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One reason I prefer trains over planes…

@davidho

My husband is unreasonably excited by any example of putting one form of transportation on another form of transportation. This reached perfection in his eyes when we went on a journey with folding kayaks and folding bikes each could be carried on the other.

"We are unstoppable! We could circle the earth!"

The folding kayaks were a cool idea but VERY heavy and needed a bike trailer to tow them. So... I was not as excited... but it still was a lot of fun.

Anyway he loves this photo.

Steve Leach

@futurebird @davidho One of the obsessions in the back of my head for the past few years: An ebike tow-able solar camper/micro-house boat with a minimal trailer assembly that packs onboard along with the bike.

I think it's possible. I built a *road-bike* towable bike camper some years ago and lived out of it entirely for more than half a year.

And yes, your husband would be happy that the bike was often stored inside the trailer. One day I'll build the amphibious version.

@stevenaleach @davidho

... OK this is a strange thing to ask but... um... are you my husband?

@futurebird @davidho Has he built something similar? Pics pics pics???? I'm always excited by any bike camper builds I find. They're still few and far between in spite of ebikes.

@stevenaleach @davidho

He's not as inventive as you but we've been on some wild journeys.

@futurebird @davidho Of note to anyone who is thinking of building a bike trailer: DON'T SET THE WHEELS LIKE I DID. That was dumb... it minimized the internal pinch point but put way too much weight on the bike. Should have put them near center mass with just a tiny bit of bias putting weight on the tongue.