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Travelling with a surfboard
Has anyone out there travelled with a surfboard? Is there any other way than piloting a chair? I'm planning to take a surfboard with me through Latin America, but seems like my vehicle choices are limited to basically three models, all Urals with sidecars.
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I have carried a snowmobile in a sidecar. Down hill skis fit pretty well also. It really is possible to build a strong sidecar on a reasonably powerfull shaft drive japonese bike. Long ago I saw a solo bike with the surfboard mounted overhead like a sunshade. It must of been a bit quirky in the wind.
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Strip the chair back to its chassis & rest the board on that to keep it low. Is it a long or short board you intend carrying? You could a storage box above the surfboard for the rest of your luggage? |
It'd be a long board (Well, 8ft6, so not my longest). I had thought about mounting it on a specially built rack above a sidecar (like a sort of roof) so I could still carry a passenger if I wanted to.
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I think I found your solution!
Check out this rack: http://www.hometown.aol.com/mschue5938/index.html |
Yeah, could be...just so long as I don't drop the bike on that side I guess. But a mate of mine is building malibu surfboards using carbon fibre instead of glass mesh. Could the board also become protection from gunfire?
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To my mind, travelling any further than Kuta Beach to Uluwatu with a board on a bike is not an option. Especially a longboard. I'm going through Central/South America later this year, desperate to have my board handy, so I'm trying to convince a mate to do the trip in a 4WD and just connect at the best places. Otherwise, renting, begging or borrowing in tourist-y spots only, seems to be the only answer.
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How about fixing your bike on your board and if it's a shaftie then you could stick a propeller on the end of the shaft and away you go. Piece of piss!
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Geez, I've got a shaft drive, why didn't I think of that before! I could save a fortune on freight, too!
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