In about six months I'm going on vacation with my family and driving (too far to bike!) with two bikes and a longboard (over9 feet). We're staying pretty close to the beach but it's about a mile to the surfing area; way too far to carry that board. So, I'm thinking of some sort of carrier that I can make and dispose of there or something that I can bring in pieces and assemble, but there won't be much room in the car. So it attaches to the seatpost, the board can provide most of the body, and I need wheels on the nether end. I'm thinking along the lines of a padded T hanging off the seatpost holding the board with bungie cords, and wheels on the other end of the board. Perhaps a little flag at the end for arts sake.
I see this thing but can't imagine that I can bike with a 9+ foot board hanging off the side. Maybe, but I don't want anything permanently mounted to the bike.
In about six months I'm going on vacation with my family and driving (too far to bike!) with two bikes and a longboard (over9 feet). We're staying pretty close to the beach but it's about a mile to the surfing area; way too far to carry that board. So, I'm thinking of some sort of carrier that I can make and dispose of there or something that I can bring in pieces and assemble, but there won't be much room in the car. So it attaches to the seatpost, the board can provide most of the body, and I need wheels on the nether end. I'm thinking along the lines of a padded T hanging off the seatpost holding the board with bungie cords, and wheels on the other end of the board. Perhaps a little flag at the end for arts sake.
I see this thing but can't imagine that I can bike with a 9+ foot board hanging off the side. Maybe, but I don't want anything permanently mounted to the bike.
Bring a screwdriver and some rope with you. With the screwdriver, remove the license plate from a car, and attach it to the nose of the surfboard - to act as a skid. Tie a bosuns chair with the rope, and pass your arms through it, then attach the tail of the surfboard so that the board hangs behind you (you may be able to use your leash for this) - when you arrive at the beach, discretely discard the skid, and get a new one for the trip back - board skids are plentiful! ..
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In about six months I'm going on vacation with my family and driving (too far to bike!) with two bikes and a longboard (over9 feet). We're staying pretty close to the beach but it's about a mile to the surfing area; way too far to carry that board. So, I'm thinking of some sort of carrier that I can make and dispose of there or something that I can bring in pieces and assemble, but there won't be much room in the car. So it attaches to the seatpost, the board can provide most of the body, and I need wheels on the nether end. I'm thinking along the lines of a padded T hanging off the seatpost holding the board with bungie cords, and wheels on the other end of the board. Perhaps a little flag at the end for arts sake.
I see this thing but can't imagine that I can bike with a 9+ foot board hanging off the side. Maybe, but I don't want anything permanently mounted to the bike.
When I lived at the beach as a child the surfers just carried their long boards under their arms while biking. That said, as children we had a surfboard trailer made from a dolly (small platform with wheels).
In about six months I'm going on vacation with my family and driving (too far to bike!) with two bikes and a longboard (over9 feet). We're staying pretty close to the beach but it's about a mile to the surfing area; way too far to carry that board. So, I'm thinking of some sort of carrier that I can make and dispose of there or something that I can bring in pieces and assemble, but there won't be much room in the car. So it attaches to the seatpost, the board can provide most of the body, and I need wheels on the nether end. I'm thinking along the lines of a padded T hanging off the seatpost holding the board with bungie cords, and wheels on the other end of the board. Perhaps a little flag at the end for arts sake.
I see this thing but can't imagine that I can bike with a 9+ foot board hanging off the side. Maybe, but I don't want anything permanently mounted to the bike.
Bring a screwdriver and some rope with you. With the screwdriver, remove the license plate from a car, and attach it to the nose of the surfboard - to act as a skid. Tie a bosuns chair with the rope, and pass your arms through it, then attach the tail of the surfboard so that the board hangs behind you (you may be able to use your leash for this) - when you arrive at the beach, discretely discard the skid, and get a new one for the trip back - board skids are plentiful! .
You're in Maine so you probably know where I can get some cold-water wax to stick the board to the "skid". I really think that wheels would provide a better ride for the board than a license plate. The sparks might set the wax on fire.
I think that there isn't a way to use the board as the main body since there really is only the leash ring and fin slot to attach anything to and they're at the same end. Argh, it's looking tougher. The bosun's chair (I had to look that up) provides ideas though. One on each end should secure the board but the nose end has to be fairly tightly tied. Wouldn't want that to come loose.
In about six months I'm going on vacation with my family and driving (too far to bike!) with two bikes and a longboard (over9 feet). We're staying pretty close to the beach but it's about a mile to the surfing area; way too far to carry that board. So, I'm thinking of some sort of carrier that I can make and dispose of there or something that I can bring in pieces and assemble, but there won't be much room in the car. So it attaches to the seatpost, the board can provide most of the body, and I need wheels on the nether end. I'm thinking along the lines of a padded T hanging off the seatpost holding the board with bungie cords, and wheels on the other end of the board. Perhaps a little flag at the end for arts sake.
I see this thing but can't imagine that I can bike with a 9+ foot board hanging off the side. Maybe, but I don't want anything permanently mounted to the bike.
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:36:56 -0800, SMS <[email hidden]>
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dgk said:
In about six months I'm going on vacation with my family and driving (too far to bike!) with two bikes and a longboard (over9 feet). We're staying pretty close to the beach but it's about a mile to the surfing area; way too far to carry that board. So, I'm thinking of some sort of carrier that I can make and dispose of there or something that I can bring in pieces and assemble, but there won't be much room in the car. So it attaches to the seatpost, the board can provide most of the body, and I need wheels on the nether end. I'm thinking along the lines of a padded T hanging off the seatpost holding the board with bungie cords, and wheels on the other end of the board. Perhaps a little flag at the end for arts sake.
I see this thing but can't imagine that I can bike with a 9+ foot board hanging off the side. Maybe, but I don't want anything permanently mounted to the bike.
Thanks, that is a perfect solution. Not only for the trip but also during the summer for hauling it around locally. I paid $50 for a carrying case for that monster.
I don't know how well thin wheels like that work on the beach though. I always envisioned something like those fat wheels from - whatever that kids toy was called. Big Wheel I think.
You go to goodwill or some place that will have beater children's tricycles. Cut off the section that has the rear wheels and includes a bit of the tube to the seat. Stuff a piece of cheap light pipe, 8 or 9 feet, in the trike's seat tube and secure with a throughbolt. Add a wood crossbar. Secure to bike with nylon rope threaded through a section of water hose so it doesn't fray. It works and is easy to fabricate. We used them back in the '70s...
In about six months I'm going on vacation with my family and driving (too far to bike!) with two bikes and a longboard (over9 feet). We're staying pretty close to the beach but it's about a mile to the surfing area; way too far to carry that board. So, I'm thinking of some sort of carrier that I can make and dispose of there or something that I can bring in pieces and assemble, but there won't be much room in the car. So it attaches to the seatpost, the board can provide most of the body, and I need wheels on the nether end. I'm thinking along the lines of a padded T hanging off the seatpost holding the board with bungie cords, and wheels on the other end of the board. Perhaps a little flag at the end for arts sake.
I see this thing but can't imagine that I can bike with a 9+ foot board hanging off the side. Maybe, but I don't want anything permanently mounted to the bike.
Very good. Now I won't have to take the 59th Street Bridge. I can just bike across the East River. I should be able to wave to the Statue of Liberty as I'm being dragged into the ocean.
In about six months I'm going on vacation with my family and driving (too far to bike!) with two bikes and a longboard (over9 feet). We're staying pretty close to the beach but it's about a mile to the surfing area; way too far to carry that board. So, I'm thinking of some sort of carrier that I can make and dispose of there or something that I can bring in pieces and assemble, but there won't be much room in the car. So it attaches to the seatpost, the board can provide most of the body, and I need wheels on the nether end. I'm thinking along the lines of a padded T hanging off the seatpost holding the board with bungie cords, and wheels on the other end of the board. Perhaps a little flag at the end for arts sake.
I see this thing but can't imagine that I can bike with a 9+ foot board hanging off the side. Maybe, but I don't want anything permanently mounted to the bike.
That would work for a shortboard. Not 9 1/2 feet of longboard though. I think that it just weighs too much to ride on the side of a bicycle. Towing it behind me is no problem in the places that I'm likely to use it.
Very good. Now I won't have to take the 59th Street Bridge. I can just bike across the East River. I should be able to wave to the Statue of Liberty as I'm being dragged into the ocean.
Well I assume that the Pedal-Paddle is for use in lakes and ponds, not rivers or bays. I'd hate to be out in SF Bay on one of those, with all the currents.
