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Re: Bike rack for kayak
By:Paul G. Jacobson
Date: 3/28/2011, 3:11 am
In Response To: Re: Bike rack for kayak *PIC* (Tom Yost)

: Can it be done ... yes. Would I want to .. No !

: I've thought about this off and on, and concluded the problem isn't
: carrying a lightweight folding bike on a kayak... It's carrying
: a heavy,
: bulky, folding kayak and all paddling gear on a folding bike. Even
: my Sonnet inflatable / folder at 19lbs is pretty bulky when in
: the bag,
: and add another 20 lbs of paddling gear, and you see the problem.

Actually, I was thinking more of leaving the kayak at the takeout point, and riding the bicycle back to where I left the car at the put-in point, then driving back to pick up the kayak with the car.

With two paddlers and two cars you can drop one car at the anticipated takeout point, take the other to the put in point, launch the boats, and after some time on the river you have a vehicle waiting to get you back to where you left your car. Standard shuttle technique.

With a solo paddler and one car the process gets messy. I've contemplated loading my Honda on a trailer and the canoe on the cartop. I'd drop the cycle (and maybe the trailer) at the take out, then head up stream for a ;aunch. After my paddle I'd chaon up the canoe, ride the honda to the car, load it on the trailer, then drive back for the canoe. It is workable, but complicated.

On the other hand, with a bicycle in the canoe (or kayak) i can put in anywhere, and come out anywhere I find a convenient landing. No need to preplan exactly my exit point. Then pedal back to the car. Pop the bike on the bike rack on the back of the car, and the canoe goes on the roof. Tidy and not much delay.

Bringing the canoe back by towing it with the bicycle wsa not what I had in mind, but that is another option. I've seen pictures of Folboat's kayak trailers being towed by bicycles. I'd consider not using a trailer for the kayak, but instead mounting a single wheel where the rudder would go. and fastening a single rod from the seat post of the bicycle to the bow of the boat. The exact attachment methods are still to be invented. The boat itself would be assembled, and serve as the body of the "trailer". Since the whole assembly is moving at the speed of a bicycle, not a motor vehicle, the trailer wheel can be a bicycle wheel. Extra junk, like paddle, PFD, lunchbox, etc. can ride along inside the boat.

Just some thoughts here which I'm too burned out to try and draw up. But I thought I'd at least plant a seed and see who wants to grow it.

PGJ

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Mike Savage -- 3/26/2011, 4:13 pm
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Bike rack for kayak
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/27/2011, 7:15 am
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Tom Yost -- 3/27/2011, 10:08 am
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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
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Tom Yost -- 3/28/2011, 12:39 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/26/2011, 6:47 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/27/2011, 12:40 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/27/2011, 1:47 am
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Tom Yost -- 3/27/2011, 9:24 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 1:32 am
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Tom Yost -- 3/27/2011, 11:43 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 1:35 am
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Todd O -- 3/28/2011, 11:06 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/29/2011, 10:35 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/29/2011, 10:47 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/30/2011, 10:09 am
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Todd O -- 3/30/2011, 4:37 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/30/2011, 5:53 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 3/28/2011, 11:32 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/31/2011, 1:50 am
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