How about choosing to have a pet sled dog with you, and make it pull the bike?
C.C.
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> rec.bicycles.rides Date: 4 Jun 2003 13:47:50 -0700 Subject: Re: Long distant cycling with dog (?)
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>> Anyone ever take a dog with them while touring on bike? If so how did you do it and how did it
>> work? Any tips or advice appreciated. Thanx and bless.
>
> I have known two people who have done this.
>
> 1. Someone who rode almost around Australia with a middle size dog in a trailer.
>
> 2. A friend took a fox terrier with him just about everywhere, from multi-day camping tours to
> trips to the local shop. The dog sat in a box on top of the rear carrier. On occasions dogs
> would chase my friend, on the grounds that all cyclists ought to be barked at and have their
> ankles nipped. These dogs were sometimes surprised and confounded to encounter a tail-gunner
> who barked and nipped well above her fighting weight.
>
> In both cases, I was staggered that the owner was willing to carry so much extra weight, not only
> in dog but in dog food.
>
> If you already have a dog you want to take with you, I probably don't need to tell you anything
> about getting the dog accustomed to the idea first.