electric bike for fishing

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Kado

Steelhead
Just starting to research for an ebike to use primarily to get from hole to hole fishing. Ideally I could take it on my watermaster, but I also have a catcher craft I could put it onto in order to get back to my truck.
A couple concerns are also security of the bike while I'm fishing a run (locking it? removing the battery?) and weight...I'm getting old.
Recommendations? Reliability a big deal over anything for me. I'm a horrible mechanic.
Other things I should think about?
Thanks,
Mark
 
Why not just drop is off and lock it down stream from where you put the boats in at? After drifting down to the boat, move the bike locks over to the boat, then return with the bike on the truck.

If you insist on boating with the bike, I'd say you're limited to folding (e)bikes, which I personally know considerably less about.

Lowest maintenance would be a fixed gear, like the Rad Power Radmission 1. No gears means less that can go wrong and it's pretty cheap. However, if the hills near you are steep then you'll need something with gears. Mine is perfect for my mostly flat 12.5 mile commute though with the occasional steep hill.

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cody- said:
Why not just drop is off and lock it down stream from where you put the boats in at? After drifting down to the boat, move the bike locks over to the boat, then return with the bike on the truck.

If you insist on boating with the bike, I'd say you're limited to folding (e)bikes, which I personally know considerably less about.

Lowest maintenance would be a fixed gear, like the Rad Power Radmission 1. No gears means less that can go wrong and it's pretty cheap. However, if the hills near you are steep then you'll need something with gears. Mine is perfect for my mostly flat 12.5 mile commute though with the occasional steep hill.

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Seems like a great brand and it's nice it has a Seattle location. I'll check out the folding version and the Rad 6. More affordable than I was thinking it would be. Thanks for the info.
 
cody- said:
Why not just drop is off and lock it down stream from where you put the boats in at? After drifting down to the boat, move the bike locks over to the boat, then return with the bike on the truck.

If you insist on boating with the bike, I'd say you're limited to folding (e)bikes, which I personally know considerably less about.

Lowest maintenance would be a fixed gear, like the Rad Power Radmission 1. No gears means less that can go wrong and it's pretty cheap. However, if the hills near you are steep then you'll need something with gears. Mine is perfect for my mostly flat 12.5 mile commute though with the occasional steep hill.

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Ouch! That seat looks like a kick from a pointy toed cowboy boot to the prostate! If age is a factor plan on a seat upgrade as soon as possible.
 
Wayne Kohan said:
if that pointy seat is touching your prostate, I’m pretty sure you’re doing it wrong. But that perineal nerve could be an issue.
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This was the first ride on the bike back in April (if you couldn't tell by those clouds that I wish would come back). Adjustments have been made since then.
 
Most saddles are designed to use in tandem with (modern) gel pad shorts. If you're not actually riding the thing/working out, or are brand new to it, a standard saddle is a nightmare. For more upright/no padded bike shorts riding, probably Terry is best known and good bang for the buck in padded and more forgiving saddles. REI and everyone else carries.
 
Bonranger Commuter is a very good seat for non padded shorts, and hella comfortable with, use it on my gravel bike
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Just the other day I was having a discussion with someone about e-bikes and whether you could use them on the gated roads in Maine which are labeled "no motorized vehicles". It is common practice to use a regular bike and pedal several miles on those dirt roads to get into some good water. I know that gasoline engine mopeds and such are banned, but e-bikes were never part of the equation when the roads were regulated. I suspect that they are "technically" prohibited, but who would check.

I don't have an e-bike ( I use my son's old 10 speed mountain bike), but I think think that this is one of those situations where it is better to say you are sorry than ask permission
 
Bringing just the front wheel on the raft is a good idea too. I think I saw a pic of @cody with one on his pontoon.
 
RCF said:
Fixed it for you...
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At least you get a chance lol. I boneheadedly tried to strap some brand new fins to the back of my pontoon this weekend. At some point the water got real choppy from high winds. I felt something brush my leg, and look down just in time to watch the second fin slip of the strap and sink into some thick vegetation. I have no clue when I lost the first fin.
 
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