Chutes & Laddders

Chutes & Ladders the name of my tall bike. It was built over the course of 8 months from summer 2011 to spring 2012. When I first built it I wrote this about it. “This ship will never be done, but while its in progress it sure will go places.” 10 years later and that’s still true. Regular maintenance over those years has included cutting it in half and replacing the top frame when it started to buckle. Numerous iterations of the electronics package. Several rebuilds of the rear wheel. A set of custom CNC machined triple clamps. It has been a heck of a ride. View up to date logs of its missions with SCUL here.

Notable Missions

Chutes has been centuries twice, riding 100 miles in one day. I has been on numerous overnight camping trips. Chutes’ most ambitious mission was a long range 5 day drip from Burlington Vermont to Montreal Canada and back.

Radio Box

Chutes has a sound system that continues to bust the funk where ever it goes. Read about its construction and evolution here.

Laser Array

Chutes has an Array of LED lights “laser hull plating” as we like to call it. I’m currently in development of the 3rd iteration of the array. More details here.