Bike Trailer Blog

Get a Free Wandertec SAX BOB liner with the purchase of a BOB Trailer.  This offer is valid with the purchase of either the BOB Yak or the BOB Ibex now thru March 22nd.
The Wandertec SAX is an excellent addition to the BOB Trailer, offering the ability to contain bulky items in the BOB without [...]

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There really isn’t any limit to what kind of bike trailer you can make, especially when it comes to how long a bicycle trailer can be.  Check out this original build from Gary.   The whole set up looks like it should be operating on a railroad track rather then on city streets, especially with the [...]

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After giving his Burley child trailer to a friend, because children do grow up, Clancy was finding himself lacking cargo capacity on his bike.  One day his wife brought home a Yakima Tot Rod. Well, since Clancy no longer need another bike child trailer he began the modification process to convert it into a bike [...]

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We received this most excellent photo from Tony at Tony’s Trailers.  Ever wonder what happens to those abandon shopping carts you see miles from any food store?  It’s not just the bag people that make good use of them.  No need to try and come up with some creative cargo trailer, the food and grocery [...]

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Check out this cool custom trailer created by James of Globe Cycles. He has taken the idea of a custom build to a whole new level and is using it to travel around and do presentations about his epic round-the-world record setting ride and further his cause to raise money for Parkinson’s Disease research.
James used [...]

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Back in January we wrote a post about Sean from Australia who had created a really cool custom trailer out of an old school table and some parts you could find around the house or hardware store.  One cool thing that Sean had done was to design his own custom hitch for his trailer.

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Nigel was kind enough to send us a photo from across the pond of his weekly shopping setup.  Its a great use of the Carry Freedom Y-frame bike trailer and stack-able plastic containers.  Nigel claims that he can use this trailer along with a set of rear panniers to shop for a family of four [...]

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We’ve all heard it from our friends who have children, now that they have a family things aren’t the same and they just don’t have the time anymore to ride bikes or go camping.  There’s soccer practice to go to, ballet lessons, etc.  Well we received a few pictures from Peter, and from the looks [...]

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Here at the Bike Trailer Blog we like to encourage our readers and customers, like Alan here, to send us emails and pictures about their own bike trailer stories. Whether they are custom bike trailer projects, how they use their gear that they have purchased from us or just fun stories about trips, cool ideas [...]

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We received a email from Sean in regards to a custom trailer that he was designing and building.  Sean has taken some products that one could find around the house or office  and turned them into a home made custom bike trailer.  Including his own  crafty hitch design.

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