Maybe gear options or a belt drive? Also maybe metal canoe or kayak?

Bilberries really are the best

Amazing journey, fantastic effort......not sure why you chose to push the limits of the all terrain terrestrial capability so far (risky) and was also puzzled why you decided to pull rather than turn the vessel/vehicle around and push (also thought a sling/rope bridal would be helpful with lifting and pulling .... think piano removalist equipment). All the best for your charity and look forward to more of your adventures and videos, cheers. Great soundtrack....was waiting for a bit of amateur Braveheart recorder at some point to emphasise the DIY Scottish battle against the elements, or at least a wee bit of pipes.

Are you planning to add some wings to your canoë?

If you take a couple of carabiners and some 7mm paracord you could rig up a 2:1 or 3:1 winch - would be helpful getting up those steep banks, would not weigh much to carry. Couple that with a prussic and you have a means of pulling the rope, whilst also being able to slip your puller back down for another pull. You might also benefit from some method of preventing your wheels from turning backwards - so you don't lose all your gains. Of course, sometimes you have to push backwards - but it would be nice to be able to lock it off when needed.

One tip to reliev a LOT of strain from the whole drivetrain is, to put a bigger sprocket onto the wheels. This would reduce the reduction you need in the first part of it making it spin faster, but with less torque thus not breaking all of your parts

Bilge pumps are cheap at Decathlon and would not add greatly to your weight.

Smooth tyres ! Perhaps, if you do this again, you might go for off-road tyres, given you're going off road.

Bad luck with the chain. Honestly, as I watched you putting this together, I did think you might have been better off with a DC motor driving a DC motor. Possibly with a small battery to store any excess power. It's a very complex setup you were going for there.

Great stuff Ben

Your creative ideas are great

You should have sprung for the lite weight carbon fiber bike package! But seriously, this is a wonder project. Well done!

Incredible adventure.

Totally well done young Man ! What an adventure and I hope you're very proud of Your accomplishments ! ♥️😉🙃😎 NZ

I think I missed the reasoning why you decided to go down a trail instead of small roads? Good job nonetheless!

I can't get enough of your adventure/journey on this contraption!

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That was brilliant, thank you so very much for taking me with you. As an Australian born Scott. I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of your trip. My wife and I have been through that area 6-7 years ago and would one day love to return. What a great part of the world. Look forward to your next adventure. Cheers 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

You needed to remove some links from the chain

Worst part of the nature is bugs. I don't know if you have it already or if there is a part available, but a differential system would help with the rear tyres.

Beautiful boat. I'm looking for 250gsm (8oz) woven polyester cloth for a skin-on-frame build. I'm keen on Polyester because it is impervious to water and can be shrunk drum-tight with a domestic iron... I wonder if you know of a source of such fabric anywhere in the world?

A friend of mine did the same trail on a mountain bike and he was totally nackkerd after the steeps, well done, potty the chain and sprocket failures. The nature is absolutely smashing beautiful

awesome, bro

It's as weird as watching an Olympic butterfly race, but more fascinating. Well done on completing the journey. I was sanding my very small wooden sailboat hull today, musing about a pedal-paddle augment (in the way one does when sanding). Our next outing is 'The People Blockade' stopping some of the largest coal ships from leaving port in Newcastle NSW Australia.

Now do the rest of Europe!! 😂

Mighty Fine Robot Canoe ya got there

There's a sulotion for hard pedaling ,put a electric pedal and great battery

Fantastic! would like to know if you can incorporate a mid drive assist motor for longer distance travel with less effort, the system should weight any from 6-10kg including battery so no big deal compare to the canoe and cycling part.

Wicked! Great project and well made video!

Wicked video. Music is a bit murder mystery but.

nice, you could also use the wheels as paddle wheels, and no need to lift them up.

Marvelous contraption, stunning locations! Bravo!

13:29 Good welding, I'm not that good either. Enjoy your posts

16:02 washers my man

The Confluence of Art and Engineering, a thing of beauty, thank you.

Incredible, bravo 🎉

paddle pedal. why not making it like wheels

You sure its not a kayak??

Nice

I am really impressed on how well this creative contraption has fared on this adventure.

🇮🇹Bellissimo semplicemente geniale degno dei lavori di Leonardo Da Vinci 👍👍👍👍👍saluti dall’Italia

Fantastic project, brilliant work much appreciated by a diy bloke like myself. I built a similar sailing canoe myself once with detachable wheels and as soon as I saw yours on the road I realised the need for a clear sail 😅

Love the duck feet. Hobie mirage drive eat your heart out 😅

..wo geht es jetzt hin?

It would’ve been a lot easier and a lot lighter if you had of built some paddles, that would attach to the wheels when you’re in the water.

This has probably been noted, but you would be much more stable in both water and road mode if you lowered the seat as much as possble. Your high seat is the major factor contributing to the instability, especially in water.

Як зламати 2 байка, 1 карт та перетворити все те на незрозумілу хуйню.

The crystals formed because some of the solvent evaporated and the remaining solvent was completely saturated and could not dissolve anymore of the product. This caused some of the product to fall out of suspension and crystallize. Simply adding more of whatever solvent is in that product should dissolve those crystals back to liquid.

It looks like it came from a comic book; I never thought someone could develop such an idea! Awesome!

Интересный плавающий лигерад. Похоже переднее колесо создаёт сопротивление в воде. Вместо него можно поставить второй руль направления.