pwarre20

I'm shopping for a trailer for a long distance tour, and I was wondering if anyone had experience with some of the less popular trailers, specifically the Croozer Cargo (I'm a student and the cost is appealing), or the Bike-Hod. But I'm also interested in the BOB Yak and the Burley Nomad.

Thanks!

biodiesel

if you want cheap try this one!
https://www.otivia.com/lawnchair.htm

biodiesel

never ridden a bike-hod but suspect theyre unstable at speed.

looked at xtracycle.com ?
a bit more expensive but an option to trailered touring.

pwarre20

I don't know how I feel about adding an extension to my bike, especially at that price.

andrewh

The Croozer Cargo looks good. For my money though a Bob is fabulous! We took one around Australia and it never failed us once!
Regards
Andrew
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DCCommuter

I have two Wike (https://www.wicycle.com/) trailers that I really like. When loaded, they seem to make the bike easier to ride, with better balance -- except for the added weight, of course. When my twins were four I took them for a short self-contained tour in the trailer, and between the kids, the camping gear, food and water I probably had 90 lbs in the trailer and it was never really an issue, except going up hills. I just couldn't go terribly fast -- although I did hit almost 30 mph going downhill!

I did about 40 miles on an unpaved road, and in the muddy spots I found that the rear wheel couldn't generate enough traction to pull the load, so I had to walk my bike.

I've probably only put a few hundred miles on my trailers so it's hard to comment on the long-term durability other than they haven't failed yet.

womble

I used a BOB Yak. Were I to do another serious tour that involved hills, I'd get panniers. The trailer was fine for good, flat roads, but made the bike jittery on fast downhills.

One thing the trailer was good for was packing- I just carried my usual backpack in it.

pwarre20

I'm using my road racing bike and it doesn't have adequate heel clearance for large enough panniers to carry the amount of gear I need. Plus I'm traveling from Georgia to Texas, so the hills won't be too serious.

roadfix

I wouldn't use a single-wheeled trailer on a light road bike. Handling will most likely be squirrely at best....

GiantDave

Georgia to Texas, huh? I did that not too long ago--did the natchez also. I use a Bob and severely overload it! Still going strong although a bit beat up looking. You probably will have handling problems if your using a "lite" bike. I use a Giant OCR touring and a Schwinn mountain bike ---they have racks and are pretty heavy. Try to find someone who has a bob and try it out before you decide.

allballybee

Hi - I use a Bike-Hod almost every day, often to do my shopping at the local supermarket but also to carry any old stuff around. I can tell you that it's great! When it's not heavily laden you wouldn't know it was there, and even when it has tons of stuff in it, it follows you along with no problems at all. It's very stable, even at high speed. The best of it is, it's easy to wheel around off the bike as well, which is where it beats one-wheel trailers like the BOB (though I must admit, I think the BOB looks great).

locky63red

I just got back from my first trial tour with my BOB ibex. I did 475 kilometers in a week of riding with 20 Kilograms of weight in it. Only 23 Kilometers on bitumen the rest was dirt, rocks, sand and mud. I was impressed with my BOB. Tows along great. I was taking it easy belting down the hills(Gravelly roads) but that was most probaly me being extra cautious first trip out. Cant wait to go for my next trip in a months time.

jay_z

i love my bob yak.
found it to be super-dependable.

didn't experience too much downhill squirrlyness
providence - dc - providence.

becnal

Love my yak. No squirriliness at all. (Is that a word?) =)

BikePDX

I refer you to a thread entitled Burley Nomad cargo trailer--a review begun on June 28, 2004, but with more recent posts, including one from. The initiator of the thread provides an excellent review on the merrits of various trailers. I added my experience in the process of deciding panniers vs. trailer, then, once the decision was made to go with panniers, the final debate of BOB vs. Burley.

BikePDX

Correction. In my unthinking haste, I said "panniers" rather than "a trailer." I ultimately decided to go with a trailer; specifically, the Burley Nomad.

AndrewP

My daughter just bought this

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...B:EOIBSA:UK:11

She says it handles well, although she hasnt done any touring yet. She says it isnt fast enough for my grand-daughter

supcom

That Croozer has a plastic floor. Doesn't sound like a very long lasting design. I use a BOB and believe you would be better to save you money and do the same. I've hauled my BOB over some awfully rough jeep roads and it has yet to fail me. Rides like a dream once you get used to the sluggishness of pulling a heavy load behind a bike. You just let it bounce around and forget about it. I've been up to 39 mph down a mountain road with an MTB and knobbies and the rig was rock stable.