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Bike rack for kayak
By:Paul G. Jacobson
Date: 3/27/2011, 7:15 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl *PIC* (Tom Yost)

: If you look closely, you'll see aluminum sleeves on the top and
: downtubes that
: make the old RockHopper into a take-apart ... Tom

As long as you are designing bike racks for motorized bikes, and take-apart bikes, and take-apart kayaks: What the world needs is a bike rack for a kayak. It would be nice at least in the flatlands where river paddling is mostly downstream. Having a cycle on board the kayak turns the day into a biathlon of kayaking downstream and cycling back to the car.

Cycle wheels are too big to fit inside hatches, and mounting the bike to the deck is going to raise the center of gravity a lot. It could make rolls difficult or impossible. A long and narrow hatch opening could allow the cycle to fit into the boat, resting on the keel, which might get the COG down. do you do that as a forward hatch and obstruct your vision, or as a rear hatch and limit your layback in a roll? how would you frame deckbeams for this? Care to put your mind to work on this on the next rainy day?

PGJ

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Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Todd O -- 3/24/2011, 3:35 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Bill Hamm -- 3/24/2011, 5:20 pm
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Doug S -- 3/24/2011, 6:31 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 3/26/2011, 9:04 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/27/2011, 1:37 am
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ancient kayaker -- 3/27/2011, 10:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 1:22 am
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Dave Gentry -- 3/24/2011, 8:49 pm
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Dave Gentry -- 3/24/2011, 9:04 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 3/24/2011, 11:41 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 3/25/2011, 12:04 am
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Todd O -- 3/26/2011, 9:05 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/27/2011, 1:11 am
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Todd O -- 3/27/2011, 11:02 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 3/25/2011, 11:27 am
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Clayton Plunkett -- 3/25/2011, 11:52 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 3/25/2011, 12:44 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl *PIC*
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 3/29/2011, 1:00 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/29/2011, 10:23 pm
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 3/29/2011, 10:30 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 3/30/2011, 12:26 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/30/2011, 1:10 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 3/25/2011, 5:45 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/26/2011, 12:14 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl *PIC*
Etienne Muller - ireland -- 3/26/2011, 3:51 am
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Tom Yost -- 3/26/2011, 9:01 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 3/26/2011, 9:07 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Bill Hamm -- 3/26/2011, 11:18 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Tom Yost -- 3/26/2011, 11:37 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/26/2011, 12:14 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl *PIC*
Mike Savage -- 3/26/2011, 4:13 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 3/26/2011, 6:57 pm
Bike rack for kayak
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/27/2011, 7:15 am
Re: Bike rack for kayak *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 3/27/2011, 10:08 am
Re: Bike rack for kayak *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 3/27/2011, 10:14 am
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StephenHJ -- 3/27/2011, 12:34 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 1:28 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/28/2011, 3:11 am
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Mike Savage -- 3/28/2011, 8:05 am
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Tom Yost -- 3/28/2011, 11:29 am
Re: Bike rack for kayak *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 3/28/2011, 12:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 12:41 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Bill Hamm -- 3/27/2011, 1:39 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Mike Savage -- 3/27/2011, 9:23 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 1:29 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 3/26/2011, 7:05 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 3/26/2011, 1:10 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 3/26/2011, 6:47 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Todd O -- 3/26/2011, 9:09 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 3/27/2011, 12:40 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/27/2011, 1:47 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 3/27/2011, 9:24 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 1:32 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 1:49 am
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Todd O -- 3/27/2011, 11:07 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 3/27/2011, 11:43 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 1:35 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Todd O -- 3/28/2011, 11:06 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 11:14 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 3/28/2011, 12:15 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Bill Hamm -- 3/29/2011, 2:07 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Tom Yost -- 3/29/2011, 10:11 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Bill Hamm -- 3/29/2011, 10:35 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Bill Hamm -- 3/29/2011, 10:47 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 3/30/2011, 10:09 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 3/30/2011, 10:14 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Bill Hamm -- 3/30/2011, 2:36 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Bill Hamm -- 3/30/2011, 2:32 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Tom Yost -- 3/30/2011, 3:12 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Todd O -- 3/30/2011, 4:37 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Tom Yost -- 3/30/2011, 5:53 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Bill Hamm -- 3/30/2011, 6:11 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 3/30/2011, 7:32 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Bill Hamm -- 3/31/2011, 1:49 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Todd O -- 3/28/2011, 5:41 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 10:44 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
ancient kayaker -- 3/28/2011, 11:32 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Bill Hamm -- 3/29/2011, 2:09 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
ancient kayaker -- 3/30/2011, 8:43 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Bill Hamm -- 3/31/2011, 1:50 am
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Todd O -- 3/31/2011, 8:05 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/3/2011, 12:29 am
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Todd O -- 4/3/2011, 9:54 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/4/2011, 12:50 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/4/2011, 12:53 am
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Todd O -- 4/4/2011, 11:25 am