Why only 10mph with a bike trailer?
03-02-20, 10:42 AM
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Cannondale built the original two-wheel bike trailer---the "Rear Bugger," as they named it. Some time in the early 1980s, a cyclist took a sharp downhill turn at speed with his infant child in the trailer, with the consequences you'd expect. He sued Cannondale on the grounds that there was no label on the trailer warning him not to do that. He won. Big settlement.
Any reference for that? I'm skeptical, and a lot of these "a guy sued" stories are made up.
The most famous example of the fake law suit is the guy who used his lawn mower to trim hedges. Never actually happened--was a story made up by an insurance industry lobbyist.
03-02-20, 10:59 AM
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There's that, but the worst part about riding that fast with a child is having to tell him his mom died about 100 years ago while we were riding.
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03-02-20, 11:19 AM
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03-06-20, 10:13 PM
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Sometimes I take the dog to the park in the dog trailer. I went around a corner just a little too fast, and Millie (my dog) was leaned over (her tether in the trailer was too long), and BOOM down we go! She was completely unscathed, no harm done, but it was a big surprise and easily could've been painful.
So it's best not to go too fast. The trailer might get away from you - around a bend, down a hill, etc.
Here's a youtube video of the incident.
https://youtu.be/N2z8q93X60Y
So it's best not to go too fast. The trailer might get away from you - around a bend, down a hill, etc.
Here's a youtube video of the incident.
https://youtu.be/N2z8q93X60Y
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03-07-20, 07:39 AM
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Any reference for that? I'm skeptical, and a lot of these "a guy sued" stories are made up.
The most famous example of the fake law suit is the guy who used his lawn mower to trim hedges. Never actually happened--was a story made up by an insurance industry lobbyist.
The most famous example of the fake law suit is the guy who used his lawn mower to trim hedges. Never actually happened--was a story made up by an insurance industry lobbyist.
I imagine that the story might have come up in response to one of us noting that the Rear Buggers had suddenly begun showing up with warning stickers applied. Who knows?
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03-07-20, 04:15 PM
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