Hats off to you!! Great way to run the pants off 2 GSPs at once!!! Great video!! Just love it!!

 That's not a bike.  It's a Blauwerk Downhill scooter.  I like the 26" wheels for rolling over the rough stuff and the suspension forks.  Scooters with smaller wheels are only good for fairly smooth trails.  Pro scooter racers use rigs with 26" wheels in the front and 20" wheels in the rear.  I mostly run dogs on dirt trails and avoid pavement as much as possible.  Here is a pic of another scooter I was using for a race in Chico CA.  It is a Diggler and very popular with the urban mushers.  

I am running the team side by side.  Otto is the GSP and the other dog is an Alaskan Husky named Tempo.  Otto is my one dog team.  When I run my three GSPs I usually run with two dogs and rotate one dog out each day.  Three dogs is a lot of power and a little too hairball for me.  I have run all three but two is plenty.    The springer and other similar rigs are easy to use and don't require a lot of training.  You need a wider path though and the dog is not really pulling much.  With mushing style you need a trained leader.  

I don't post often, but I wanted to respond to boognish: I use my WalkyDog everyday to bike Penny, and I absolutely love it. You guys who go bikejoring are brave. If I tried that with Penny, I know I would be probably eat it more times than not. The WalkyDog is great because the springs absorb all the shock and we've had it tested to the extreme (I'm talking about a squirrel darting right in front of us at the last minute) and she hasn't pulled me off yet. The only things you have to be careful with are: make sure you put the clamp on as tight as you can, because with GSP power, it sometimes moves. Also, the leash part frays and you have to re-leash it. I always double leash Penny, just in case. Everyone always thinks my dog is so well trained because she stays right next to the bike--I don't tell them she has no choice

Thanks, Lucky. That was the kind of feedback I was looking for. I can't wait to get my new WalkyDog and try it out. Hopefully it helps burn off some of Jasper's limitless energy.

 Oh Baby.  Welcome to the world of bikejoring.  I bikejored for 15 years on everything from wide open roads to goat trails at north Lake Tahoe.  I think I have landed on my feet over the bars a few times too.  An accident going downhill can really launch you and it's more likely to happen on a bike because the high center of gravity is even higher.  I am not trying to discourage anyone from bikejoring.  Everyone already has a bike.  It's a good place to start.  Just be careful and have good brakes.  There is an article I wrote that was published in Mushing Magazine a while back on my old dead web page.  http://www.skijor.com/    I haven't updated it in about 9 years now.  It was during my husky days so no GSPs.   I still own the domain name.  Here I am bikejoring with my husky team in 1999.

  Another thing I like about mushing style is that your dogs are totally unrestrained to run.  Rigs like the walky dog and the springer have their place. The dog has to go at your speed though.  If you really want your dog to run then...I love my scooter.  Here is a photo of two of my unrestrained GSPs.  

And another

 I prefer most of the time to run two dogs single file.  Your lead dogs' nose is about fifteen feet out front  when in single file.   The side by side lead brings your team in a little closer so your leaders are only about ten feet out. A close team can be more easily controlled to go on by loose dogs or other trail hazards. Most of the time I go without the neckline.  Race rules require a neckline.  The neckline keep the dogs from spreading out on the trail and possibly clotheslining other teams. When I race single file, the dog in the wheel position has a neckline attached to the center  gangline. 

This pic shows two dogs single file with a neckline.

 My GSPs learn with a little gentle scolding to go on by every dog, whizzing post, bird and varmint.  Once they know their job they stop for nothing.    

This is my three dog team bikejoring in 2007.

 That's Otto in the lead.  I am running Seamus and Mojo side by side in wheel.  

  I like to use  dogs single file when backcountry skiing or on single track trails.  When single file each dog doesn't have to compete for a good line on a narrow trail.

This is my team of huskies breaking a really nice trail for me to ski on.

Carrie,

Here's the link to a video that explains how to releash. Just scroll down to the video titled: Walkydog bike leash cord extension or replacement. It's pretty easy:

http://www.thedogoutdoors.com/wavitu.html#3

Also this site sells military strength cord for releashing. We just buy about 20 ft at a time because Penny wears the leash down fairly quickly.

Laura

Hammerdog, what harness are you using?  Also, how do you attatch your pull rope to your bike?  I got a need for speed and I think this just might fit the bill

Just looked at your old web page.  Lots of good info there.  Thanks, RF