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Carrying Luggage on a Long Distance Ride (36)
So, if one was going on a long unicycle journey, and they needed more than a single backpack, how might one attach or carry such luggage? What is the best way to carry things on a long journey? This would be done on a thirty six inch Coker and Nimbus Nightrider. Any help would be great! -- pfalvi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pfalvi's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/15392 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75421 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Carrying Luggage on a Long Distance Ride (36)
I think the best advice is; don't I rode around 150 miles on my N36 with close to the bare essentials a year or two ago. Most of it was on my back, but I had the heavier stuff tied to the T7. With all of that weight, it really took all the pleasure out of the ride. It becomes a lot of hard work to ride, and kills the maneuvering. I also rode a few mile with a backpack stuffed full, and a large bag attached to that, and a small bag in my hand. That wasn't fun, and wasn't safe either. The thing you need to do is sort out the absolute minimum of what you need to take. Then leave around half of it behind. The heaviest and least fragile bits can be tied to the handlebars. Some people have tried bicycle pannier carriers that mount on the seatpost (somewhere there's a post by Siafirede discussing this), but I seem to remember the conclusion was that it wasn't great. STM -- semach.the.monkey ------------------------------------------------------------------------ semach.the.monkey's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12078 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75421 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Carrying Luggage on a Long Distance Ride (36)
carrying stuff on a unicycle sucks. If you insist on using a unicycle carrying stuff in a backpack really speeds up and magnifies saddle soreness and strapping stuff to handles makes the unicycle handle like poop. I heard that there is a guy around Kamloops who tows a modified BOB trailer behind a unicycle but then I figure why not just bike? I think if there were two people and you really need to carry so much stuff and it doesn't fit in a backpack, I would have one person unicycling and the other riding an Xtracycled bike carrying all the gear. Take turns being the mule. How far are you going and in what kind of weather are you doing this trip that you need so much stuff? Dehydrate your food, ditch your tent (bring a silnylon tarp), bring half as much cloths, buy a better sleeping bag and you should be able to fit everything you need for a month in a 60L bag -- saskatchewanian ------------------------------------------------------------------------ saskatchewanian's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14180 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75421 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Carrying Luggage on a Long Distance Ride (36)
saskatchewanian;1168922 wrote: ...why not just bike? That's a great idea actually, take a friggin mountain bike! You can bring anything you want, you have 24 gears or so and you can chill on the way down. If you miss the where's your other wheel questions, just record them before your trip and put them on your ipod. Problem solved. Or wear something weird like a clowns costume or whatever, you'll get the strange looks and stupid comments you've been missing. But seriously, if you do a search you'll find a couple of threads dealing with this subject. -- munirocks mono for bono ------------------------------------------------------------------------ munirocks's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/16564 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75421 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Carrying Luggage on a Long Distance Ride (36)
Better than taking a bike would be to take a bike with someone else riding it: they can take the majority of your equipment as well as their own. -- mikepenton Uni - The Unicycle Magazine 'www.unicyclemagazine.com' (http://www.unicyclemagazine.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mikepenton's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7090 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75421 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Carrying Luggage on a Long Distance Ride (36)
Unless you have to camp, you don't need to take more than will fit in a small rucksack. The bare essentials will fit in a 20 litre camelbak. I can do summer camping (bivvying) from a 20 litre camelbak, although that is a bit of a tight fit, and I do put my (very small, waterproof down) sleeping bag on the outside. If you find yourself needing more stuff than that, don't bother bringing some of the stuff. That was Spencer's problem above, where he says 'the bare essentials', he took about 3 or 4 times as much stuff as he needed, and had a really uncomfortable ride. If you get it right, you can get away with a silly small amount of gear, it doesn't affect the way your unicycle rides at all, and it is great fun. I've done muni rides with overnight stops and the muni was fine to ride, even on proper off road descents. If you have to camp, then bivvy out, there's loads of info on bivvying if you search for it. Joe -- joemarshall ' old pics' (http://tinyurl.com/56yl2f) 'new zealand pics' (http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o...rshall_photos/) 'new pics' (http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/joemarshall.org.uk) 'Where have I been riding? (GPS) ' (http://tinyurl.com/6fxw5x) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ joemarshall's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1545 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75421 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Carrying Luggage on a Long Distance Ride (36)
i did a 28 day 2000km self supported ride using a nimbus 36 and my normal 60l hiking pack. Everthing people have said above is about right, but i found after about 5 days i didn't notice an increase in saddle soreness or leg fatigue (just like when you start riding you thing you will never get used to having a funny saddle wedged between your legs). I had a one man tent (bivvy would have been better but it is nice to have more space than a plastic tomb if the weather turns) small metho cooker, 4 litres of water, 2 changes of thermals, 2 cycling nicks, food for 2 days, cycle tools, thermarest and sleeping bag and travel towel. Other stuff as well helps, like sanitising wash for your cycling nics (have to wash them after each day of riding), some deep heat, neurofen, and lots of bananas, marsbars, and museli bars. Some things i learned- you need a spare tube and metal tyre levers, never skimp on carrying water (fill up whenever you get the chance), wrap your bag in some high vis material and buy a little rear vision mirror for your helmet. As for thermals i can only recommend merino wool icebreakers. They are the most comfortable, don't hold odour, dry quickly and have a pretty good life span- they are pricey but totally worth it. If i remember anything else i will post again but those are some of the more important things i learned on my trip, mark -- napalm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ napalm's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3952 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75421 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Carrying Luggage on a Long Distance Ride (36)
joemarshall;1169229 wrote: If you find yourself needing more stuff than that, don't bother bringing some of the stuff. That was Spencer's problem above, where he says 'the bare essentials', he took about 3 or 4 times as much stuff as he needed, and had a really uncomfortable ride. You mean it's possible to survive for a couple of days without the laptop and fridge? And surely the Jim Morrison carpet is an essential requirement! Keeping on topic, I've never tried to unicycle far with more than a little rucksack of stuff. With a bike it's best to keep all the luggage on the bike, not the rider, but I can imagine on a unicycle you'd have to keep any weight very close to the middle (i.e. on the seat post) to avoid screwing up the steering - a pair of bike panniers sticking out the back on a rack would probably be pretty nasty. Rob -- rob.northcott ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rob.northcott's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7436 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75421 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Carrying Luggage on a Long Distance Ride (36)
Ok let's keep this thread going... Let's change this up a bit. I'm planning (in the not too distant future) to do a semi-self supported multi-day (actually multi-week) almost totally off-road ride. By semi-self-supported I was aiming at carrying enough food so that I could be met by crew support (probably my wife) every couple or three days. Do you think one could go the Joe Marshall route and do this on a small rucksack say large camelbak type pack and be managable? I'm anticipating a fair portion of each day would be split between hiking and riding so I'd be able to get frequent breaks. Do to the nature of the terrain I'll be riding my KH24. This trip will be at altitude and in the summer time so although I probably won't need a full tent I'll still have to have enough to stay warm at night... I imagine the total trip time will be between 2-3 weeks... -- MuniSano ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MuniSano's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13350 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75421 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Carrying Luggage on a Long Distance Ride (36)
i would also suggest that sticking stuff to your unicycle as a means of carrying it is not such a good idea. When i was preparing for my trip i experimented a little but you can't really put any substantial weight on the unicycle frame without it severely affecting your ability to ride- better in the bag than on your frame. Munisano- your trip sounds like it would be fun to do. If i were you i would maybe look at a 30L camel back style bag (or even small hiking bag that you can chuck a bladder in). The ones i have seen recently have a back frame that keeps the bag off your back for ventilation, something that might be nice if you are exerting yourself off road. Another thing that i just remembered- the KH fusion seat that has a channel for gouch relief is great for normal riding but if you are adding a few kgs in a bag, the foam is not dense enough to hold it's form when you are carrying more weight. It might be worth your while to do what i have seen a few people do on this forum and experiment with exchanging the foams for ones of different density, or making the channel more pronounced (ie wallis road relief saddle). mark -- napalm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ napalm's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3952 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75421 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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