Unfortunately  cutting and sleeving poles won't work. It creates a
problem not only with stability but also with drips in the interior. But
since that's the only thing that an Xtyracycle can not haul for me I'm
still looking at going carless. Up until this last year I couldn't
conceive of such since I was having to haul around a full sized harp.
Since I'm not doing that anymore I can use the X to get the rest of my
instruments where I need to go.

I'm thinking that I'll try it for 6 months - take the car off the road,
remove the plates etc and see if I can do it. Right now it's too easy to
get lazy and take the car - like today when they are predicting severe
storms by this afternoon on the commute home. I need to check with my
insurance co too to see what my options are. Once you cancel your
insurance it's hell to get it back.

When I have to move the tipi I'll either have to find someone else in my
area going the same way and ride with them or rent a truck with a square
hitch for the back carrier that supports the length. It's not like i
move them every weekend.

Anne

Thanks Devian! I hadn't seen those before. Pretty pricey though.

I'm a traditionalist - I like my canvas!

Anne

On 2007-07-19, at 7:25 AM, Anne Littlebird wrote:
> When I have to move the tipi I'll either have to find someone else
> in my
> area going the same way and ride with them or rent a truck with a
> square
> hitch for the back carrier that supports the length. It's not like i
> move them every weekend.
How far do you move it, usually?  I imagine you could recycle an old
worn-out
kids trailer, put one end of the poles on that (lashing trailer hitch
to poles), attach
the other to the X (in a way that allows the rear to swivel), and
then you would
be a Very Long Load.

But that would be slow, and might even be dangerous.  Certainly, in city
traffic, you would confuse people in cars.

David

> When I have to move the tipi I'll either have to find someone else > in my
> area going the same way and ride with them 







I built a 17' Cheyenne tipi in 1975 and have camped in it in Co. Az. Ok and Tx.



My lodge pine poles are 24' and the set weighs a "ton".







You could rig up to move them one at a time. An extreme bike flag. 





Moving the 60# cover, the linings, floor covering, buffalo robes, parfleches and your scalp pole could be done in several trips with a small trailer. I love mine if I am going to be camped for at least a week. My wife makes me put it up and take it down. She won't do it and won't let me marry a couple of younger ladies to help her.









Jerry (Standing Bare) Rhodes

Sorry Mark, all I heard was the end of July. By my reckoning that's
still another week. :(

--
Anne Littlebird
Issumatuq Herbals
P.O. Box 5161
Louisville, KY 40255
502-418-1023

Anyone have any advice or suggestions on how to stain a snap deck? In
paticular I am interested in what stain to use.

-Amos

i got a note also that my wideloaders are on their way! yay!!

--- In rootsradicals@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Garvey" <lazybee45@...> wrote:
>
> The delay is of course understandable!  not my FAVORITE thing, but
> understandable!  I am just whining!
>
> Besides, I got a note that mine is on it's WAY   WOOOOPEEE!!!
>
> mark
>
> On 7/23/07, Ben Sarrazin - Xtracycle <ben@...> wrote:
> >
> >  Mark,
> >
> > The new batch of Xtracycle FreeRadicals arrived last Friday at our
HQ in
> > North San Juan. Laughter and her team will start shipping the
little boxes
> > this Monday. I believe you will be able to ride your X very very
soon. Again
> > sorry about the delay...
> > Ride,
> > Ben
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Putting the fun in dysfunctional for over 50 years!
>
>
> Mark  Garvey
> Cedar Rapids, Iowa free state!
>
> Check out the web site at:
> http://www.vine-ave.com
>
> contact us to have INVISIBLE INC! appear at your next program!
Details at
> www.vine-ave.com
>
> I am a bicycling lifestylist!
>

so im readin thru the Surly blog today, and good news, it sounds like they are
working
things out with the Big Dummy.  im anxiously waiting a batch.  however, as im
always onto
something new, that is i've always got projects, lined up, along with that
inevititably there
is finance in that process, so i keep trying to forecast what i would be
comfortable letting
loose with to build a new rig like the Dummy.
i keep thinking that at that point I'd send my current Xtracycle convert down to
by
brothers in LA.
a week back or whatever it was, i had managed to swap around a couple of bikes,
and
ended up with a pretty new, used, Trek CX bike, so i shipped that down to LA. 
Dylan was/
is beyond super stoked to get a "fast" bike, as he's been in a 2 decade affair
with the MTB.
the CX bike is his first 700c.
awhile back i had sent him a rack and set of panniers.  that blew his mind.  its
funny how
we get caught up in our ways.  me not being an exception.  using a set of bags,
and
getting the messenger bag off of my back is a welcomed luxury.
so there is Dylan riding from Melrose/Fairfax down past Venice on his new(ish)
CX bike.  I
can only imagine how much faster it feels compared to the Trek Liquid i sent the
year b4.
now that i've got him on this groove of panniers, etc.  it will be just a matter
of time b4 i
send down the Cdale Xtra convert.

on another note, i was playin around with some photos i took, and this what i
ended up
with.
http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/rootsradicals/photos/view/a691?b=6
kind of cool

peace...d

Hi folks,

What's the word on where to mount the bracket for the Peapod seat?  I'm
talking about the main one, that is made to clamp one large tube.  I
see pics of it on the seat tube, but I'm short.  I tried it on the top
tube, but that doesn't leave a lot of room for my little one, and it
kinda wide betwixt me knees(!).  Seat post?  Makes me nervous, just
because there is one more connection in the chain.

Also, I see pics of the central mounting point clamping across the seat
stays, near the seat tube.  I got this seat used, without
documentation, and I just figured I better use all the parts, but maybe
I don't have to use the seat-tube clamp bracket-thing at all.  Do I
need another type of bracket to clamp the stays?  Where would I find
such an item?

Thanks--d

I'm kinda bummed, i recieved my shipping details last week but
everytime i try to track it, it doesn't show it going anywhere, it
just says 'shipping /billling info recievd'

i live probably about an hour away from Xtracycle HQ.  i thought it
would be here by now.  gah! the anticipation!!!

but honestly i'm anxious for my wideloaders & i woudn't mind if they
shipped the Free rads first, i think everyone should have one. they're
great.  i've had mine since April & love it.

--- In rootsradicals@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Garvey" <lazybee45@...> wrote:
>
> I am sitting here, WAITING for my x to arrive!  I can't wait!   I
sound like
> a whiny kid on X-mas (pun, people!) and it is driving me
crazy.....er.  i
> get the tantalizing notification, "your Xtracycle has been shipped!"
and a
> tracking n umber.  then it shows up and the last entry in in
someplace in
> California at 12.01 July 25!  Nothing since!  WAH!  It is suppoosed
to get
> here on Monday.  I can't even call in SICK because to make it easier for
> them, I had it shipped to my work!  Arrrrgh!  so i won't see it until
> Tuesday afternoon!  Looks like I had better get my tool box ready!
>
> mark
>
> --
> Putting the fun in dysfunctional for over 50 years!
>
>
> Mark  Garvey
> Cedar Rapids, Iowa free state!
>
> Check out the web site at:
> http://www.vine-ave.com
>
> contact us to have INVISIBLE INC! appear at your next program!
Details at
> www.vine-ave.com
>
> I am a bicycling lifestylist!
>

Hi all,

Just confirmed that my Free Radical is sitting on the porch, waiting
for me.  It's been a long wait since May, so I'm itching to get it
together.

I'll be building mine on a 2005 Giant Lite (electric bike), which will
help my wife haul our two kids + groceries, as well as other daily Mom
stuff within cycling distance.  Of course, it's for me, too.

I know I forgot to specify a single-speed chain, so I'll need to pick
up an extra.  Minor detail.

I'm excited to finally have it.  I'll update with my experience soon.

Mark,

Can you call us (ask for Laughter)? She can help probably help you find your
FreeRad.
888-537-1401
Ben

 I can't think whether to leave the wideloaders on all the time or stash them!  Arrrrgh!

I keep my wideloader (only bought one) off the bike except when I know I'm going to need it. I carry it unmounted if I think I might need it.

Careful not to catch your heel under the wide loader when starting off.
Easy to do.
Enjoy.
Juergen


Tone wrote:
>
> I keep both my wide-loaders attached all the time along with the
> long-loaders. I find the wide-loaders are almost just as good as
> having the footsies on if the situation arises where a friend wants to
> hop on. Also, in general I think it makes drivers notice you that much
> more and seems more intimidating to them. “God forbid, that metal
> thing extending off the side of that bike scrape my paintjob!” ;)
>
> Ride safe,
>
> _/TONE/_
>
> _

On 2007-07-31, at 9:38 PM, Juergen Weichert wrote:

> Careful not to catch your heel under the wide loader when starting
> off.
> Easy to do.

Bizarrely, as much as this hurts, it seems not to cause any permanent
damage.
Yet, at least.

On 2007-07-31, at 8:35 PM, Jeff Youngstrom wrote:
> The main reason for this is that I ride on a lot of mixed-use
> trails with bollards (posts) to block motor vehicles from using
> them. I've crashed a wide loader into a bollard a couple of times.

This sort of thing really ticks me off.  Those anti-car devices are
set far too narrow, whether for a bike with wideloaders, or a bike
with a kid in a trailer, or even for a tandem (sometimes) going
through at an angle (don't want to scrape the stoker, they hate
that).  Why do "they" do that?  Are they afraid someone is going to
sneak a Smart Car onto the trail?

David