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Thank you very much for posting.
Great ride.
Nailed my wish to go in winter into Russia too.
Lets see what I can do on two wheels........
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Thank you very much for posting.
Great ride.
Nailed my wish to go in winter into Russia too.
Lets see what I can do on two wheels........
Hi Bubbla

I'm not the type to tell people not to do things, but having done this trip in a nice warm car, I can't imagine doing it on a bike. It was hard to keep the car under control at times, with good snow tyres. You'd have to have some pretty amazing tyres to have any measure of safety on a bike. I saw NO other bikes out at all in all the weeks it took to do this trip. It would be so easy to fall, and if you have an injury and are immobile, you have hours to live in these temperatures.

There were some French guys trying to cycle the Kolyma Highway whilst I was there. Their tyres cracked and fell apart. They had to be rescued by car (luckily there is plenty of traffic on the Kolyma Highway).

Maybe a sidecar would be possible. The guys on the 'Ice Run' have done short stretched of this trip on Urals. But not in -40º C.

Let me know if I can help,

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Hej EO,

never had the idea to ride the same route.

But...
met a russian biker who rode the Kolyma in winter to Magadan with some buddies.
They attached a simple subframe with a third wheel.
Followed by a UAZ van as a back up.

Karolis Mieliauskas from Lithuania did a ride on frozen Lake Baikal in 2017 (see report on FB).

Helen Lloyd cycled from Irkutsk to Magadan in winter 2015 (helenstakeon dot com).

Of course rider and bike needs to be prepared for the cold.
But from heated gear for the rider up to special made soft winter tires for the bike there is all kind of equipment you can use. To ship the bike by train is also common, easy and cheap in Russia. Using the Trans Siberian or the Baikal Amur can take you to a lot of spots in Russia.

I agree that there is a limit of temperature. From personal experience I see my limit of traveling at -20 up to max. 150 km per day. Lived 10 years in Scandinavia and used to ride in winter.

Just wanted to point out the possibilities on 2wheels in winter.
Do not see a chance for anyone to do something like your ride on 2 or 3 wheels.
Great achievment even in a car, lots of respect.

Looks like you are still on the road - travel safe!
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Kudos to you
Yet again another brilliant trip report with excellent photos. I have done the UK to Magadan and back in the summer but I take my hat off to you for the winter trip. But it goes to show you don't need the latest Land Cruiser I did mine in an old 4Runner.


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Hi Boycie

Thanks for your response, this was one hell of a trip indeed. I'm trying to wean myself off going to Russia, but the thrill and emptiness of the winter is addictive.

I'm not sure if it was you, but I do remember years ago seeing a thread with a 4Runner reaching Magadan, I think there was a nice picture of it taken on a cliff above the sea, was it you?

Right now planning a Middle East trip for next year... so need to get the AC reinstated

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Interesting project to reach the coldest point on earth by motorbike in winter.
Start will be February 2019 in Yakutsk.
Check: www dot thecoldestride dot com
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