[RBW] OT: carrying fishing poles on a bike

2016-05-02 Thread Surlyprof
I don't fish anymore but I often have to carry materials for class demontrations. I've carried aluminum tubing, plastics and wood using this method: https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/129545862@N03/22511138074/ Often becomes quite a conversation starter on the train to school! There are limits

Re: [RBW] OT: carrying fishing poles on a bike

2016-04-30 Thread Joe Broach
I've carried fly rods in their (inner tube-wrapped) aluminum tube using a PVC endcap at bottom and toe strap at the rear rack. This setup has worked great even on singletrack (with a 4-piece rod). You can get the idea from this photo:

[RBW] OT: carrying fishing poles on a bike

2016-04-30 Thread WETH
As I recall, a few list members fish. My question, does anyone have suggestions for carrying poles on their bike? The internet showed me some interesting homemade rack attachments using PVC pipe, other folk strap poles to the tI prune like a frame pump, others secure pole to waterbottle cage/