One reason I prefer trains over planes…
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My husband is unreasonably excited by any example of putting one form of transportation on another form of transportation. This reached perfection in his eyes when we went on a journey with folding kayaks and folding bikes each could be carried on the other.
"We are unstoppable! We could circle the earth!"
The folding kayaks were a cool idea but VERY heavy and needed a bike trailer to tow them. So... I was not as excited... but it still was a lot of fun.
Anyway he loves this photo.
@futurebird @davidho how about folding bike in a cargo bike? This was our family life a few years back.
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My husband is unreasonably excited by any example of putting one form of transportation on another form of transportation. This reached perfection in his eyes when we went on a journey with folding kayaks and folding bikes each could be carried on the other.
"We are unstoppable! We could circle the earth!"
The folding kayaks were a cool idea but VERY heavy and needed a bike trailer to tow them. So... I was not as excited... but it still was a lot of fun.
Anyway he loves this photo.
@futurebird @davidho One of the obsessions in the back of my head for the past few years: An ebike tow-able solar camper/micro-house boat with a minimal trailer assembly that packs onboard along with the bike.
I think it's possible. I built a *road-bike* towable bike camper some years ago and lived out of it entirely for more than half a year.
And yes, your husband would be happy that the bike was often stored inside the trailer. One day I'll build the amphibious version.
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@futurebird @davidho One of the obsessions in the back of my head for the past few years: An ebike tow-able solar camper/micro-house boat with a minimal trailer assembly that packs onboard along with the bike.
I think it's possible. I built a *road-bike* towable bike camper some years ago and lived out of it entirely for more than half a year.
And yes, your husband would be happy that the bike was often stored inside the trailer. One day I'll build the amphibious version.
... OK this is a strange thing to ask but... um... are you my husband?
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... OK this is a strange thing to ask but... um... are you my husband?
@futurebird @davidho Has he built something similar? Pics pics pics????
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@futurebird @davidho Has he built something similar? Pics pics pics????
He's not as inventive as you but we've been on some wild journeys.
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@futurebird @davidho
*rummages in photo collection* Have a Russian spaceplane on a ship going up the Rhine. With bonus truck also loaded. Unique photo opportunity back in 2008
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@futurebird @davidho Biking with my inflatable kayak doesn't work well for me because I mainly kayak on a river in my city, so my start and end positions differ. I use a folding dolly cart with my inflatable kayak, which is small enough to go into the kayak while I kayaking. This lets me take the bus to the lanuch. It's usually a significant walk to the bus stop from the end, but it become easy to lug the kayak with the dolly and just take the bus home.
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@futurebird @davidho how about folding bike in a cargo bike? This was our family life a few years back.
@jimkennedy @futurebird @davidho Oh, that's some peak utility cyclist nerd porn there. Brompton in a Bakfiets. It's even the raw laquer with a Brooks saddle.
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My husband is unreasonably excited by any example of putting one form of transportation on another form of transportation. This reached perfection in his eyes when we went on a journey with folding kayaks and folding bikes each could be carried on the other.
"We are unstoppable! We could circle the earth!"
The folding kayaks were a cool idea but VERY heavy and needed a bike trailer to tow them. So... I was not as excited... but it still was a lot of fun.
Anyway he loves this photo.
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@myrmepropagandist
Wait, did the bike *trailer* also fit in the kayaks? How large were these kayaks? Photos?This is the one we used for our proper kayaks. The folding kayaks were just a notion and didn't work very well.
You can pull TWO kayaks with just one bike.
Link is to the part with one of the trailers we had.
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This is the one we used for our proper kayaks. The folding kayaks were just a notion and didn't work very well.
You can pull TWO kayaks with just one bike.
Link is to the part with one of the trailers we had.
I don't really use that youTube anymore. All old stuff.
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My husband is unreasonably excited by any example of putting one form of transportation on another form of transportation. This reached perfection in his eyes when we went on a journey with folding kayaks and folding bikes each could be carried on the other.
"We are unstoppable! We could circle the earth!"
The folding kayaks were a cool idea but VERY heavy and needed a bike trailer to tow them. So... I was not as excited... but it still was a lot of fun.
Anyway he loves this photo.
@futurebird @davidho a friend of mine sometimes cycles with an inflatable boat on her bike to the next town up river, where there's a vegan doughnut shop she likes, buys a box of doughnuts, inflates the boat, straps the bike to it, and paddles back home snacking on doughnuts. I do not think I could do that trip but I'm impressed.
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@futurebird @davidho a friend of mine sometimes cycles with an inflatable boat on her bike to the next town up river, where there's a vegan doughnut shop she likes, buys a box of doughnuts, inflates the boat, straps the bike to it, and paddles back home snacking on doughnuts. I do not think I could do that trip but I'm impressed.
@dragonfrog @futurebird @davidho
That is wonderful.
It's like that puzzle about the farmer with a boat who has to get a fox, chicken, and bag of grain across a river.
But your friend gets to be all the things and go all the places and eat the donuts too.
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My husband is unreasonably excited by any example of putting one form of transportation on another form of transportation. This reached perfection in his eyes when we went on a journey with folding kayaks and folding bikes each could be carried on the other.
"We are unstoppable! We could circle the earth!"
The folding kayaks were a cool idea but VERY heavy and needed a bike trailer to tow them. So... I was not as excited... but it still was a lot of fun.
Anyway he loves this photo.
@futurebird @davidho I have a dream to make a bike trailer to hold kayaks that can then be towed by a kayak and hold bikes so I can do weird combo adventures
