BicycleR Evolution trailer?

"Joshua Goldberg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Pls don't bite my head off here, but can anyone here who owns one of the Cargo Trailers from
BicycleR Evolution pls email me (on or off the group) and tell me how good or bad they are
for you.

I've had one for 5 or 6 years and like it a lot. It's just the thing for living in Fredsville.

I can't compare it to other trailers because I have no experience with them.

I got this trailer with my Bike Friday, but I can use it with all my bikes. It's versatile. I can
use it with the Bike Friday travel case or I can put shorter axels on and use it with several sizes
of the Rubber Maid Action Packer, a tough waterproof, lockable box available almost anywhere. The
Action Packer version is great for touring, shopping, or errands. It also makes a neat "kickstand"
because you can turn the bike and rest it on the trailer when parked. You can also do some creative
locking in this position.

Although I haven't done this, it could be easily adapted to a flat bed cargo carrier that would be
useful for hauling certain things.

As with any two wheeled trailer you need to be careful not to hook anything with a wheel when making
sharp turns or not to drop a wheel off the shoulder of the road in some circumstances.

A most satisfactory product I'd say. bikefriday.commain.cfmOpen ↗

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PS: I found Ian, who makes the trailers, to be just as customer oriented as his brothers over
at Bike Friday. These guys must have inherited some good customer service genes from
their parents.

weird family...I think they are taking over, every where you look someone in the family is connected
to cycling in Oregon re: Burley/Evolution/Bike Friday.

I use an Action Packer as well, but on a different company trailer that looks like a clone of Ian's.
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"Joshua Goldberg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Pls don't bite my head off here, but can anyone here who owns one of the Cargo Trailers from
BicycleR Evolution pls email me (on or off the

group)

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and tell me how good or bad they are for you.

I've had one for 5 or 6 years and like it a lot. It's just the thing for living in Fredsville.

I can't compare it to other trailers because I have no experience with

them.

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I got this trailer with my Bike Friday, but I can use it with all my

bikes.

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It's versatile. I can use it with the Bike Friday travel case or I can

put

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shorter axels on and use it with several sizes of the Rubber Maid Action Packer, a tough
waterproof, lockable box available almost anywhere. The Action Packer version is great for
touring, shopping, or errands. It also makes a neat "kickstand" because you can turn the bike and
rest it on the trailer when parked. You can also do some creative locking in this position.

Although I haven't done this, it could be easily adapted to a flat bed

cargo

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carrier that would be useful for hauling certain things.

As with any two wheeled trailer you need to be careful not to hook

anything

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with a wheel when making sharp turns or not to drop a wheel off the shoulder of the road in some
circumstances.

A most satisfactory product I'd say. bikefriday.commain.cfmOpen ↗

skip

PS: I found Ian, who makes the trailers, to be just as customer oriented

as

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his brothers over at Bike Friday. These guys must have inherited some

good

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customer service genes from their parents.

I have a BicycleR Evolution cargo trailer with the Rubbermaid box. I use it all the time to haul
stuff. I live in Oregon (Think Rain) so I like the fact that the stuff won't get wet.

The trailer is light enough that I don't notice it except when it's loaded. The wheels have ball
bearings, and roll easily. The tires are just 12" overall and only 35psi but I haven't found that to
be much of a handicap. The hitch is just a compressed-air fitting, which works great. The hitch
height is perfect for bikes with a 20" rear wheel. With a hitch installed on each bike, our trailer
can be quickly attached to either of our family's 2 BikeE's, our Bike Friday Family Tandem [Great
Bike, BTW!], or a conventional MTB.

I'm also ordering one of their new kits to builid a flat-bed trailer: my son has a small lawn-care
business and wants to haul his mower, etc. On this trailer the wheels are mounted directly to a
plywood bed (you supply), so the bed dimensions can easily be customized.

I'm a satisfied customer. Parker

Curious about how the trailer handles going down hill (I didn't see where it has it's own
braking system). The hills in this part of NY are sometimes tough to brake on without 100#'s of
trailer behind.

John Haluzak Horizon

"Parker Swanson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I have a BicycleR Evolution cargo trailer with the Rubbermaid box. I use

it all the time to haul stuff. I live in Oregon (Think

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Rain) so I like the fact that the stuff won't get wet.

The trailer is light enough that I don't notice it except when it's

loaded. The wheels have ball bearings, and roll easily. The

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tires are just 12" overall and only 35psi but I haven't found that to be

much of a handicap. The hitch is just a compressed-air

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fitting, which works great. The hitch height is perfect for bikes with a

20" rear wheel. With a hitch installed on each bike, our

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trailer can be quickly attached to either of our family's 2 BikeE's, our

Bike Friday Family Tandem [Great Bike, BTW!], or a

Quoted message said:

conventional MTB.

I'm also ordering one of their new kits to builid a flat-bed trailer: my

son has a small lawn-care business and wants to haul his

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mower, etc. On this trailer the wheels are mounted directly to a plywood

bed (you supply), so the bed dimensions can easily be

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customized.

I'm a satisfied customer. Parker

"John" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Curious about how the trailer handles going down hill (I didn't see where it has it's own
braking system). The hills in this part of NY are sometimes tough to brake on without 100#'s of
trailer behind.

John Haluzak Horizon

The BicycleR Evolution trailer doesn't have brakes. I think its rated capacity is 100lb but I've
never tried mine with more than about a 50lb load (limited by the *uphill* capacity of my "motor"!).
I upgraded the rear brake on my older BikeE, which is a hard-tail model. The trailer has been very
stable with the loads and conditions I've tried (up to about 25mph downhill), but of course I'm
careful. It's my "grocery-getter".

Cheers, Parker

Thanx I like this...especially the Rollbar idea.
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"Steve McDonald" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I met the builder, Ian, many years ago when he was making another type of trailer. He's the
friendliest and most helpful fellow. I was making my own trailer and he gladly sold me a
set-up pair of wheels with all the works, just for his own basic cost. He enjoys great
respect and good will from any local builder or seller of bike gear I've known.

To keep your trailer under control on downhill runs, make sure to have more weight loaded in
front of its axle, than behind it. Watch out for curbs, bumps, gopher mounds, etc., on the
edge of the path that can flip a trailer. Helmets, seatbelts and rollbars would be nice for
trailer-riding kids whose parents want to have grandchildren someday.

Steve McDonald

Steve McDonald said:

To keep your trailer under control on downhill runs, make sure to have more weight loaded in
front of its axle, than behind it. Watch out for curbs, bumps, gopher mounds, etc., on the
edge of the path that can flip a trailer....

If one was going to be pulling really heavy loads, Arai drag brakes could be fitted to a trailer.

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Helmets, seatbelts and rollbars would be nice for trailer-riding kids > whose parents want to
have grandchildren someday.

I though that the potential problems in this area were caused by upright saddles. 😉

Tom Sherman - Quad Cities USA (Illinois side)