This is not something I came up with overnight. Other crazy things that I've done before had nowhere near the thought that went into this project. I've loved kayaking since I bought my first Easy Rider about 1975, plus I have bicycled for fun and exercise since I was a kid. Often, when I went on trips with my Mountaineers friends, I would take my kayak, bike and hiking gear. I always had fun with some combination of the three, but could never complete a round trip without using the car frequently to transport equipment between waypoints. I began to convince myself that trips by kayak could be made more interesting if portages could be accomplished more efficiently. Also, being able to kayak and bike on the same trip could save a ferry fare or lead to exploring islands without ferry service, such as Sucia in the San Juan Islands. I easily visualized myself towing a kayak while riding my bike, but the idea of kayaking with the bike attached somehow to the top of the kayak, seemed too cumbersome.

I was in a sports store one day and saw a folding bike in the bike department. When I inquired about fitting one inside a kayak the guy chuckled, "Why'd you wanna' do that?" I muttered something about wanting to take the bike on a kayak trip where I would tow the kayak around on streets when paddling wasn't possible. That story seemed to satisfy him so I just inquired more about the bike and he gave me a couple of brochures on folding bikes. So that became the story that stuck. Later, when other people inquired about my motives I told them the same story, embellishing it each time with new revelations.