cycle cargo trailers

gjt70 said:

Dear All,

I was wondering if anyone could direct me to appropriate sites for cycle
cargo trailers. Any opinions would also be welcomed.

I have a Bob-Yak, very nice it is too. Clips onto special fittings on
the rear wheel axle, ensuring the rear wheel is forced downwards under
braking. Designs that attach to the seat post tend to lift the rear
wheel under braking.

Nowasays comes with a waterproof "Yak-Sak", I think. Mine has a
holdall instead, as it's a bit older. I regularly use it for the
supermarket run, fitting four carrier bags in. Biggest load carried
so far was another bike. Heaviest was a sack of horse manure.

Tim

On 07/07/2005 11:13:09 Tim Hall said:

On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 09:30:01 GMT, gjt70 <[email hidden]> wrote:

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Dear All,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I was wondering if anyone could direct me to appropriate sites for cycle
cargo trailers. Any opinions would also be welcomed.

Quoted message said:

I have a Bob-Yak, very nice it is too. Clips onto special fittings on the
rear wheel axle, ensuring the rear wheel is forced downwards under
braking. Designs that attach to the seat post tend to lift the rear wheel
under braking.

Quoted message said:

Nowasays comes with a waterproof "Yak-Sak", I think. Mine has a holdall
instead, as it's a bit older. I regularly use it for the supermarket run,
fitting four carrier bags in. Biggest load carried so far was another
bike. Heaviest was a sack of horse manure.

If you find something in the Bob range, or the Croozer Cargo, or the
Carry Freedom range that takes your fancy, contact me through the
website as I can usually do deals on these three.
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I was wondering if anyone could direct me to appropriate sites for cycle
cargo trailers.

http://www.bikesandtrailers.com/bike-trailers/index.html

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gjt70 said:

Dear All,

I was wondering if anyone could direct me to appropriate sites for cycle
cargo trailers. Any opinions would also be welcomed.

I have a Bob-Yak, very nice it is too. Clips onto special fittings on
the rear wheel axle, ensuring the rear wheel is forced downwards under
braking. Designs that attach to the seat post tend to lift the rear
wheel under braking.

Nowasays comes with a waterproof "Yak-Sak", I think. Mine has a
holdall instead, as it's a bit older. I regularly use it for the
supermarket run, fitting four carrier bags in. Biggest load carried
so far was another bike. Heaviest was a sack of horse manure.

Tim

I've got an old Yak (and a Coz too but they don't seem to make that
anymore).
Fits on my various bikes - derailleur / hub gear / hub brake (tandem)
although you'll have to buy multiple Bob QRs if you want to do this.
Was in regular shopping use. Will take a weeks shopping / a crate of beer /
a load of bottles to the bottle bank - a pattern emerges...
Survived 2 1/2 months cycle camping in France.
Can be used to transport a Brompton if ever you're inclined to meet someone
by bike and present them with a bike so they can follow you back. Probably
not that common an occurence.

Can be a bit rattley particularly when empty but overall no problems and
very little effect on bike or trike handling even on a r*c*mb*nt.

If cost is an issue they're pretty easy to make too if you have an old bike
frame and access to a TIG welder. I made one for a friend a few years back
and bought the axle and pins from Bob. She was used to transport catering
ingredients and we called her Suzette 'cos a lot of people thought she was
'crepe'. A testament to my welding skills not the design.

Ian

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Dear All,

I was wondering if anyone could direct me to appropriate sites for
cycle cargo trailers. Any opinions would also be welcomed.

I've got a Columbus trailer, think they are still made, though don't
know of a UK supplier anymore. Two plus Two, now Bikes and Trailers used
to sell them, but said (when looking for spares) they had given up when
they could get replies from the current makers

This is a large trailer (will take about 100 Kg) , it has a flexible
'box' in metal frame. It folds down for storage which was an important
criteria when I bought it. It attaches to a hitch point mounted at top
of seat tube. I also tow a child trailer.

So using that as experince,

There is a large range of cargo trailers, and much depends on what you
want to use it for, how much you want to carry, storage space etc.

I have towed heavy loads a few times in my Columbus (heaviest I know of
was 80 Kg - a very full shopping trolley load) it was ok, but it does
put some demands on the brakes of the towing bike, esp. if you use rim
brakes and it is raining. I'd probably not want really to tow more than
50 Kg without some sort of braking on the trailer as well regularly,
leastways in hilly terrain.

The hitch point is important, my Columbus hitches at the seat post, this
is handy, and gives a handy handle on the trailer, but under braking,
esp. with heavier loads does tend to try to lift the back wheel, I did
have one or two jack-knifing incidents with heavier loads and wet roads.

A hitch point near the rear hub is much more stable

Cyclevision magazine covers things like trailers a lot, they have had
'what's on the market' type articles as well as specific reviews. You
might want two consider getting hold of suitable back issues

<http://www.cyclevision.co.uk/>
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Chris French

On 07/07/2005 14:11:02 chris French said:

Cyclevision magazine covers things like trailers a lot, they have had
'what's on the market' type articles as well as specific reviews. You
might want two consider getting hold of suitable back issues

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<http://www.cyclevision.co.uk/>

I think you may mean Velovision magazine.

http://www.velovision.co.uk

Also check

http://www.carryfreedom.com

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Cyclevision magazine covers things like trailers a lot, they have had
'what's on the market' type articles as well as specific reviews. You
might want two consider getting hold of suitable back issues

<http://www.cyclevision.co.uk/>

velovision?

cheers,
clive

Dear All,

Thanks for the information. Just to give you a bit more background.

I am thinking of taking the family on a cycle camping trip (possibly a
week or two). We have three children (5 yrs, 4yrs & 2 yrs). I will tow
the 5 and 4 yr olds on our Pashley U+2 with some luggage on the back.
Our two year old has a child seat on my wife's bike. I was therefore
thinking that she could also pull a small trailer. The child seat is in
the way of fixing to seat tube so would need to fix down at wheel level.

Looking though the options, so far, the carry freedom city looks like an
excellent piece of design that I could put to lots of uses. However,
the price seems to fluctuate wildly (ie from about £240 to £350).
Anyone able to suggest where is cheapest?

Thanks,

Gordon

gjt70 said:

Dear All,

I was wondering if anyone could direct me to appropriate sites for cycle
cargo trailers. Any opinions would also be welcomed.

Gordon

On 07/07/2005 15:12:50 gjt70 said:

Looking though the options, so far, the carry freedom city looks like an
excellent piece of design that I could put to lots of uses. However, the
price seems to fluctuate wildly (ie from about £240 to £350). Anyone
able to suggest where is cheapest?

We do it for £230 delivered.
Email me through the website below.

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I would rather be out on my Catrike

http://www.catrike.co.uk

gjt70 said:

Dear All,

Thanks for the information. Just to give you a bit more background.

I am thinking of taking the family on a cycle camping trip (possibly a
week or two). We have three children (5 yrs, 4yrs & 2 yrs). I will tow
the 5 and 4 yr olds on our Pashley U+2 with some luggage on the back.
Our two year old has a child seat on my wife's bike. I was therefore
thinking that she could also pull a small trailer. The child seat is in
the way of fixing to seat tube so would need to fix down at wheel level.

Looking though the options, so far, the carry freedom city looks like an
excellent piece of design that I could put to lots of uses. However,
the price seems to fluctuate wildly (ie from about £240 to £350).
Anyone able to suggest where is cheapest?

Thanks,

Gordon

gjt70 said:

Dear All,

I was wondering if anyone could direct me to appropriate sites for cycle
cargo trailers. Any opinions would also be welcomed.

Gordon

Must admit I like the look of teh Weber Monoporter, like the Bob Yak but folds flat for storage, also I review said that it made theYak look positively agricultural.

Bryan

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On 07/07/2005 14:11:02 chris French said:

Cyclevision magazine covers things like trailers a lot, they have had
'what's on the market' type articles as well as specific reviews. You
might want two consider getting hold of suitable back issues

Quoted message said:

<http://www.cyclevision.co.uk/>

I think you may mean Velovision magazine.

http://www.velovision.co.uk

Whoops, thanks, brain error :-}
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gjt70 said:

Dear All,

I was wondering if anyone could direct me to appropriate sites for cycle
cargo trailers. Any opinions would also be welcomed.

Gordon

I used to have a solid Bike-Bug 'Shuttle trailer' - fibreglass box and
lid - 100kg capacity), but now have a Bykeaboose 'Gekko' trailer which
folds down flat, wheels off quicklyfor storage. I thinkit was £80 from
DTek. Gearshift also sell them.

Tows very nicely

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Dear All,

I was wondering if anyone could direct me to appropriate sites for
cycle
cargo trailers. Any opinions would also be welcomed.

For a number of years I used to use a Bike Hod
<URL:http://www.bikehod.com/>

Pros:
extremely easy to handle off the bike, just like a big shopping trolley
capacious, fits a lot of stuff
very 'BIG', cars give you a lot of room on the road

Cons:
High centre of gravity leads to occasional capsizes on high speed bends

In other words it's a pretty ideal trailer for shopping and other urban
stuff, not so good for fast touring. I'm presently thinking of getting a
Weber Monoporter.

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Bryan said:

Must admit I like the look of teh Weber Monoporter, like the Bob Yak
but folds flat for storage, also I review said that it made theYak look
positively agricultural.

Having seen both, I prefer the Yak. I like the side rails so you can shove odd shapes
in.

Arthur

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On 8 Jul 2005 08:53:16 GMT, Arthur Clune <[email hidden]>

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Bryan said:

Must admit I like the look of teh Weber Monoporter, like the Bob Yak
but folds flat for storage, also I review said that it made theYak look
positively agricultural.

Having seen both, I prefer the Yak. I like the side rails so you can shove odd shapes
in.

And you can use the Yak as a barbecue.

Might stuff the paint a bit though.

Tim

Tim Hall said:

And you can use the Yak as a barbecue.

Blimey, how many are you feeding?

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