Originally Posted by
Miele Man
Scavenging a used bicycle is where a rear rack on your bike and a pair of toe-straps and a pair of 48" Coghlan's Arno straps in your seat bag come in might handy. Then if you come across a nice bike out for garbage or for sale cheap and you want to bring it home then, you can. Just rig up the secong bike like this.
That bike was sold to me for $30.00 CDN and included two brand new tires. You can still see the card wrapped around them.
With the bike fastened to the rear rack like that it's very stable and riding isn't affected at all. I use a toe-strap on each fork leg to make it even more secure.
Cheers
I have an extra-strong rear fender stay made of Aluminum tubing, which comes in very handy. For short distances, I just put my left hand on the stem of a 2nd bike to ride with it, but for long distance, I bungee the front wheel, still attached, close to my rear wheel, and it trails perfectly.