mounting fishing poles on your bike - Page 2

mack · 08-24-06, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by crankybait

wait, is this a trick bike here? IL, do you even have pegs? sorry, i ride a mountain bike, i find them much better... a trick bike would complicate things.

not really..its just a smaller bike, with no gears, and and pegs...it actually makes it easier..

ILfishinman · 08-24-06, 10:50 PM

i have a mountain bike.

bassintom · 08-24-06, 10:51 PM

remove the seat,stick the rod handle into the post and sit on it..
jeez!you're young with an imagination..simple,figure it out..dang!

crankybait · 08-24-06, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by mack

not really..its just a smaller bike, with no gears, and and pegs...it actually makes it easier..

smaller, key thing here. i find them extremely uncomfortable, way too small... but to each his own.

WTL · 08-24-06, 11:30 PM

You know I almost agree with Tom on this one. I'll give ya two examples why.

1., I have a brother. He is a very smart guy, midway through med school, one day he will be raking in the big bucks. He is 100%, completly incapable of doing anything mechanical. He can't pop a hood. He can't drive a nail. He can't fix a toilet. He is going to be fleeced by the handyman...now why can't he do any of that? Because growing up I did it all for him. I could build a house with all the knowledge I learned from being my parents foreman. Sometimes I think it would have been better to have let my brother to his own devices to learn just a bit more.

2nd, and this pertains more to fishing...one of my favorite books of all time is called The Philosphical Fisherman by Howard Blaisdale. Its long out of print, written by an oldtimer way back in the 70s. In the 1st chapter he talks about how lucky he was to have had to learn fishing with no instruction whatsoever. He thinks that he became both more self sufficient that way, and he enjoyed the learning curve more. His first fish was caught on a sewing needle that was bent, not a store bought hook...man, what a thrill that must have been.

Sorry for the digression, just something to think about. Having said all that, I will give you a bit of advice on the bike-rod dilema. Mount the rod so that the tip is pointing backwards behind the bike. It wont be as easy to break that way. I'll let you figure out how to attach the thing.

ILfishinman · 08-24-06, 11:35 PM

well on the first page it says i figured it out and i have them attached, and it is simple and stuff but it works, i like to use things io have on hand to do things i find it a challenge.

Vabass22 · 08-25-06, 09:18 AM

Hey wtl, when I was 3 or 4, I would steal some staples from my mom, get some kite string, and a stick. Sharpen the staples, and go down to the park, and put a cricket on, and catch little bnluegill.

flbassman · 08-25-06, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Vabass22

Hey wtl, when I was 3 or 4, I would steal some staples from my mom, get some kite string, and a stick. Sharpen the staples, and go down to the park, and put a cricket on, and catch little bnluegill.

With all that wilderness knowledge you can't carry a pole on a bike? Just out of curiosity, how does one go about sharpening a staple?

mack · 08-25-06, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by flbassman

With all that wilderness knowledge you can't carry a pole on a bike? Just out of curiosity, how does one go about sharpening a staple?

that is an awesome point...lol

Vabass22 · 08-25-06, 02:06 PM

I wasn't the one that asked the question to begin with brother! And I do carry a pole on my bike, thank you very much! (figured it out myself) You sharpen a staple, with a rock, or if I sould get my hands on one, a file.

flbassman · 08-25-06, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Vabass22

I wasn't the one that asked the question to begin with brother!

I've seen your pic.... We sure ain't brothers.

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And I do carry a pole on my bike, thank you very much! (figured it out myself)

Congratufrickinlations!

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You sharpen a staple, with a rock, or if I sould get my hands on one, a file.

I bet thats REEEEEEAL effective...[/quote]

Vabass22 · 08-25-06, 02:16 PM

OK, I say "brother" to just about everyone. Next, I was not declaring that like I had figure out the human genome system, I am saying that I am surely smart enough to figure it out, and I did, I was stating this fact just because you accused me of not being able to figure it out on my own. Next, I was four, and didn't have fishing hooks, so I made my own, and they surely worked better than no hooks.
Sorry if I offended you, I think you might have been mixed up, and I was not trying to be rude

crankybait · 08-25-06, 05:32 PM

stealing my idea? i did that first time i got to the retirement home and saw fish, haha. I spit in the water for no particiular reason and they attacked it. I used safety pin hooks though...

ROBZILLA · 08-25-06, 05:39 PM

Handle bars and back pack, are good but if your going by trees and under them or around objects you run the chance of breaking you pole. I think a collapsible is the key you can get them for 9 bucks and you throw you good real on and no worries.how much more simple do you want?

08-24-06, 10:50 PM	#27
ILfishinman BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Champaign, Illinois Posts: 706	i have a mountain bike. __________________ If light moves at 670616629 MPH, how fast is Dark? Bass count 07: lost count

08-24-06, 10:51 PM	#28
bassintom BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: washington(northwest) N.J. Posts: 3,958	remove the seat,stick the rod handle into the post and sit on it.. jeez!you're young with an imagination..simple,figure it out..dang! __________________ A man's gotta believe in something...I believe I'll go fishing.

08-24-06, 11:30 PM	#30
WTL BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,466	You know I almost agree with Tom on this one. I'll give ya two examples why. 1., I have a brother. He is a very smart guy, midway through med school, one day he will be raking in the big bucks. He is 100%, completly incapable of doing anything mechanical. He can't pop a hood. He can't drive a nail. He can't fix a toilet. He is going to be fleeced by the handyman...now why can't he do any of that? Because growing up I did it all for him. I could build a house with all the knowledge I learned from being my parents foreman. Sometimes I think it would have been better to have let my brother to his own devices to learn just a bit more. 2nd, and this pertains more to fishing...one of my favorite books of all time is called The Philosphical Fisherman by Howard Blaisdale. Its long out of print, written by an oldtimer way back in the 70s. In the 1st chapter he talks about how lucky he was to have had to learn fishing with no instruction whatsoever. He thinks that he became both more self sufficient that way, and he enjoyed the learning curve more. His first fish was caught on a sewing needle that was bent, not a store bought hook...man, what a thrill that must have been. Sorry for the digression, just something to think about. Having said all that, I will give you a bit of advice on the bike-rod dilema. Mount the rod so that the tip is pointing backwards behind the bike. It wont be as easy to break that way. I'll let you figure out how to attach the thing. __________________ Selling live waterdogs for less since 2005.

08-24-06, 11:35 PM	#31
ILfishinman BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Champaign, Illinois Posts: 706	well on the first page it says i figured it out and i have them attached, and it is simple and stuff but it works, i like to use things io have on hand to do things i find it a challenge. __________________ If light moves at 670616629 MPH, how fast is Dark? Bass count 07: lost count

08-25-06, 05:32 PM	#38
crankybait BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: marlboro, nj Posts: 3,250	stealing my idea? i did that first time i got to the retirement home and saw fish, haha. I spit in the water for no particiular reason and they attacked it. I used safety pin hooks though... __________________ www.fishinfanatics.com

08-25-06, 09:18 AM	#32
Vabass22 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern Va Posts: 1,120	Hey wtl, when I was 3 or 4, I would steal some staples from my mom, get some kite string, and a stick. Sharpen the staples, and go down to the park, and put a cricket on, and catch little bnluegill.

08-25-06, 02:06 PM	#35
Vabass22 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern Va Posts: 1,120	I wasn't the one that asked the question to begin with brother! And I do carry a pole on my bike, thank you very much! (figured it out myself) You sharpen a staple, with a rock, or if I sould get my hands on one, a file.

08-25-06, 02:16 PM	#37
Vabass22 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern Va Posts: 1,120	OK, I say "brother" to just about everyone. Next, I was not declaring that like I had figure out the human genome system, I am saying that I am surely smart enough to figure it out, and I did, I was stating this fact just because you accused me of not being able to figure it out on my own. Next, I was four, and didn't have fishing hooks, so I made my own, and they surely worked better than no hooks. Sorry if I offended you, I think you might have been mixed up, and I was not trying to be rude

08-25-06, 05:39 PM	#39
ROBZILLA BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Markham, Ontario, CANADA Posts: 1,901	Handle bars and back pack, are good but if your going by trees and under them or around objects you run the chance of breaking you pole. I think a collapsible is the key you can get them for 9 bucks and you throw you good real on and no worries.how much more simple do you want? __________________ Hang E'm High Till The Gills Go DRY! BARRIE,ONTARIO,CANADA

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