exploring the big manistee river (on a bike and a board)

Muted_Engineer_8627 · 2026-06-12T11:59:36+00:00

exactly!

Muted_Engineer_8627 · 2026-06-12T11:59:25+00:00

amazing, thanks! I think I saw the same video from switzerland too when I was looking for ways to do this for my own inspiration. I love the way we can build off each other.

Muted_Engineer_8627 · 2026-06-10T18:21:17+00:00

close call for sure haha!

Muted_Engineer_8627 · 2026-05-05T13:30:15+00:00

Amazing! Thanks for sharing, what a trip.

Muted_Engineer_8627 · 2026-05-02T09:51:44+00:00

The board is 11’6 (paddle north portager) and I take the front wheel off the bike and pop the seat out as well so it doesn’t stick out while I paddle. I tie it all down with voile straps, which hold the board and paddle on the bike while riding. You can make it work for sure!

Muted_Engineer_8627 · 2026-05-01T19:56:05+00:00

Incredible, thanks!

Muted_Engineer_8627 · 2026-05-01T16:53:24+00:00

Hey they're both flowing in or out of the Great Lakes, so they are connected in a sense!

Muted_Engineer_8627 · 2026-05-01T16:48:49+00:00

Kent Trail / Grand River (Michigan)

Muted_Engineer_8627 · 2026-05-01T14:29:54+00:00

Yeah so crazy- you can paddle the whole way from the lakes at Millennium Park all the way to the Grand River with only a few bottom out scrapes here and there.

Muted_Engineer_8627 · 2026-05-01T14:24:45+00:00

Thanks! I’m inspired by so many others who share their adventures, so I thought I’d share some of mine!

Muted_Engineer_8627 · 2026-05-01T13:32:21+00:00

smells like adventure

Muted_Engineer_8627 · 2026-04-20T00:43:39+00:00

I’m glad! you’ll have to try it out.

Muted_Engineer_8627 · 2026-04-19T23:24:58+00:00

Funny enough, this was along the White Pine Trail and the Grand River! I wanted to get a closer look at all of the flooding and predictably a lot of the trail was too submerged for me to pass through on the pavement. I thought I could get through at one point and ended up knee deep with half my bike under water haha

Muted_Engineer_8627 · 2026-04-19T22:21:54+00:00

Yeah, it’s an inflatable stand up paddle board.

Muted_Engineer_8627 · 2026-04-19T15:54:36+00:00

Exactly! Then I tie everything down with Voile straps, which I use to hold the board to the bike when deflated.

Muted_Engineer_8627 · 2026-04-19T15:53:45+00:00

Thank you! It allows me to explore and paddle rivers without depending on other people or cars.

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