Bike trailer ??
#1
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Bike trailer ??
Shopping bike trailers
Need for hauling about 75 lbs fish & gear.
Decent roads, Mostly paved, some gravel sections.
Found this one (lightest I found, 22 lbs) ? :
https://www.aosom.com/item/aosom-wan...h~B4-0008.html
Need for hauling about 75 lbs fish & gear.
Decent roads, Mostly paved, some gravel sections.
Found this one (lightest I found, 22 lbs) ? :
https://www.aosom.com/item/aosom-wan...h~B4-0008.html
#2
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Another one, much lighter
https://www.burley.com/product/flatbed/
https://www.burley.com/product/flatbed/
#4
Cycleway town
Mine has a welded steel frame, and 5ins of suspension travel (fully compressed by a set of car wheels here). It's a bit large, at 3ft X 6ft, but very handy. Solid tyres, too.
The case for making your own is strong, if you're savvy with scrap parts.
The case for making your own is strong, if you're savvy with scrap parts.
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#7
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Yeah I first made it for the Avenir Cleveland child's trailer several years ago. Used to take my daughter to nursery, it was too bumpy for her as standard. I made a pair of simple scissor springs out of alloy. You'd think they'd snap but they're still good.
At first this made the trailer far too high, so I had to mount the wheels on drop links. All in alloy..
Before
After
She loved it but got too big for it, so I put her on the back of a mountain bike..
Then I made a SWB tandem, now 8yo she travels on the back of this..
So with no need for it anymore, it came to making the big cargo trailer. I whipped the springs off the little one's frame, added some hefty barrow wheels I'd used briefly on hers, and transferred it all over...
It takes all my bodyweight to get it on the bump stops, then releases back to about 5.5ins.
I painted a sheet of cardboard with fibreglass resin, and that's done as a floor, but it's cracking up after a bit of graft. It needs a proper box really, but I don't have the room to store it unless it's flat.
At first this made the trailer far too high, so I had to mount the wheels on drop links. All in alloy..
Before
After
She loved it but got too big for it, so I put her on the back of a mountain bike..
Then I made a SWB tandem, now 8yo she travels on the back of this..
So with no need for it anymore, it came to making the big cargo trailer. I whipped the springs off the little one's frame, added some hefty barrow wheels I'd used briefly on hers, and transferred it all over...
It takes all my bodyweight to get it on the bump stops, then releases back to about 5.5ins.
I painted a sheet of cardboard with fibreglass resin, and that's done as a floor, but it's cracking up after a bit of graft. It needs a proper box really, but I don't have the room to store it unless it's flat.
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I do a lot with kid's trailers. The only issue is that the foot area tends to hang down too far.
I do have a heavy duty homemade trailer that I use for big stuff, but generally wouldn't use it for the fishing trails.
I have a couple of different kid's trailers. The one above has the single sided wheel, and I'd consider it as light-duty.
I very much prefer the wrap-around frame and quick release wheels.
Hitches vary. The Burleys have good hitches. I'm not so excited about the typical spring hinges. And, anything that clamps to the chainstays will eventually wear through the paint.
I was worried about clamping under a quick release skewer, but so far I haven't had any problems. Perhaps I should bring a spare with me.
One of my favorite trailers is an older Schwinn/Instep version with the wrap around frame, welded steel or Aluminum, although I've got the trailer accidentally separated from me at the moment. I'll have one back in use shortly.
These Bike Friday Cargo trailers pop up every once in a while, and would make a good small utility trailer. The hitch is a airhose socket. Bike Friday does sell the adapters if not included.
https://eugene.craigslist.org/bop/d/...886617196.html
If you are doing any dirt trails, then consider a one-wheel trailer like the BOB trailers. A few different varieties are available.
https://bend.craigslist.org/bik/d/be...910074237.html
But, for general utility hauling, I've done well with two wheel trailers.
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#10
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Homemade one ?
have an old canoe trailer.
Trying to modify
how long of a tongue?
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#12
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It works
Gonna need a test
But it works ok
rode around a bit,
turns ok
tracks ok
need to watch the load balance
Just a little tongue weight, too much flips to bike.
But it works ok
rode around a bit,
turns ok
tracks ok
need to watch the load balance
Just a little tongue weight, too much flips to bike.
Last edited by bogydave; 06-19-19 at 01:54 AM.
#13
Cycleway town
Hitches vary.
Mine is based on a read MTB suspension damper, with rubber blocks either side of the piston. This reduces snatch and fatigue. That's on the hitch trailer. It turns infinately, so no worries with laying the bike down.
Bolted to the bike is a swivel coaster with the wheel removed. A quick-pin joins them. Infinite up/down movement on the bearings allows me to go down a flight of stairs (but for the new trailer's overhang!). I can turn the bike around at jackknife degrees, too.
Damper cylinder..
Fitted to cro-mo trailer arm..
The hitch isn't pretty but there's a lot of other things going on there (torque arm, brake carrier, rack and fender braces)..
Last edited by MikeyMK; 06-19-19 at 01:55 PM.