Bike Trailer Blog

John sent us images of his bike trailer that he fashioned over the weekend from an old wheelchair.  Recycling and DIY mixed together are always great to see.

From John’s blog Hacking 5hit:

“It started as two pieces of 1/2″emt (electrical conduit, $1.80ea @ Lowe’s), an old wheelchair discovered in a pile of junk behind someone’s house (I paid them $20, probably could have been free), a piece of uni-strut from a garbage can outside WSECU in downtown Olympia, an air-hose coupling from Harbor Freight (already had this but not more than $2 new) and the bin was ~$12 on sale @ one of the big Lowe’s-Depot stores. There is a little bit of aluminum angle stock from my scrap bin and a bit of scrap hose for the flexible bit of the hitch.
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July 17th Update: BikeTrailerShop.com and BikeKidShop.com’s final Burley Trailer sale of 2010 is going on now!
ALL Burley Cargo, Child & Pet Trailers are 10% off thru August 3rd

Summer is almost here, and I know I’m itching to put lots of miles on my bike for the season.

The Bike Shop Hub makes it easy to enjoy that o’ so fantastic biking weather with a Burley sale, offering high quality Burley products at a discounted price from now until June 7th.  Not only are ALL Burley Trailers 10% off, but when you purchase multiple items, you get an additional 10% off of the accessory items.  Throw in the standard free shipping with purchase of any trailer, and you’ve saved enough to get some additional bike bling, or that upgraded iphone you’ve been eying.

For the Tourer or Commuter

Maybe you have a long tour scheduled this summer, or maybe you gave up your 4-wheeled gas hog for your 2-wheeled work horse.  No matter what the situation, the Burley Cargo Trailers are beefy and reliable for carrying heavy loads, with the advantage of being lightweight as well.  The Nomad is one of our most popular trailers, because of the fact that it is very versatile and easy to use.  It has a large packing enclosure which works great for groceries or for camping gear. It’s easy to add cargo space too with the Burley Nomad Cargo Rack.
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George sent us some pictures and a brief story about his recently created DIY trailer.  George has been living car free since June 2009 and commutes to work on his bike. The majority of his daily 18 mile round trip commute is on bike trails but he wanted a bike cargo trailer to do grocery shopping and have the extra carrying capacity for things his bike alone couldn’t handle.

George conducted some thorough research and decided that the ready made trailers on the market weren’t for him, so he opted to build his own using the Wike DIY trailer kit.  He added a little extra bling with a piece of 1/10″ thick aluminum diamond tread brite plate.  George constructed the side railing out of 1″ black anodized aluminum tubing and nylon connectors.  The overall size of the trailer bed is 2′x4′ and can hold at least a month of groceries, tools, and the kitchen sink.
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Moko sent in these images of his bike cargo trailers. Moko definitely looks like he is getting some interesting things done with his Bikes At Work trailer. Without it, it’s hard to imagine how he would take out the dog on the bike and pick up the kids with their bike.
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We’ve decided we should start doing a monthly round up of all the things we see going on in the realm of bike cargo trailers and bike child trailer that have taken place outside of the scope of BikeTrailerBlog.com. Our roundup will be bring together great stories that we’ve come across from around the web from the previous month as well as from our shop blog at Bike Shop Hub blog where we’ve been posting up photos from our manufacturing and development of the Wandertec BONGO bike cargo trailer.

From around the web:

Everyone has been reviewing the new Burely Travoy including Commute by Bike, Bike Portland, Bike Hugger, and an Interbike Cycling Video preview from Utility Cycling.
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The Bike Kid Shop is having its annual spring Chariot Carriers sale.  So for all of you who have been waiting for a sale to get your hands on one of those sleek style’n trailers, now’s your chance.  The sale running through May 11 includes 10% off all Chariot child bike trailers like the popular Cougar 1 and 2 model and the Mercedes Benz of  child trailers the CX line.  All accessories purchased with a child trailer will receive 10% off as well.
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Dean found that  walking to different parts of trails that required maintenance and carrying tools took way to much time out of the day, and sometimes when you only have one day a month do to trail work time is of the essence.  Dean felt that pre-made retail bike trailers where not cost effective,  So he decided to design a bike cargo trailer that he could attach to his mountain bike and that would allow him to carry the tools he needed for effective trail maintenance.
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Pete sent us some pictures of a bike cargo trailer he made for hauling gear, some where in the Western U.S. he tells us.  This doesn’t look like the yuppie trailers roll’n around suburbia America.  This is a working mans trailer. Pete constructed this ox from old road signs, bolts and wood, with 20″ Northern Tool HD rims toting a 200 lb working load each. Burly.

Pete claims the trailer has been tested at 40 mph+ with 100 lbs on the hwy, I’m wondering if these numbers were from being pulled by a bike or a duelie.  He also says the trailer has pulled 480 lbs a.k.a six buckets of sand weighing 80 lbs a piece, at lower speeds.  I really hope its flat were Pete lives with a tail wind coming from every direction.

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There are a lot of bicycle cargo trailers in the world, some follow the single wheeled premise others subscribe to two wheels.  When it comes to off road riding I think it is well accepted that single wheeled bike trailers are the ticket.  They track well behind your bike and can still carry a significant load.  One of the most well recognized names in single wheeled cargo trailers is BOB Cargo Trailers.  BOB has been making  single wheeled cargo trailers since the early 1990’s, and have established themselves as the leaders in bicycle cargo trailers.

We’ve got BOB Trailers on the brain as we currently have the BOB Trailer Spring Sale running at BikeTrailerShop.com.  BOB Yak Trailers are currently on sale for $259 while BOB Ibex Trailers are only $319!

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There are a lot of bike child trailers out there, some good, some not so good.  As the parents who pull the child trailers we never truly get to form a solid opinion as to what it is really like to be pulled inside a child trailer.  What do the kids think?  They’re the ones who have to endure a rough ride or be lowed to sleep by a smooth ride.  How do we know what bicycle child trailers are comfortable and which ones are like ridding in a wagon train across the prairie one hundred and fifty years ago. [Read more →]