what trailer?

martin tod must be edykated coz e writed:

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I'd like to buy a trailer for my bike... need to pull between 25 > 50 kilos over 6 mile ( 12 round
trip) journey to local village. I have seen a few online...any personal experiences pointing me
towards or away from one would be appreciated.

Martin Tod

Bob Yak is supposed to be good, someone at the local cycle forum is selling one I think. I thought
about buying one but decided against it, I already tend to carry to much in my panniers, probably
end up with the dogs in a trailer!

Ian

martin tod said:

I'd like to buy a trailer for my bike... need to pull between 25 > 50 kilos over 6 mile ( 12 round
trip) journey to local village. I have seen a few online...any personal experiences pointing me
towards or away from one would be appreciated.

A BoB Yak is stable and will tow that load very easily. Mine's not for sale.

Take a look at bobtrailers.combobtrailers.comOpen ↗

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I'd like to buy a trailer for my bike... need to pull between 25 > 50 kilos over 6 mile ( 12
round trip) journey

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A BoB Yak is stable and will tow that load very easily.

Mind you, I wrote that without having any idea what is to be towed. The weight is no problem, but
what sort of bulk, size and shape are you talking?

I used to commute once a week (about a 22 mile round trip) towing a fair load in mine. I've used it
to carry everything for a juggling convention (camping kit, juggling kit and a unicycle strapped to
the top), and have also managed to haul 3 unicycles with it.

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Danny Colyer said:

A BoB Yak is stable and will tow that load very easily. Mine's not for sale.

For shopping the Bike Hod is also a good bet.

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In message <[email hidden]>, martin tod <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

I'd like to buy a trailer for my bike... need to pull between 25 > 50 kilos over 6 mile ( 12 round
trip) journey to local village. I have seen a few online...any personal experiences pointing me
towards or away from one would be appreciated.

I have had a Columbus trailer for some years - over 10 (though it doesn't get used much anymore) -
in terms of weight it's rated for 100kg
- the most I know I had was 80kG-ish - which was well loaded shopping trolley - but of course if you
are carrying less dense stuff it will take up more space.

Main reason for buying this against others (there were a lot less around then) was that it folds
down easily to store in a reasonably small space.

The main downer is that it fixes to the seat post - on heavy braking this can tend to lift the back
wheel. Ok with lower loads but once you get above say 50kg it's more noticeable. Heavily loaded,
braking going down hill could be 'fun' :-) the tow bar at that height gives a convenient handle for
manoeuvring though.

For a smaller load the bike hod has been around for a while

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Just zis Guy said:

For shopping the Bike Hod is also a good bet.

Only if you ride one of those funny uprighty things with a seatpost to attach it to.

Mind you, the OP probably does.

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Danny Colyer <[email hidden]> wrote:
: I responded to:
:> > I'd like to buy a trailer for my bike... need to pull between 25 > 50 kilos over 6 mile ( 12
:> > round trip) journey

: with:
:> A BoB Yak is stable and will tow that load very easily.

The nominal weight limit on a BoB is 30 kilos. So 50 would be a bit high.

I've got one and won't part with it - they are truely excellent. But, once you've got 30 kilos of
coal in it it's getting to the stage where I think "that's enough". I don't think it would handle
well with 50 kilos on.

Depends how often you want to carry the heavier weights. If it's rare, a BoB would be ok, but
otherwise you might want to look at something more designed for the greater weights.

Arthur

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In message <[email hidden]>, martin tod <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

I'd like to buy a trailer for my bike... need to pull between 25 > 50

kilos

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

over 6 mile ( 12 round trip) journey to local village. I have seen a few online...any personal
experiences pointing me towards or away from one

would

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be appreciated.

I have had a Columbus trailer for some years - over 10 (though it doesn't get used much anymore) -
in terms of weight it's rated for 100kg
- the most I know I had was 80kG-ish - which was well loaded shopping trolley - but of course if
you are carrying less dense stuff it will take up more space.

Main reason for buying this against others (there were a lot less around then) was that it folds
down easily to store in a reasonably small space.

The main downer is that it fixes to the seat post - on heavy braking this can tend to lift the
back wheel. Ok with lower loads but once you get above say 50kg it's more noticeable. Heavily
loaded, braking going down hill could be 'fun' :-) the tow bar at that height gives a convenient
handle for manoeuvring though.

For a smaller load the bike hod has been around for a while

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Chris French, Leeds

I`ve also had a Columbus for ages - an excellent heavy duty trailer. I have never noticed the back
wheel lifting but then I am quite a large bloke. Was used regularly for weekly shopping trips over 8
miles or so.

With a T bar on the end its also very useful for general fetching and carrying jobs / ferrying small
kids etc. We still use it for most of our shopping now, but as the supermarket is only about 400 yds
it isn`t worth putting it on the bike.

Managed to bend a wheel overloading it once but it uses easily available 20" wheels & tyres.

Recommended.

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Arthur Clune pointed out:

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The nominal weight limit on a BoB is 30 kilos. So 50 would be a bit high.

You are, of course, quite correct.

I looked at the figures "25-50" and thought to myself "The BoB will do that, its got a weight limit
of 70lbs". Clearly I was doing a NASA, mixing my metric and imperial units.

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I've got one and won't part with it - they are truely excellent. But, once you've got 30 kilos of
coal in it it's getting to the stage where I think "that's enough". I don't think it would handle
well with 50 kilos on.

No, I don't think it would.

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