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Re: Paddlers pack the Ohio

Garrison Hilliard · 2004-07-11T16:32:58+00:00

From: "K" We saw you on the river and at the landing fixing what appeared to be a flat front tire. It not only appeared to be, but actually was a flat front tire! My bike's front brakes had jammed under the rim and tore a hole in my front tire as I towed the canoe up the landing but, with a little assistance from a guy who loaned me a dollar bill to use as a patch for the tire's sidewall, I used my handy-dandy patch kit and was once again on my way. We were in a tandem kayak. Glad to see you made it home safe and sound. A group of us were concerned after watching the trailer take its own path behind the bike. I figure creating a hitch that hooks around the seat post would work much better. That would only allow for a single pivot point and not allow the trailer to slide off to the side. I've seen others report on similar setups here and elsewhere. Great idea, just needs refining. Actually, my initial problems with stability and hitch slippage were solved after I a. securely lashed down the 2x4 hitch and b. brought out several more straps and secured the canoe more tightly to the cart. After making those adjustments, the canoe tracked behind me quite well indeed and it was a snap to ride through downtown and onto lovely, flat Central Parkway and thence home. PaddleFest 2004 was great!!! It was refreshing to see such a HUGE amount of people all having fun, not pushing and shoving to get in the water, enjoying each others company on the water and the finish line festival socializing. I enjoyed it immensely myself... although I didn't stick around at the "Finish Line Festival" due to being hot, wet, sweaty, and [censored] about the flat tire on my bike. It was a perfect day! According to today's paper, there were over 1,200 participants! The organizers deserve a BIG round of applause! Well, Saturday morning was great, but I was one of the blue-shirted volunteers tossing canoes around at the marina on the utterly miserable Friday night before. However, the free pizza was from "La Rosa's" was nice, as was my discovery of pony keg on the other side of the soccer fields! :-)

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Garrison Hilliard
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11 July 2004, 16:32 UTC #1

Quoted message said:
From: "K" <[email hidden]>
We saw you on the river and at the landing fixing what appeared to be a flat
front tire.
It not only appeared to be, but actually was a flat front tire! <G> My
bike's front brakes had jammed under the rim and tore a hole in my front
tire as I towed the canoe up the landing but, with a little assistance
from a guy who loaned me a dollar bill to use as a patch for the tire's
sidewall, I used my handy-dandy patch kit and was once again on my way.
Quoted message said:
We were in a tandem kayak. Glad to see you made it home safe and
sound. A group of us were concerned after watching the trailer take its own
path behind the bike. I figure creating a hitch that hooks around the seat
post would work much better. That would only allow for a single pivot point
and not allow the trailer to slide off to the side. I've seen others report
on similar setups here and elsewhere. Great idea, just needs refining.
Actually, my initial problems with stability and hitch slippage were
solved after I a. securely lashed down the 2x4 hitch and b. brought out
several more straps and secured the canoe more tightly to the cart. After
making those adjustments, the canoe tracked behind me quite well indeed
and it was a snap to ride through downtown and onto lovely, flat Central
Parkway and thence home.
Quoted message said:
PaddleFest 2004 was great!!! It was refreshing to see such a HUGE amount of
people all having fun, not pushing and shoving to get in the water, enjoying
each others company on the water and the finish line festival socializing.
I enjoyed it immensely myself... although I didn't stick around at the
"Finish Line Festival" due to being hot, wet, sweaty, and [censored] about
the flat tire on my bike.
Quoted message said:
It was a perfect day! According to today's paper, there were over 1,200
participants! The organizers deserve a BIG round of applause!
Well, Saturday morning was great, but I was one of the blue-shirted
volunteers tossing canoes around at the marina on the utterly miserable
Friday night before. However, the free pizza was from "La Rosa's" was
nice, as was my discovery of pony keg on the other side of the soccer
fields! :-)

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11 July 2004, 21:59 UTC #2

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:32:58 -0000, [email hidden] (Garrison
Hilliard) said:
Quoted message said:
From: "K" <[email hidden]>
We saw you on the river and at the landing fixing what appeared to be a flat
front tire.
It not only appeared to be, but actually was a flat front tire! <G> My
bike's front brakes had jammed under the rim and tore a hole in my front
tire as I towed the canoe up the landing but, with a little assistance
from a guy who loaned me a dollar bill to use as a patch for the tire's
sidewall, I used my handy-dandy patch kit and was once again on my way.
Quoted message said:
We were in a tandem kayak. Glad to see you made it home safe and
sound. A group of us were concerned after watching the trailer take its own
path behind the bike. I figure creating a hitch that hooks around the seat
post would work much better. That would only allow for a single pivot point
and not allow the trailer to slide off to the side. I've seen others report
on similar setups here and elsewhere. Great idea, just needs refining.
Actually, my initial problems with stability and hitch slippage were
solved after I a. securely lashed down the 2x4 hitch and b. brought out
several more straps and secured the canoe more tightly to the cart. After
making those adjustments, the canoe tracked behind me quite well indeed
and it was a snap to ride through downtown and onto lovely, flat Central
Parkway and thence home.
Pardon me for jumping in but this soundls like the bike-paddle version
of some epic adventure like 'The Princess Bride meets Huck Finn'. <g>
I don't know about the group, but I wanna see .jpgs of this rig.
Great descriptions, etc.
Best,
Badger

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Peter
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11 July 2004, 22:39 UTC #3

Quoted message said:
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:32:58 -0000, [email hidden] (Garrison
Hilliard) said:
Quoted message said:
From: "K" <[email hidden]>
We saw you on the river and at the landing fixing what appeared to be a flat
front tire.

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Quoted message said:
Pardon me for jumping in but this soundls like the bike-paddle version
of some epic adventure like 'The Princess Bride meets Huck Finn'. <g>
I don't know about the group, but I wanna see .jpgs of this rig.
Great descriptions, etc.
Various boat trailer arrangements for bicycles have been discussed here
before. Here are photos of how I've towed my kayaks:
Double kayak (1967 Folbot Super)
http://206.40.48.186/uploads/1BIKE-TRAILER.JPG
Single kayak (1993 Folbot Aleut)
http://home.comcast.net/~prathman/P2290004.JPG
Same boat as above but disassembled in its duffle bag (boat and bicycle
combination can be taken on the BART commuter rail system for trips in
the SF Bay area).
206.40.48.186TRAILER(1).JPG
The bicycle is a Bike Friday 'Pocket Rocket' model and can be folded to
fit in the front of the Folbot Super. The trailer also folds up for
transport.

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Garrison Hilliard
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25 June 2005, 07:02 UTC #4

Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
Actually, my initial problems with stability and hitch slippage were
solved after I a. securely lashed down the 2x4 hitch and b. brought out
several more straps and secured the canoe more tightly to the cart. After
making those adjustments, the canoe tracked behind me quite well indeed
and it was a snap to ride through downtown and onto lovely, flat Central
Parkway and thence home.
Pardon me for jumping in but this soundls like the bike-paddle version
of some epic adventure like 'The Princess Bride meets Huck Finn'. <g>
I don't know about the group, but I wanna see .jpgs of this rig.
Well, there's one of the bike and cart in the canoe as I get ready to
launch last year (that's me in the blue & yellow PFD in the foreground),
and it's at
http://www.ohioriverway.org/paddlefest/photos/2004/paddlefest/photo_13.html

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