Bike Trailer Blog

There are many things in the world that can be converted into a proper bicycle cargo trailer.  In this case, it was a lucky yard cart that made the ascension from common lawn article to coveted bike cargo trailer.
Blake and Phil wanted a grocery getter and they found a unassuming garden cart on sale for [...]

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A local food share program in Burlington, Vermont has incorporated bicycle trailers into their food distribution.  Intervale Food Hub began as a research project of the Intervale Center in 2007. The goal was to identify the existing barriers and opportunities to increasing local food production and consumption, and to find appropriate solutions for [...]

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I thought I’d use the opportunity of this blissful photo of a Burley Nomad that Don sent in to mention that we just extended our Burley Cargo, Child & Pet Trailers 10% off Sale,  thru August 10th.
Here is what Don has to say about his Nomad:
I love my Burley Nomad I have a hitch [...]

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John sent us in these photos of his bike tour through Massachusetts that he titled his “200+ Mile Senior Citizen Tour”. From the looks of it, I’d say that most young guys would have to be in pretty good shape to keep up with John and his fully loaded BOB Trailer with Greenspeed Rack, 4D [...]

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We receive all types of stories here at the Bike Trailer Blog. Some are from people just writing in to tell us about their latest bike trip. Many are indeed bicycle trailer stories. But my favorites still have to be the DIY home trailer creations–especially the ones created from others unwanted stuff.  James and his [...]

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The Burley Travoy Bike Cargo Trailer is creating a buzz. Our friends at Commute by Bike and cycleicio.us have both written about the Travoy–not to mention that all Burley bike trailers are currently on sale at BikeTrailerShop.com. I previously tested the Travoy in Flagstaff, but it only made me pine to try it out in [...]

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BikeTrailerShop.com just got in a batch of the new longer forks for the Extrawheel Voyager.  These longer mounting forks were designed with 29er mountain bikes in mind, though the longer fork is also useful for the 28″ European wheel standard as well as for providing extra clearance for 26″ or 700c wheels with fenders.
As you [...]

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If you have ever wondered what to do with all those old street signs that you stole as an adolescence we’ve got and idea for you.  Robert sent us some pictures and a short story about his DIY bike cargo trailer that he created.
Robert officially named his project as the dog/hauler build.  He came up [...]

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For 10 years I lived in the Washington DC area.  I had my folding bike, an account with a car-sharing service, and I lived near the DC Metro system. Life was good. But something was missing.
So I fell in love, moved to Flagstaff, Arizona, and got married.

I realize now that what was really missing from [...]

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This Week Bike Shop Hub and the Bike Trailer Blog are focusing on the growing electric bike revolution. Electric Bikes, Future or Fad? is a Bike Shop Hub article exploring the bigger picture of e-bike popularity.  Obviously e-bikes have some implications when it comes to bicycle trailers as well.  An electric assist bike or or [...]

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