcycle when actually riding.
Of course the situation can be improved by lightening a motorcycle, but there is only so far you can go while still keeping the motor. Just don't expect that because a bicycle can do it a 4wd can.
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I tried the search function on the HUBB but didn't find anything about Shinji Kazama which is surprising given what he has achieved on motorcycles.
Among other adventures, he was the first to ride to the North Pole (1987) and to the South Pole (1992) on a motorbike.
In 2010 he even went pole-to-pole, mostly on a motorbike: http://www.free-press-release.com/ne...284035090.html
Although he didn't take the route through Siberia, he could certainly teach us a trick or two about riding in those very low temperatures.
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Shinji Kazama's cold weather gear doesn't look that extraordinary on this picture taken at the South Pole (by Frederick McDougall on Shinji Kazama's motorcycle trip ). He must be a very tough man!
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Dalton in Winter
1976 was the year I happened to live in Fairbanks, AK, also in January 76 a guy rode the Dalton and back in a R60/2 BMW - no side car. The lowest temps encountered were -60 F. I saw the bike once. In addition to using 5 W oil. He used army surplus Arctic clothing e.g. bunny boots. To reduce the tires flexing and breaking, they were overinflated. I can't remember the figure but it was something like 60 psi. No electric vest back then and no windshield that I recall. The biggest problem he encountered and overcame was the face shield freezing. He overcame this by plugging up his nose and breathing through a skin divers snorkel which he modified such that it extended to the middle of his back under his coat. That was an epic ride. The guy died recently. He ran a BMW shop in Fairbanks for a living. Dave
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1976 was the year I happened to live in Fairbanks, AK, also in January 76 a guy rode the Dalton and back in a R60/2 BMW - no side car. The lowest temps encountered were -60 F. I saw the bike once. In addition to using 5 W oil. He used army surplus Arctic clothing e.g. bunny boots. To reduce the tires flexing and breaking, they were overinflated. I can't remember the figure but it was something like 60 psi. No electric vest back then and no windshield that I recall. The biggest problem he encountered and overcame was the face shield freezing. He overcame this by plugging up his nose and breathing through a skin divers snorkel which he modified such that it extended to the middle of his back under his coat. That was an epic ride. The guy died recently. He ran a BMW shop in Fairbanks for a living. Dave
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Interesting technical solutions. Especially the snorkel ! 
I wonder if these KAMAZ truckers would accept to "escort" bikers on the East-Siberian iceroads: KAMAZ truckers prepare for Arctic winter roads in Yakutia, Siberia Russia | AskYakutia.com
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I had the same difficulty finding info about the great Shinji Kazama when putting together some background info together about his world record altitude rides on the northern and southern approaches to Everest in the 1980s. What I did get is featured here:
http://www.andesmotoextreme.com/p/altitude-review.html
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