JEEzzZZuuusss....should i sell my prowler and get an adventure?

So here's the deal... it looks like if i could get a buyer for my yellow P15 (with rudder, a few extras, and oh-so-much good juju), and a reasonable deal on an Adventure i could pull it off.

yak-fishing would suddenly also become "training" and so i could fish more and ride less (and still have a chance at the wife's latest gauntlet- "honey, you've done death ride so many times...there's a leadville 100 qualifer the same day as the death ride, why don't you do that instead, then we all go on vacation when you get into leadville" challenge...

A reasonably beat but perfectly good P15 ( i might actually cry when i sell it) at a pretty cheap price- someone would lap it up in a heartbeat right?

What say you?

Can you feel the "force" from the "dark side" getting stronger? 

Haha -- Force...actually it is Red now-- all over my lovely little carbon machine...wait...you mean the force to pedal instead of paddle, not SRAM Force v SRAM Red.

Yah-- seriously, i always said i needed paddling so i could at least keep my fly-arms from totally withering away...but you know what? I love pedaling my bike, I love feeling "bike fit"...but i love yak fishing too and each weekend i have to make a choice- 6 hours on the bike, or 6 hours on the yak. If i skip a weekend on the bike, i end up paying for it for a month. Not so the yak.  Better to combine the two- then i never have to trade away bike-fitness in favor of fishing.

Hey , I know Steve. You could take a set of dumbells along while trolling your new adventure and beef those arms up at the same time. I could just see the chicks on the beach now, swooning over your bod and silently sneaking off to the bushes to relieve those pangs of desire.

Steve I would recommend you pedal a Hobie first. The motion isn't exactly the same and even after pedaling the Hobie all day long I don't feel it's anything like the level of leg workout I used to get from cycling hill climbs for a couple hours. Also you gotta be careful because if your pedal stroke is too long you can have knee pain. That being said.....get the Hobie anyway. You can always stow the drive and get a good paddle in if you wish. jim

Steve I would recommend you pedal a Hobie first. The motion isn't exactly the same....

Was thinking the same thing. Leg workout, yes, but maybe not the same as cycle training.

What no trolling motor?

I guess it depends on what your goals are.  I go to the gym for upper body workout so it was a easier choice.  Also, being able to cover more distance in non-ideal conditions with a beer in hand is invaluable. 

Make sure you build up your guns if you plan on solo-invert-cartop it.  It's only a few lbs heavier but it's front-heavy and harder to load due to the imbalance compared to a Revo.  I can man-handle the Revo but have a hard time w/the adv. and might consider using load assist wheels. 

BTW - I thought about a trolling motor as well, but was able to troll 2-3 mph all day and a sail will help reset your location.

What no trolling motor?

if i don't go adventure, then trolling motor is it!

After a test run or two, the pedalling motion isn't the same as a standard bike, more like a recumbent i found, but MOST of the muscle groups appear to be the same.  I think that it'll be more like the difference between mtb'ing and roadbiking - they translate, but not exactly

like the other guys said unless you pedal like a madman (which is way too fast for trolling) you won't get a solid leg workout like you would on a bike.  my first trip out in a Outback I did 11 miles at Silver Lake (8200' elevation) and barely was sore in the legs. 

Thanks for all the responses...

what i'm hearing, is that the pedaling won't be a training day, but a spin/recovery day-- that's great as it still opens up two weekend days/month- this jibes with the test run the other day as well...

I get some aerobic benefit out of doing an early season 8 miler (round trip) when launching out of cowells beach to get up past the long aquarium in Santa Cruz.  Its not 8 miles of trolling, true.  But I just pick a spot that's about 40 mins to an hour from the launch, then try and jam over there, pot hole the kelp, then jam back.  Covering the distance for time, of course.  Its no where near the effort of climbing Hwy 9.  But I'm OTW by 600, back home by 1200, and usually have worked up a sweat with fresh fillets sufficient for ceviche thinking life ain't bad.

How are you liking your SRAM Red?  Shifting is great, but I wish they would make it quieter.  Too damn audible, and the ergonomics are lacking.  I like DA 7900 much better on the hoods.  When we were on the phone spec'ing out my calfee, had I known, I think I might have gone DA.  Doubletap seemed so much cooler and more innovative at the time.

I love the red for the simplicity...the shorter throw for shifting is wonderful.  Lightening the springs so it is not quite such a hard push to shift would be nice, and probably make it quieter. DA7800 had such a nice light feel to the lever.
I actually like the ergonomics better than DA- though i did run an extra wrap of bar tape under the clamp as there was this annoying step up into the hoods. i run on the tops and hoods probably 95% of the time- and the hoods feel great out of the saddle.

My only real complaint is if i forget where i am (usually when i'm suffering), and shift when in the 28, it drops down...ouch. Shimano's two lever solution avoids that.

The guy i bought from (400 bucks btw for basically new shifters, RD, and FD!!!), had put DA electronic on...that set me drooling, never have to adjust a lever again, never miss a shift.  but 3K for a drive train?

you can always sell your red and get DA...resale is amazingly high