One reason I prefer trains over planes…
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wrote 28 days ago last edited by
One reason I prefer trains over planes…
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wrote 28 days ago last edited by futurebird@sauropods.win
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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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.
wrote 28 days ago last edited by@futurebird @davidho OIK, but putting transport on other transport can look very cool!
Some of my favorite examples are from the recovery of some old and abandoned Orient Express wagons, which were picked up by a crane and put on a ship for transport back home.
(Of course, I'm having some issues finding the particular photo.)
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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.
wrote 28 days ago last edited by@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 OIK, but putting transport on other transport can look very cool!
Some of my favorite examples are from the recovery of some old and abandoned Orient Express wagons, which were picked up by a crane and put on a ship for transport back home.
(Of course, I'm having some issues finding the particular photo.)
wrote 28 days ago last edited by@mahryekuh @futurebird @davidho I once went from Stockholm to Copenhagen by train before the Øresund bridge was built and they just rolled the train onto the ferry, sailed across and rolled off.
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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.
wrote 28 days ago last edited by@futurebird Would he like this video of a train on a lorry? It had to squeeze through some very narrow streets.
https://youtu.be/HTLwuz92G6w?si=XZyYhkO-strsxV8m -
@futurebird Would he like this video of a train on a lorry? It had to squeeze through some very narrow streets.
https://youtu.be/HTLwuz92G6w?si=XZyYhkO-strsxV8mwrote 28 days ago last edited by -
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.
wrote 28 days ago last edited by@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 -
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.
wrote 28 days ago last edited by@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.
wrote 28 days ago last edited by@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.
wrote 28 days ago last edited by... 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?
wrote 28 days ago last edited by@futurebird @davidho Has he built something similar? Pics pics pics????
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@futurebird @davidho Has he built something similar? Pics pics pics????
wrote 28 days ago last edited byHe's not as inventive as you but we've been on some wild journeys.
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*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 -
@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.
wrote 28 days ago last edited by@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.
wrote 28 days ago last edited by@myrmepropagandist
Wait, did the bike *trailer* also fit in the kayaks? How large were these kayaks? Photos? -
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Wait, did the bike *trailer* also fit in the kayaks? How large were these kayaks? Photos?wrote 28 days ago last edited byThis 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.
wrote 28 days ago last edited byI 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.
wrote 28 days ago last edited by@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.
