Dog Sled

Some times working @ a bike shop you get to work on some strange contraptions. Today I got to put new brakes on a CannonBall Dog Sled .

Dog sled racing is pretty big in the Mid-Atlantic. Fair Hill is one of the main dog sled racing venues.

The owner of the sled let his wife drive it while he was waiting in the parking lot of Fair Hill by his truck. When he saw the dogs coming over the hill the sled was upsides down and his wife no where in sight. He said the dogs were pulling the sled upsides down at about 30 MPH!!

So I installed new brake levers, cables, and brake pads.

This sled was constructed from pipes & 2 department store bikes and then welded together.

This was the first production model of the Cannonball Dog Sled. It was purchased for $1,000