Ah, the weather's turned, and I've just about accumilated all
of the devices I need for my long-planned upon trip along the "Little Miami Bike Trail". Yes, I just need to pick up my new bivy, purchase this year's fishing license, and I'll be ready
to travel the bike trail TOWING MY CANOE! Yep, I plan to
bicycle north to Yellow Springs, Ohio, then collapse my bike (it's a foldable), put it in my Pelican Explorer, and paddle my way back downstream to Cin. city, Ohio... it will happen soon!

Garrison Hilliard wrote:
Ah, the weather's turned, and I've just about accumilated all
of the devices I need for my long-planned upon trip along the "Little Miami Bike Trail". Yes, I just need to pick up my new bivy, purchase this year's fishing license, and I'll be ready
to travel the bike trail TOWING MY CANOE! Yep, I plan to
bicycle north to Yellow Springs, Ohio, then collapse my bike (it's a foldable), put it in my Pelican Explorer, and paddle my way back downstream to Cin. city, Ohio... it will happen soon!

Sounds fun. Looks like almost 60 miles one-way as the crow flies - how far
is it as the bike pedals or as the boat paddles?
Here's a picture I took yesterday of the setup for towing my kayak:
http://home.comcast.net/~prathman/P2290004.JPG
This was just for a day trip on a reservoir - if I need to carry the bike I
tow my double kayak instead.

Peter wrote:
Garrison Hilliard wrote:
Ah, the weather's turned, and I've just about accumilated all
of the devices I need for my long-planned upon trip along the "Little Miami Bike Trail". Yes, I just need to pick up my new bivy, purchase this year's fishing license, and I'll be ready
to travel the bike trail TOWING MY CANOE! Yep, I plan to
bicycle north to Yellow Springs, Ohio, then collapse my bike (it's a foldable), put it in my Pelican Explorer, and paddle my way back downstream to Cin. city, Ohio... it will happen soon!

Sounds fun. Looks like almost 60 miles one-way as the crow flies - how far
is it as the bike pedals or as the boat paddles?
Here's a picture I took yesterday of the setup for towing my kayak:
http://home.comcast.net/~prathman/P2290004.JPG
This was just for a day trip on a reservoir - if I need to carry the bike I
tow my double kayak instead.

Peter wrote:

Sounds fun. Looks like almost 60 miles one-way as the crow flies - how far
is it as the bike pedals or as the boat paddles?
Here's a picture I took yesterday of the setup for towing my kayak:
http://home.comcast.net/~prathman/P2290004.JPG
This was just for a day trip on a reservoir - if I need to carry the bike I
tow my double kayak instead.


Hey, that's (more or less) the same set-up I use... is that a "Sportsman's Guide" two-wheel trailer I see? I use the same one! As for the mileage... it's 82, following the Little Miami River (trail, State Park, and National Scenic River).

wrote:

Peter wrote:


Sounds fun. Looks like almost 60 miles one-way as the crow flies - how far
is it as the bike pedals or as the boat paddles?
Here's a picture I took yesterday of the setup for towing my kayak:
http://home.comcast.net/~prathman/P2290004.JPG
This was just for a day trip on a reservoir - if I need to carry the bike I
tow my double kayak instead.

Hey, that's (more or less) the same set-up I use... is that a "Sportsman's Guide" two-wheel trailer I see? I use the same one! As for the mileage... it's 82, following the Little Miami River (trail, State Park, and National Scenic River).

Very similar carts have been marketed under a variety of names. I bought
mine from LLBean about 15 years ago and it was called a "Swedish Canoe
Cart." It came with tire tubes that used "Woods" valves which are almost a
cross between Presta and Shrader.

Enjoy your journey!

On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 01:39:15 GMT, Peter wrote:

wrote:

Peter wrote:


Sounds fun. Looks like almost 60 miles one-way as the crow flies - how far
is it as the bike pedals or as the boat paddles?
Here's a picture I took yesterday of the setup for towing my kayak:
http://home.comcast.net/~prathman/P2290004.JPG
This was just for a day trip on a reservoir - if I need to carry the bike I
tow my double kayak instead.

Hey, that's (more or less) the same set-up I use... is that a "Sportsman's Guide" two-wheel
trailer I see? I use the same one! As for the mileage... it's 82, following the Little Miami
River (trail, State Park, and National Scenic River).

For exact details, check out http://www.miamivalleytrails.org/miami.htm

Very similar carts have been marketed under a variety of names. I bought
mine from LLBean about 15 years ago and it was called a "Swedish Canoe
Cart." It came with tire tubes that used "Woods" valves which are almost a
cross between Presta and Shrader.

Enjoy your journey!

That I will!

Hey, that's one heck of a setup. When camping I tow a BOB YAK trailer with a
hardtail mountain bike. The trailer is far too small to use for a canoe. Can
you give me some ideas on how to attach the end of the canoe to my hardtail?
Have a good one.

"Peter" wrote in message
news:9uP0c.93704$Xp.419553@attbi_s54...
Garrison Hilliard wrote:
Ah, the weather's turned, and I've just about accumilated all
of the devices I need for my long-planned upon trip along the "Little
Miami Bike Trail". Yes, I just need to pick up my new bivy, purchase this
year's fishing license, and I'll be ready
to travel the bike trail TOWING MY CANOE! Yep, I plan to
bicycle north to Yellow Springs, Ohio, then collapse my bike (it's a
foldable), put it in my Pelican Explorer, and paddle my way back downstream
to Cin. city, Ohio... it will happen soon!

Sounds fun. Looks like almost 60 miles one-way as the crow flies - how
far
is it as the bike pedals or as the boat paddles?
Here's a picture I took yesterday of the setup for towing my kayak:
http://home.comcast.net/~prathman/P2290004.JPG
This was just for a day trip on a reservoir - if I need to carry the bike
I
tow my double kayak instead.

Icruzna40 wrote:

Hey, that's one heck of a setup. When camping I tow a BOB YAK trailer with a
hardtail mountain bike. The trailer is far too small to use for a canoe. Can
you give me some ideas on how to attach the end of the canoe to my hardtail?
Have a good one.

My attachment method is very simple. I take the bow line from my kayak,
loop it through the seat rails of the Brooks Pro on my Bike Friday and tie
it with a knot.
Note that this this works with the relatively large clearance between the
seat and rear tire found on the Bike Friday with 20" tires and may not be
suitable for bicycles with larger wheels and/or shorter riders.

"Peter" wrote in message
news:9uP0c.93704$Xp.419553@attbi_s54...
Here's a picture I took yesterday of the setup for towing my kayak:
http://home.comcast.net/~prathman/P2290004.JPG

There used to be a guy who regularly turned up at slaloms in the late
60s early 70s with his slalom kayak all 4m (that's 14ft to you
imperialists) of it on his BSA's sidecar. Police in those days were more
tolerant in those days! I think the worst he had was to be advised to
"tie a rag to the end"

To me slaloms were cold enough with out arriving on a motorbike!

In message q5f1c.103615$Xp.452516@attbi_s54, Peter
writes
Icruzna40 wrote:

Hey, that's one heck of a setup. When camping I tow a BOB YAK trailer with a
hardtail mountain bike. The trailer is far too small to use for a canoe. Can
you give me some ideas on how to attach the end of the canoe to my hardtail?
Have a good one.

My attachment method is very simple. I take the bow line from my
kayak, loop it through the seat rails of the Brooks Pro on my Bike
Friday and tie it with a knot.
Note that this this works with the relatively large clearance between
the seat and rear tire found on the Bike Friday with 20" tires and may
not be suitable for bicycles with larger wheels and/or shorter riders.
"Peter" wrote in message
news:9uP0c.93704$Xp.419553@attbi_s54...
Here's a picture I took yesterday of the setup for towing my kayak:
http://home.comcast.net/~prathman/P2290004.JPG


--
Dave Manby
Details of the Coruh river and my book "Many Rivers To Run" at
http://www.dmanby.demon.co.uk

"Icruzna40" wrote in message hlink.net...
Hey, that's one heck of a setup. When camping I tow a BOB YAK trailer with a
hardtail mountain bike. The trailer is far too small to use for a canoe. Can
you give me some ideas on how to attach the end of the canoe to my hardtail?

The best suggestion I have is to purchase a rear rack and use that as
an attachment point for your canoe/trailer and store your gear in the
canoe. Now,
you might have some problems with your rear bike wheel - boat bow
clearance, but a simple way to overcame that is by fixing a pipe or
(as I did on my mountain bike) 26 inches of two-by-four securely to
the rear rack, sink a large eye screw or pivot in the end of the
two-by-four and use it as an attachment point for your towed item.












"Peter" wrote in message
news:9uP0c.93704$Xp.419553@attbi_s54...
Garrison Hilliard wrote:
Ah, the weather's turned, and I've just about accumilated all
of the devices I need for my long-planned upon trip along the "Little
Miami Bike Trail". Yes, I just need to pick up my new bivy, purchase this
year's fishing license, and I'll be ready
to travel the bike trail TOWING MY CANOE! Yep, I plan to
bicycle north to Yellow Springs, Ohio, then collapse my bike (it's a
foldable), put it in my Pelican Explorer, and paddle my way back downstream
to Cin. city, Ohio... it will happen soon!

Sounds fun. Looks like almost 60 miles one-way as the crow flies - how
far
is it as the bike pedals or as the boat paddles?
Here's a picture I took yesterday of the setup for towing my kayak:
http://home.comcast.net/~prathman/P2290004.JPG
This was just for a day trip on a reservoir - if I need to carry the bike
I
tow my double kayak instead.