Skibobbing

Type-3 bikes, or 'Trikes' have 1 ski in the front and 2 in the back and are considered more stable and easier to ride.

Although the original idea for a bicycle with skis was patented as early as 1892, and skibobbing had been a form of transportation in the Alps, it was not until 1954 that the first international race was held.

[3] Originally, skibobbing was one of the very few methods by which people without strength in their knees[clarify] could alpine ski, but it soon became a popular sport amongst the physically able, too.

The main attractions are said to be the speeds attained (in some skibob giant slalom races, speeds of 120 miles per hour (190 km/h) or more[citation needed] can be reached) and the feeling of jet skiing on snow.

Austrian skibobber Erich Brenter is noted for setting the first world record for downhill skibobbing speed in 1964, at 102 miles per hour (164 km/h).