"Brian" wrote ...
I'm planning a short 4 day canoe trip down the Wabash River and would
like to carry a bike with me to ride back to my starting point.

I would suggest that you tether it to the canoe, just in case...

"Grumman-581" typed:

"Brian" wrote ...
I'm planning a short 4 day canoe trip down the Wabash River and would
like to carry a bike with me to ride back to my starting point.

I would suggest that you tether it to the canoe, just in case...

No nooooooo........

"Tethering" is a ***terrible*** idea. "Tethering" means tieing it
with a single line and a lot of slack. If you do that, and you
capsize, the bike will sink to the bottom at the end of the tether,
and is very, very likely to snag. Then the current will push yer
anchored boat underwater, and there you will be (after you get ashore
and then hike back upstream to the accident site) with yer boat
anchored partly or fully underwater.

"Lash" is the operative word here. "Lash" the bike tightly to the
boat so that it cannot separate from the hull by even inches. ALSO,
if you are carrying much cargo of specific gravity greater than that
of water, you need to be aware that a swamped canoe can barely float
its own weight with just the ends showing above water. Put a
heavier-than-water bike in there and it might sink completely. Load
in some more heavy stuff (Coleman stove, frying pan, or whatever) and
you could be in real trouble if you capsize. Consequently, you need
to think seriously of lashing some floatation into the boat; even an
old inner tube will do, if it is lashed firmly into the hull belowe
the gunwhale line.

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"Oci-One Kanubi" wrote ...
No nooooooo........

"Tethering" is a ***terrible*** idea. "Tethering" means tieing it
with a single line and a lot of slack. If you do that, and you
capsize, the bike will sink to the bottom at the end of the tether,
and is very, very likely to snag. Then the current will push yer
anchored boat underwater, and there you will be (after you get ashore
and then hike back upstream to the accident site) with yer boat
anchored partly or fully underwater.

"Lash" is the operative word here. "Lash" the bike tightly to the
boat so that it cannot separate from the hull by even inches.

Ok... Makes sense... I wasn't familiar with the river in question and didn't
know if it was something that you would have to worry about with regards to
current... I'm in Texas and most of our rivers move about as fast as
lakes... For dive kayaks, it is recommended to tether all of your gear to
the kayak and I was using that as a basis for my recomendation... I still
would consider tethering it in addition to lashing it -- just in case...

I'm planning a short 4 day canoe trip down the Wabash River and would
like to carry a bike with me to ride back to my starting point.

How you gonna carry the canoe on the bike?

PK

On 8 Aug 2003 14:01:17 -0700, (Paul J. Knoerr) wrote:

I'm planning a short 4 day canoe trip down the Wabash River and would
like to carry a bike with me to ride back to my starting point.

How you gonna carry the canoe on the bike?

http://www.efn.org/~equinox/canoe.html

On 8 Aug 2003 14:01:17 -0700, (Paul J. Knoerr) wrote:

I'm planning a short 4 day canoe trip down the Wabash River and would
like to carry a bike with me to ride back to my starting point.

How you gonna carry the canoe on the bike?

http://skydivehasher.com/ragbrai/day2/canoebike.jpg

(It's a guess)

On 8 Aug 2003 14:01:17 -0700, (Paul J. Knoerr) wrote:

How you gonna carry the canoe on the bike?

Also see http://www.victoriabybike.com/trailers.htm

If you want a good easy handling bike that can be reduced in size
without tools, check out montagueco.com. They make "performance" folding
mountain bikes. According to a mountainbiker I know they are quite good.

Brian wrote:

I'm planning a short 4 day canoe trip down the Wabash River and would
like to carry a bike with me to ride back to my starting point. Does
anyone know if you can fit a standard bike in a standard 16 foot canoe
safely, perhaps by removing one or both wheels? It will be a rented
canoe so I can't experiment before hand. Looks like there's some room
between the rear seat and the first bar across but don't know if you
can fit a bike frame under it.

Any thoughts greatly appreciated and happy paddling!

On 5 Aug 2003 09:06:35 -0700, in rec.boats.paddle you wrote:

I'm planning a short 4 day canoe trip down the Wabash River and would
like to carry a bike with me to ride back to my starting point. Does
anyone know if you can fit a standard bike in a standard 16 foot canoe
safely, perhaps by removing one or both wheels? It will be a rented
canoe so I can't experiment before hand. Looks like there's some room
between the rear seat and the first bar across but don't know if you
can fit a bike frame under it.

At last year's "Paddlefest", I did it like this:

http://www.tomuphoto.com/paddlefest/pages/DSC_5983.html


Any thoughts greatly appreciated and happy paddling!

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The weight of a typical bicycle probably wouldn't be a problem. The
components of any bicycle are heavier than water, I think, but the overall
weight shouldn't be as bad as an additional human. That is, assuming that
the weight is reasonably distributed in the canoe.

Daniel

its own weight with just the ends showing above water. Put a
heavier-than-water bike in there and it might sink completely. Load
in some more heavy stuff (Coleman stove, frying pan, or whatever) and
you could be in real trouble if you capsize. Consequently, you need
to think seriously of lashing some floatation into the boat; even an
old inner tube will do, if it is lashed firmly into the hull belowe
the gunwhale line.