Brompton touring

[hopless500]

It's almost as barmy as my half-hatched plan involving a canoe, a Brompton and the canals of England....

I wanted to put a bike on my kayak. It was vetoed by Mr Hop

 

[Brains]

It's great to know I have more options than I originally envisaged. But for the route I have in mind that massive trailer would sort of have to come with me even on the sailing parts of the ride.

No need for a big trailer, check out the lower picture of the red canoe in my message above, the canoe has a hitch mounted to the hull and the wheels are on a bogey, so the hull becomes the trailer chassis

A very quick goggle search bought up this item, but there will be many more out there
https://www.amazon.com/Seattle-Sports-Paddle-Cart-20-Pounds/dp/B007812JIA

I'd suggest you join up with the Song of the Paddle forum, canoeing and cycling have a surprisingly large amount in common
http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/forum/showthread.php/42211-Cycling-forums?highlight=cycling
They even have a cycling sub forum, and a sailing canoes sub forum

 

[ufkacbln]

I have always used the Airnimal for touring

However for "City touring" the Brompton is unbeatable

Travel to a City with the Brompton as "luggage" then find a city base and explore

 

[TheDoctor]

For Eurostar touring the Brompton is unbeatable too!

 

[Crankarm]

For Eurostar touring the Brompton is unbeatable too!

^^^^

 

[Crankarm]

I have done a couple of excellent tours on my Brompton L6 in France in the Pyrenees for 3 weeks and around Norfolk in 2004 - 2007, but sadly no further tours since. Really enjoyed them, kind of miss them, but I now tour on a proper fixed touring bike. The Brompton though scores heavily where you have to take transport such as the Eurostar or TGV to get to the start of your tour if time is short, but even with a proper touring bike there are still ferries and the TER trains in France. The Brompton was surprisingly stable when loaded up front and back given it is a folding bike but it did suffer from a little bit of swaying which was manageable but still you have to be careful. Maybe I was carrying too much. It certainly was a talking point in France, many a local was interested in it. I really enjoyed riding around Paris on it. Maybe I'll tour again some time on it just for a change. In fact it hasn't had much use the last few years despite having a new rear hub two years ago. There are Rohloff Bromptons but I couldn't justify the cost and in any case the 6 speed is just fine. I climbed the col d'Aubisque and Tourmalet on it no problem and it was fine on the cobbled streets in Paris.

As for carrying a collapsible boat on it ................. What a paper boat?? LoL.

Check out Iohan Gueorguiev. He is the real deal adventurer, bike and canoe.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ0KNj5WUvk