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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > The Great Outdoors > Inflatable boats and other packable watercraft
 
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Ciaphas
Nov 20, 2005

> BEWARE, COWARD :ovr:


 I have an Intex Explorer kayak that I just used for the first time this morning. Filling it with the hand pump wasn't an ordeal, and on the water it performed like a champ.

Backpacking with it isn't likely anytime soon for fitness reasons, but carrying it via bike on a cargo trailer was easy peasy. Looking forward to finding more places to put in, besides the very populated one I went to :v:

Plus I met some waterfowl :)

https://i.imgur.com/LsSXNHI.mp4

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Ciaphas
Nov 20, 2005

> BEWARE, COWARD :ovr:

Bubbacub posted:

Oh hell yes, I have a packraft and it's awesome. I live in a dense urban area and don't have a car, so I need something easily transportable on a bike. Mine is an Alpacka classic.

I just started bikerafting, which means you get to the river on a bike, inflate the raft and strap your bike to the bow, float downriver, and then reverse it all to get home. This lets you paddle a lot farther, packrafts aren't great going against wind or current.


Practice the bike loading on dry land first



Raft and paddle are strapped to the cargo rack, everything else fits in a single pannier.




That's real cool. How much weight are you carrying on the back of your bike like that? After a couple accidents I'm a little spooked of carrying weight that high on my own bike, so I trailer my kayak instead :shobon:

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Ciaphas
Nov 20, 2005

> BEWARE, COWARD :ovr:


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Ciaphas
Nov 20, 2005

> BEWARE, COWARD :ovr:


 i don't recommend the waking up at 4am part, but yeah it was pretty drat nice

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