Marian Gunkel wrote: > > > For those of you willing to travel by fair means only: I am currently > preparing an article on "transporting a folding kayak by bicycle". This is > intended for a German folding kayak website, but if you beg hard enough, > I'll try to translate it into English ;-). I think we would all like to see it. I have had several articles in my newsletter in the past about using a bike to transport a folding kayak. In one, a fellow used a bike to move around on Nantucket with his foldable, using a trailer he made. It allowed him to travel from the ferry to his bed and breakfast with the boat in its bags. Then, once he made the boat (a double Klepper), he was able to bring the assembled boat behind him on the bike trailer. The only problem was on those large cobblestone streets in the old town. In another article, a fellow used a combination of a folding bike, child's bike trailer and a folding kayak when he sailed the entire East Coast from Florida to Maine. He used the bike and folded down boat to get around stretches in which the wind wasn't cooperating or to go into town. He also made every part of the setup do double duty. For example, parts of the trailer were use to form outriggers and a steering rod. It was quite a setup and looked like something a hobo might use. But, it needn't be so exotic. At the Downtown Boathouse, I have regularly seen a few individuals come in with K-Lights on the back of their bikes. So it isn't all that much of a novelty. Still the idea of a folding bike with a folding kayak is certainly an enviromentally, guilt-free combination. ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Dec 06 2000 - 23:12:15 PST
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