Kate Leeming’s All-Wheel Drive Christini Fat Bike
Mon 25th Apr, 2016 @ 12:30 pm
How mad is this? Like nothing we’ve ever seen before! This custom-made all-wheel drive fattie has been designed and built for the specific purpose of powering explorer Kate Leeming across the Antarctic continent via the South Pole. In tandem with the standard drivetrain you’d find on any normal bike is a driveshaft linkage connecting the powered rear wheel to the normally inactive front wheel.
Combined with this imaginative solution to getting the power down in the snow are a pair of 5.05” Snowshoe 2XL tyres to help Kate and the bike float across the top of the soft polar snow. Check out these awesome images of the ingenious and skilfully put together Christini here:
The custom fattie has 5.05 inch wide tyres!!
To aid drive in the polar snow, the front wheel is powered by a driveshaft linkage, taking power from the traditionally-driven rear wheel
The power take off sending grunt from rear to front wheel
The driveshaft linkage is neatly (and safely) tucked inside the left seat stay, top tube and right-front fork stanchion. Amazing!
