Sorry I jumped to conclusions Ron... your post seemed overly negative to me
expecially when you yourself appeared to do the same thing this group
proposes. The point about city traffic makes your point of view more
understandable.

I've never used a trailer myself, but what about single wheel trailers like
the Bob... these don't look much wider than the handlebars and with a
single wheel, you could take your normal road placement. Do you think those
would be less invasive to traffic flow?




"Ron Hardin" wrote in message
...
Dave wrote:

If you are so against bike trailers, why do you get your softener salt
using
one? Actually, I don't care but I'm just pointing out the contradiction
in
your post.

What contradiction? I use bike trailers all the time. But not in traffic
because
it interferes heavily with it. Cars can get by a bicycle easily (at
least me
they can because I'm indian-like in taking up space, back when indians
knew about
taking up little space) but a trailer involves having a clear lane in both
directions when the car tries to pass.

Loading up a bunch of bike trailers in city traffic so as not to obstruct
traffic
is stupidity at its highest. Of course I'd guess that's the point;
activists
don't share my politics.

The contradiction you detect comes from your assuming every bike rider
shares even
slightly the activist politics; quite the opposite. They're idiots.

I use my bike for almost everything; I would be happiest if nobody else
did. The
fewer bikes on the road the happier the motorists are with actual
bicyclists, meaning me.

http://www.lodrag.com is my favorite trailer (between it, a Tanjor cargo,
and my
old Burley). I have a fleeced floor in the Tanjor for the Doberman, who
did not like
the curved floor that comes with it. She was always standing on the
internal frame
instead. So now there's available storage space under the floor too.
However it raises
her center of gravity enough that I have to have a rule that she either
sits or lies
down. No standing while the trailer is in motion.
--
Ron Hardin


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.