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  1. Dear All,

    Ordered a cargo carrying cycle trailer (bykaboose Geko) last week from a
    internet company for a cycling trip starting Saturday. Phoned company
    this morning to be told that it is out of stock!

    Anyone any idea where I can get a fairly cheap trailer delivered near
    Bath before Saturday? Alternatively I am happy to travel to pick up a
    suitable trailer.

    I can get the Carry freedom city trailer locally for £250 or I could get
    a Burley trailer for £260 from Wiggle. I was really looking for a big
    storage area and therefore the carry freedom city is not suitable. I
    was also not looking at spending that much!

    Any ideas? If none are forthcoming then it will probably be the Burley
    from Wiggle.

    Many thanks,

    Gordon

  2. On 07/27/2005 12:49:53 Gordon Taylor <[email hidden]> wrote:

    Ordered a cargo carrying cycle trailer (bykaboose Geko) last week from a

    Quoted message said:

    internet company for a cycling trip starting Saturday. Phoned company
    this morning to be told that it is out of stock!

    Quoted message said:

    Anyone any idea where I can get a fairly cheap trailer delivered near Bath
    before Saturday? Alternatively I am happy to travel to pick up a suitable
    trailer.

    Quoted message said:

    I can get the Carry freedom city trailer locally for £250 or I could get
    a Burley trailer for £260 from Wiggle. I was really looking for a big
    storage area and therefore the carry freedom city is not suitable. I was
    also not looking at spending that much!

    Quoted message said:

    Any ideas? If none are forthcoming then it will probably be the Burley
    from Wiggle.

    Got a Croozer Cargo here, used for demo only £100 including delivery,
    also got a Carry Freedom small Y Frame, has the stubs for attaching a
    plastic box and straps, 3 hitches. £180 inc. delivery.

    Email me through the website if you want more info.
    --

    Buck

    I would rather be out on my Catrike

    http://www.catrike.co.uk

  3. Buck said:


    Got a Croozer Cargo here, used for demo only 100 including delivery,
    also got a Carry Freedom small Y Frame, has the stubs for attaching a
    plastic box and straps, 3 hitches. 180 inc. delivery.

    Withington Cycles as do a large selection of trailers. Croozer Cargo also 100
    new inc delivery.

    They also have this

    http://www.withingtoncycles.co.uk/product.php?id=293&node_id=1638

    at 70 but it's not a nice (high hitch for starters).

    For my money, it's still hard to beat a BoB YaK, but they are expensive. The main
    advantage of two wheeled trailers over the BoB should be the greater load, but
    both the ones above only carry 30kg (same as the BoB). Though they are half the
    price or less.

    Arthur

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  4. In message <[email hidden]>, Gordon Taylor
    <[email hidden]> writes

    Quoted message said:

    Dear All,

    Ordered a cargo carrying cycle trailer (bykaboose Geko) last week from
    a internet company for a cycling trip starting Saturday. Phoned
    company this morning to be told that it is out of stock!

    Anyone any idea where I can get a fairly cheap trailer delivered near
    Bath before Saturday?

    Could try Bikes and Trailers

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

    Though I'd ring them and se what they can do. I found the very helpful

    --
    Chris French

  5. in message <[email hidden]>, Gordon Taylor

    (') said:

    Dear All,

    Ordered a cargo carrying cycle trailer (bykaboose Geko) last week from
    a
    internet company for a cycling trip starting Saturday. Phoned company
    this morning to be told that it is out of stock!

    Anyone any idea where I can get a fairly cheap trailer delivered near
    Bath before Saturday? Alternatively I am happy to travel to pick up a
    suitable trailer.

    I can get the Carry freedom city trailer locally for £250 or I could
    get
    a Burley trailer for £260 from Wiggle. I was really looking for a big
    storage area and therefore the carry freedom city is not suitable. I
    was also not looking at spending that much!

    I used a Bike Hod for many years. A great urban trailer, not such a good
    fast touring trailer because of high centre of gravity. If I was going
    for high speed touring now I'd get a Weber Monoporter. Edinburgh Bicycle
    certainly had them in stock ten days ago, because I had a very careful
    look at one.

    --
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    ; gif ye hes forget our auld plane Scottis quhilk your mother lerit you,
    ; in tymes cuming I sall wryte to you my mind in Latin, for I am nocht
    ; acquyntit with your Southeron
    ;; Letter frae Ninian Winyet tae John Knox datit 27t October 1563

  6. My current project is building a new cargo trailer. It is slowly taking
    shape (each set of joints takes a couple of hours to mitre and braze)
    or at least it was until I ran out of Oxygen..

    Still, it is up to the point where I can fit a wheel to one side and it
    starts to look like it means business.

    ...d

  7. Simon Brooke said:

    I used a Bike Hod for many years. A great urban trailer, not such a good
    fast touring trailer because of high centre of gravity. If I was going
    for high speed touring now I'd get a Weber Monoporter. Edinburgh Bicycle
    certainly had them in stock ten days ago, because I had a very careful
    look at one.

    If was after a trailer for touring (And touring alone) I'd buy one of these:

    http://www.extrawheel.com/

    I've not towed a Monoporter so I can't fairly compare, but (admittedly
    unladen), this thing had absolutely no effect on the bike at all. I was
    always aware of the Yak (Partly 'cos it rattles like hell unladen), but
    just having it there affected the feel of the bike on tight turns. The
    Extra Wheel had no such effect.

    It is of course, of far less use in town as a practical trailer than any
    of the other monowheel trailers due to the inability to carry large
    single items in any useful manner.

    Jon

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