Another trailer question

On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 20:38:14 +1000, Squeaker
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Quoted message said:

"I have been looking from time to time at trailers for carrying
groceries
(and possibly a day out now and then) and always found them just a
little
too expensive."

I've also been put off by the high cost of trailers - I've bought a
"towbar" attachment called a Traileron, which is supposed to enable you
to tow pretty much anything with wheels (a shopping trolley in my case).
Haven't dared use it yet though as I feel a bit self-conscious, living
in a neighbourhood where a woman on any kind of bike (let alone an
ancient Dahon) is a great novelty. Has anyone else any experience of
this type of towbar?

No - but I've just bought a shopping trolley, and was thinking about
how to tow it...

Thanks for telling me about the Traileron. I've just looked at the
web-site.

One thing that concerns me about it - is there any built-in
'twist'-abilitiy to it?

(I doubt shopping trolleys take well to being taken round corners on
one wheel, but I'd still like to be able to tilt my bike as I tow...)

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On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 19:08:25 +0100, David Hansen
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On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 14:35:01 GMT someone who may be Simon Brooke
<[email hidden]> wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

Relative to the bike-hod

http://www.orbit-cycles.co.uk/trailers.shtml near the bottom lists
two alternatives that are worth considering. The Gecko is over £100,
but the Orbit is advertised at £80.

The latest issue of A to B reviewed the Croozer Cargo, at RRP £125.
http://www.amba-marketing.com/products.php?cid=26&pid=165

It's got pneumatic tyres, weighs 10.5kg and takes 30kg.

I'd say the Gecko from David's url (£125, weighs 7.4kg, takes 40Kg and
has 'a different style hitch - the small tab stays permanently on your
bike, the trailer is then more quickly attached abd detached.'😉
probably wins out on paper.

I especially like the idea of a quick on/off facility.

But then... the Orbit is 2/3rds the price.

Then again, a traileron /might/ work well enough with my shopping
trolley, and its only $20...

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Quoted message said:

No - but I've just bought a shopping trolley, and was thinking about
how to tow it...

The traditional methods are always the best. Get some friends drunk, let
them push you home in it after kicking out time.

Mark Thompson typed:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

No - but I've just bought a shopping trolley, and was thinking about
how to tow it...

The traditional methods are always the best. Get some friends drunk, let
them push you home in it after kicking out time.

But remember, for the sake of the traditional among us, this must be done
with trousers at half-mast ... or if you're female, with at least one breast
exposed.

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Paul - censored said:

But remember, for the sake of the traditional among us, this must be done
with trousers at half-mast ... or if you're female, with at least one breast
exposed.

Ah, that explains what's going on in this scene...
<URL:http://www.artchive.com/artchive/d/delacroix/delacroix_liberty.jpg>

I can't see the trolley, though.

d.

Gawnsoft said:

On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 20:38:14 +1000, Squeaker
<[email hidden]> wrote (more or less):

Quoted message said:

"I have been looking from time to time at trailers for carrying
groceries
(and possibly a day out now and then) and always found them just a
little
too expensive."

I've also been put off by the high cost of trailers - I've bought a
"towbar" attachment called a Traileron, which is supposed to enable you
to tow pretty much anything with wheels (a shopping trolley in my case).
Haven't dared use it yet though as I feel a bit self-conscious, living
in a neighbourhood where a woman on any kind of bike (let alone an
ancient Dahon) is a great novelty. Has anyone else any experience of
this type of towbar?

No - but I've just bought a shopping trolley, and was thinking about
how to tow it...

Thanks for telling me about the Traileron. I've just looked at the
web-site.

One thing that concerns me about it - is there any built-in
'twist'-abilitiy to it?

(I doubt shopping trolleys take well to being taken round corners on
one wheel, but I'd still like to be able to tilt my bike as I tow...)

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The Traileron (which I still haven't tried) pivots horizontally about the seat post but there is very little vertical "play" and no "twist". By that I mean that if you were standing behind the bike holding the towbar you could move it from side to side easily and a little bit up and down, but not around in any sort of circle - it forms a hinge joint with the seatpost rather than a ball-and-socket arrangement. (N.B. while I remember, it won't work with a Brompton because you need to be able to take the seat post completely out to fit it.) I shouldn't think you can lean over - I imagine it's designed for fairly sedate towing especially if the shopping trolley used has a narrow wheelbase. I don't fancy a jack-knifing incident or a capsize ... Oh, and I didn't mean the type of supermarket trolley you have to liberate with a £1 coin and traipse round Tescos with!

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 00:29:31 +1000, Squeaker
<[email hidden]> wrote (more or less):
....

Quoted message said:

The Traileron (which I still haven't tried) pivots horizontally about
the seat post but there is very little vertical "play" and no "twist".
By that I mean that if you were standing behind the bike holding the
towbar you could move it from side to side easily and a little bit up
and down, but not around in any sort of circle - it forms a hinge joint
with the seatpost rather than a ball-and-socket arrangement. (N.B.
while I remember, it won't work with a Brompton because you need to be
able to take the seat post completely out to fit it.) I shouldn't
think you can lean over - I imagine it's designed for fairly sedate
towing

My towing is going to be sedate, but it does involve some sharp
corners which I'd like to be able to turn round while towing...

Quoted message said:

especially if the shopping trolley used has a narrow wheelbase.
I don't fancy a jack-knifing incident or a capsize ... Oh, and I didn't
mean the type of supermarket trolley you have to liberate with a £1
coin and traipse round Tescos with!

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