Originally Posted by
CAT7RDR
I am a novice at this but I imagine that towing a heavy load up a steep hill must present issues keeping the front wheel down?
How do you counteract that?
The tow load attaches to the rear triangle/dropouts, so the rotational moment lifting the front wheel off is pretty manageable. I tried towing my kayak by hanging the bow from a rod mounted on my seat post, and that did present a problem like you said, because the load was acting above the plane of the hubs and could therefore rotate the bike up and over the rear hub. But if the trailer is mounted at the rear triangle, it's impossible for it apply rotational moment to the bike, so it works just fine even up very steep hills, in my experience