With my first attempt to pioneer the sport of Biyaking cut short by a broken tow bar – the Dumb Stick, I was excited to try again a week later with some greatly improved equipment. I took this adventure alone, in an unfamiliar area, with questionable cell phone coverage, and Read more…
The big day! Finally time to take my bike and kayak rig out on the road and the water to start the sport of Biyaking. This is what I’ve been working toward all summer, and dreaming of for the past two years. Yes folks, it’s finally time to peddle and Read more…
It all worked great in a small test, but how does it hold up in an actual trip? There’s a local river (creek really) that I’ve paddled up and down several times in the kayak I’m using for biyaking, and I’ve paddled down it in my whitewater kayak plenty of Read more…
After a few tests around the block, it was time to figure out how to mount the bike on the kayak. I didn’t know how I was going to do this, but I knew I wanted to fit as much inside the hatch as possible, and keep the rest mounted Read more…
People bike, and people kayak, but putting them together is not something most people do. For that, two key components are required. The wheels and the linkage between the bike and the kayak. Both parts were available online, which means waiting for delivery… Ugh! The wheels came in the mail Read more…
In case you missed the last post: The Biyak Plan, I intend to do a two day kayaking and biking trip in which I will tow my kayak behind my bike when on the road, and then carry my bike on my kayak when on the water. I know I’ll need Read more…
I’m not sure when or where the passion started, but it was somewhere between running a “sprint” triathlon, and my weekly solo kayak trips. At some point I decided I was going to start an event in which participants would bike and kayak for two to three days with no Read more…