Railbike conversion

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Railbike conversion

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Guy took an older mountain bike, added some attachments onto it that can fold out to ride abandoned raillines:
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Me likey :)
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A little different, but here is one for two bikes.

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The first one is great to get off the track if you get surprised by a train. The second one is a bail off and watch the train destroy it. I wouldn't try to take it off unless the train was quite a ways away.

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The Newport and Narragansett Bay Railroad Co. in Rhode Island has something has something very similar, except it’s got 4 wheels, me and casey were gonna ride it but it was sweltering hot so we rode the RDC’s instead…
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Raildudes dad wrote:
Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:03 pm
The first one is great to get off the track if you get surprised by a train. The second one is a bail off and watch the train destroy it. I wouldn't try to take it off unless the train was quite a ways away.
Well, of course you wouldn't be using these on active lines! :wink:
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