View Poll Results: What's your prefered cargo hauler?
One-wheel trailer (Bob)
3
6.38%
Two-wheel trailer (Burley, Wike, or...)
18
38.30%
Xtracycle
9
19.15%
Something I haven't thought of yet
17
36.17%
Voters: 47. You may not vote on this poll
Grocery hauling options
07-08-06, 12:12 PM
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These guys have free plans for a two wheeled cart if you have the tools or resources. I am currently building one.
07-08-06, 04:44 PM
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Try the Bike Friday trailer hitch; maybe it's different from the Burley.
07-08-06, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Tightwad
I voted "Something I haven't thought of yet" as no one mentioned
the obvious and best choice , and my favorite, the trike.
I seems damn funny to me that the rest of the world has figured out
the cycle to do utility hauling duties best is the tricycle. One can haul
an amazing amount of anything on a tricycle (and no, I don't mean
any of those low down pavement scraper trikes)
Since the cost of owning more than one cycle is so cheap , long term,
there is no reason not to add a utility trike to your cycle stable. This
would allow you to haul light stuff on your bike in panniers or milk
crate with heavy duty runs left to the trike as needed.
Remember.......This job ain't about looking cool...it's about moving
the maximum amount of materials without a car.
the obvious and best choice , and my favorite, the trike.
I seems damn funny to me that the rest of the world has figured out
the cycle to do utility hauling duties best is the tricycle. One can haul
an amazing amount of anything on a tricycle (and no, I don't mean
any of those low down pavement scraper trikes)
Since the cost of owning more than one cycle is so cheap , long term,
there is no reason not to add a utility trike to your cycle stable. This
would allow you to haul light stuff on your bike in panniers or milk
crate with heavy duty runs left to the trike as needed.
Remember.......This job ain't about looking cool...it's about moving
the maximum amount of materials without a car.
I just took three complete bikes in shipping boxes over to the bike shop on my trike. NO problem. No one seems to get this. On a fairly flat surface I have ridden with a 200 lb load and gone up some short hills. It's all about the gearing.You're right, you can hang huge amounts of stuff in and off a trike anywhere because it does not tip over at slow speed. Even a load that shifts it self quickly back and forth form one side to another does not cause a problem, like this one.......
07-09-06, 12:25 PM
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i have the Xtracycle...I have a trailer, but I've never been "brave" enough to attach the trailer to the Xtracycle. I may try.
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07-09-06, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 2manybikes
Even a load that shifts it self quickly back and forth form one side to another does not cause a problem, like this one.......
07-10-06, 07:05 AM
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I use two large panniers, one backpack if necessary, and a front basket. I can carry about sixty pounds on the bike which is quite sufficient. I can carry twenty pound bags of cat litter easily in the panniers too.
07-11-06, 03:05 PM
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eh... i use my grocery hog! one front basket, with huge wald pannier baskets on the back. I also have bungee cords for stuff to haul on top (works for pizza, too) of my rear load. I easily bring home between $60-80 of groceries. The awesome part?? bike = $15 (from a friend, and it came with the front basket), pannier baskets = $15.
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07-12-06, 04:47 PM
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for extremely large/heavy loads, we use a Bikes at Work 32" trailer.
Our proximity to the many groceries in our 'hood, and increased frequency of our visits, means that most of the time nowadays we just use panniers or baskets, though. I recently installed two folding metal baskets on the rear rack of my trailer-haulin' bike. They can hold a grocery bag each, and they're open at the top. This is sufficient for most grocery trips or the weekly CSA pickup.
So the BAW trailer now gets used mostly for cases of wine, feed-store trips, bike moves, and of course hauling coffee and cups to the bridge for the monthly Breakfast on the Bridges. It's perfect for that.
I am keeping track of my wish-i-had-an-xtracycle moments -- times when we forego something due to lack of cargo space, or times when we haul the trailer and then only fill it up 1/3 of the way. seems like an Xtra would be perfect for some of our higher-volume farmers market days.
Our proximity to the many groceries in our 'hood, and increased frequency of our visits, means that most of the time nowadays we just use panniers or baskets, though. I recently installed two folding metal baskets on the rear rack of my trailer-haulin' bike. They can hold a grocery bag each, and they're open at the top. This is sufficient for most grocery trips or the weekly CSA pickup.
So the BAW trailer now gets used mostly for cases of wine, feed-store trips, bike moves, and of course hauling coffee and cups to the bridge for the monthly Breakfast on the Bridges. It's perfect for that.
I am keeping track of my wish-i-had-an-xtracycle moments -- times when we forego something due to lack of cargo space, or times when we haul the trailer and then only fill it up 1/3 of the way. seems like an Xtra would be perfect for some of our higher-volume farmers market days.
07-13-06, 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Old_Fart
Thanks for all the input, the different perspectives are exactly what I was looking for.
Does anyone here have any experience or comments on the Wike trailers?
Does anyone here have any experience or comments on the Wike trailers?
Got 2 tote boxes (Large and HUGE) So now I am completely independent for groceries and anything
else large to haul around.
This year I got one of their canoe trailers. It is one of the best priced available. Again they were
totally help ful with the fine tuning. Hooks up in less than a minute and launches just as fast.
The green rig on their website is mine. hope this helps.
