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Alu Sled Shock-Absorbs Your Butt on Bumpy Downhill Slopes
Posted by Addy Dugdale at 11:45 PM on November 27, 2007
In the world of snow fun, there are sleds, there are tea-trays and there are even plastic bin bags (if you are a suicidal sledger, as I was in my teenage years). And then there is this, the Alu sled. Built from aluminum, the shock-absorbent silver slider has plastic runners, a handbrake, and packs up into a sexy little carry case when you're done tobogganing.
The lightweight Alu will carry up to 220 pounds, but will really lighten your wallet, as it will set you back a steep $US636. [Sci-Fi Tech]
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low_dirt
Posted 2:07 PM 27/11/07
weak! nothing beats a suicide run on a rickety old 2-runner sled. never compromise a reckless childhood!
low_dirt
chemicalwelfare
Posted 2:00 PM 27/11/07
@Tonicboy: oh.. wow, 1 person at home > a team of designers. i think if you hit a ramp you'll fall on your ass and break a leg. and then having the coolest sled isn't so much to brag about when your water proof cast slides just as well.
chemicalwelfare
frndlybnny
Posted 11:36 AM 27/11/07
@ LOGANSIX:
Exactly! Where would you apply the non-nutritive cereal varnish on that thing?
frndlybnny
Tonicboy
Posted 11:09 AM 27/11/07
This is an awful idea. They clearly have not tested it or else they would know the importance of having a low center of gravity in sledding. The many gaps and spaces between the superstructure are also perfect places to get a leg, arm or other item stuck and could easily result in broken bones in a bad fall.
Tonicboy
AndersonBMX
Posted 11:09 AM 27/11/07
636?
oO
AndersonBMX
gadgetmom
Posted 11:03 AM 27/11/07
This is neat, but too expensive. Traditional sleds is where it's at.
gadgetmom
ideaman2020
Posted 11:02 AM 27/11/07
Isn't risking the bum-bruising part of what makes it fun?
ideaman2020
vinnygny
Posted 9:14 AM 27/11/07
Back in the day we used a VW Beetle hood...talk about suicide, we would take out everything in front of us!
vinnygny
LoganSix
Posted 9:14 AM 27/11/07
Did we not learn anything from Clark Griswald?
LoganSix
strider_mt2k
Posted 8:09 AM 27/11/07
Ah...Wilson's Hill.
We tried many designs there.
Some pieces of which I think might yet be mouldering under 25+ years of leaf litter in the woods.
This thing looks like good clean suicidal fun!
strider_mt2k
WilCon
Posted 8:09 AM 27/11/07
Exactly. Homemade sleds are the greatest things in the world.
WilCon
Windhawk
Posted 7:59 AM 27/11/07
Looks cool, but for $600 less I'm OK with Velcro-ing a used booster-seat to an old sled.
Windhawk
banmojo
Posted 3:38 PM 27/11/07
For that price I'll pay some poor person to carry me down the hill!!
banmojo
TheBear91
Posted 3:20 PM 27/11/07
I wonder if they got the idea from a snow mobile's rear suspension. Suppose you could take an old snowmobile suspension out and strap a chair to it.
Bit heavier though. $600 seems a bit steep.
TheBear91
gokor
Posted 4:46 PM 27/11/07
This is lame, half the fun is busting your ass going down a steep hill, only to hit every single pot hole and bump along the way...eventually flying face first off of the thing.
gokor
ninjatales
Posted 2:48 AM 28/11/07
That thing looks a catapult.
ninjatales
Muttonchops
Posted 5:42 PM 28/11/07
Exactly, nothing like having your sled bounce you 30 feet into a tree...
Muttonchops