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PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:17 pm
User avatarNever got over the fun of spinning out on a Big WheelJoined: Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:46 pmPosts: 756Location: SOUTH SIDE PRIDE
So, I had this crazy idea that i might be able to find a small enough good quality raft that would stuff down small enough to fit in my giant chrome Ivan bag. any ideas or am i thinking way too wishfully.


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:27 pm
User avatarPretends the bricks at St. Anthony Main are the PaveJoined: Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:35 pmPosts: 2924Location: So.MPLS
Check this out. Fatbike and pack-rafting in Alaska. Very cool but very expensive to get replacement parts. This guy's chain wheel probably cost about $1,000.



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:39 pm
User avatarNever got over the fun of spinning out on a Big WheelJoined: Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:46 pmPosts: 756Location: SOUTH SIDE PRIDE
wow....

well, i was thinking more along the lines of like...minneapolis lakes.


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:44 pm
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:43 pm
User avatarSaw Greg Lemond once at a restaurantJoined: Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:01 pmPosts: 1975Location: Lake Calhoun
Unlikely.

I have an inflatable raft I use as a dinghy to access my sailboat on lake calhoun, and although heavy and bulky, you could bike around with it, but it wouldn't make for a very fun ride. Plus, you gotta haul the paddles with you.

With that said, once the water gets warm I am usually too lazy to bring the raft and instead just swim out to the bouy, holding the drybag above my head.



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:52 am
Glass CrankerJoined: Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:04 amPosts: 227Location: South Minneapolis
Snak Shak wrote:
Check this out. Fatbike and pack-rafting in Alaska. Very cool but very expensive to get replacement parts. This guy's chain wheel probably cost about $1,000.



Here is the blog of one of the guys on that trip. Crazy stories and pictures, a few entries in.


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:17 am
User avatarNever got over the fun of spinning out on a Big WheelJoined: Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:46 pmPosts: 756Location: SOUTH SIDE PRIDE
that is some amazing stuff right there.


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:48 am
User avatarRegularly rides in ShelbyvilleJoined: Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:08 amPosts: 1261Location: Minneapolis
How about a 20 lb origami kayak?

http://vimeo.com/20047767



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:11 am
User avatarNever got over the fun of spinning out on a Big WheelJoined: Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:46 pmPosts: 756Location: SOUTH SIDE PRIDE
that is awesome. I think I might try and call REI or something, clearly this sort of thing exists just might take some research.


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:34 am
User avatarNever got over the fun of spinning out on a Big WheelJoined: Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:46 pmPosts: 756Location: SOUTH SIDE PRIDE
http://www.rei.com/product/813898/frida ... table-raft

looks like it might do the trick.


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