World's First Amphibious Pedal Paddle Recumbent Bike Boat Takes Epic, 150mi Journey

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World's First Amphibious Pedal Paddle Recumbent Bike Boat Takes Epic, 150-Mile Journey autoevolution

What happens when you combine a stand up paddle board with a bike and a trailer? You get “the world’s first amphibious Pedal Paddle recumbent bike boat”. Meet the Duckleberry Finn.

Ben Kilner describes himself as an entrepreneur, an engineer, and a maker. He likes to create contraptions and YouTube videos and his latest invention is the Duckleberry Finn Pedal Paddle bike boat. It shines in shallow, weedy waters, where it can sail fast and without getting tangled in weeds or suffering any damage to the propulsion system, and it can also be converted into a bike to be used in “Road Mode”.

The amphibious vehicle created by Kilner uses an inflatable stand up paddle board (SUP) from Two Bare Feet, the largest mid-range touring model they have. There’s also a DIY wooden frame attached to the paddle board and a full bike frame in the rear that turns the paddles into the water. The entire system is put to work via the two bike pedals.

That somewhat bulky wooden frame gets converted into a trailer for when you want to use the Duckleberry Finn on land and Kilner also carries the wheels for the bike and trailer on the paddle board while he’s on the water.

While the design of the strange vessel/bike is ...

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