tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877195036810812231.post5908609075428507214..comments2010-02-10T17:46:27.558-08:00John Garrishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06853586453445069560noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877195036810812231.post-51732998115069265182010-02-10T17:46:27.558-08:002010-02-10T17:46:27.558-08:00Trailer for a kayak should be easy with the X - not that I&#39;ve tried it yet.... but I have a plastic WS Tsunami 145 which I plan on strapping to the kayak trolley, and then using a short bit of pipe as a draw bar with a rope through the middle, tie one end to the kayak toggle and the other end to the X.... I&#39;ve been thinking about doing this for ages, I should probably try it out on the weekend.<br /><br />Perth -&gt; Adelaide, all on road except when getting out of the way of road trains. The X handles so well compared to a regular racks + panniers set up that it&#39;s the best choice!jethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07306733879105775659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877195036810812231.post-17326791628807109332010-02-09T06:33:58.974-08:002010-02-09T06:33:58.974-08:00Your Adelaide trip should be good too - how on-road is it? <br /><br />My next project is a sea-kayak trailer so I don&#39;t have to use the car for that either....<br /><br />Munda-biddi&#39;s interesting at the moment - deep dry pea-gravel&#39;s not fun. The Xtracycle is really well balanced though so you just slow the revs until traction is happening. Better than my wife on her duel-suss with trailer.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877195036810812231.post-74578369884103503292010-02-09T04:00:37.242-08:002010-02-09T04:00:37.242-08:00wow... sounds like fun! Good luck. Hope you don&#39;t break it. ;)jethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07306733879105775659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877195036810812231.post-24688633190062047792010-02-09T03:38:13.004-08:002010-02-09T03:38:13.004-08:00I&#39;m planning on big off-road tour (Continental divide in USA/Canada, then keep going until out of time) starting mid-year.<br /><br />Have done some sections of the Munda-biddi with it as is and it does pretty well. Still slightly nervous that it won&#39;t be robust enough, so may get some pre-emptive reinforcing done - or much to my wife&#39;s disgust, upgrade to a Big Dummy. Will rag it over lots of off-road stuff in the next few months and see if it holds up.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877195036810812231.post-75106898527409535212010-02-08T17:05:57.215-08:002010-02-08T17:05:57.215-08:00Hey Tom, nice bike! I just added a chain tensioner and it seems to be running better :) I still want to upgrade before I take it on more remote tours. Planning to ride to Adelaide for the Tour Down Under next year!jethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07306733879105775659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877195036810812231.post-28105434883084958682010-02-08T07:32:46.778-08:002010-02-08T07:32:46.778-08:00464 is another one local to you - in freo with the odd foray north of the river. I run an 8 speed set-up with SRAM (original to the parent bike) - seems to work ok.Tomnoreply@blogger.com