Is it safe to put a BOB trailer behind my road bike ?

Is it safe to put a BOB trailer behind my road bike ?
If I put about 40 lbs in the trailer,
must be ok ?
I'm little concern about the torsion and torque
put on the rear triangle of a road bike
Thanks
Denis

On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:38:18 -0500, Denis wrote:

Is it safe to put a BOB trailer behind my road bike ?

Yes.

If I put about 40 lbs in the trailer,
must be ok ?

So long as it is as low as it can be. OTOH, if you are putting a 20litre
drum of something there, I'd expect a bit of tail wagging the dog effect,
depending on terrain, surface and speed.

Denis Anon. wrote:
Is it safe to put a BOB trailer behind my road bike ?
If I put about 40 lbs in the trailer,
must be ok ?
I'm little concern about the torsion and torque
put on the rear triangle of a road bike

Unless your road bicycle is unusually spindly, I would not worry about
it. The main prohibitions for using a B.o.B. or similar single-track
trailer are bikes with suspension and those without a full rear triangle.

--
Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007
LOCAL CACTUS EATS CYCLIST - datakoll

Well,
if only my LBS has it to try and test it
before spending the money
Denis

"Tom Sherman" wrote in message
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| Denis Anon. wrote:
| Is it safe to put a BOB trailer behind my road bike ?
| If I put about 40 lbs in the trailer,
| must be ok ?
| I'm little concern about the torsion and torque
| put on the rear triangle of a road bike
|
| Unless your road bicycle is unusually spindly, I would not worry about
| it. The main prohibitions for using a B.o.B. or similar single-track
| trailer are bikes with suspension and those without a full rear triangle.
|
| --
| Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007
| LOCAL CACTUS EATS CYCLIST - datakoll

It pulls great. Don't even know it's back there most of the time.
Seems to pull better with a load than when empty. Nominal "bounce"
factor when going up or down curbs. The only drawback I have found so
far is, after riding in the rain, the fender provides no cargo
protection.

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Hi,
I've seen smaller trailer years ago
don't remember the manufacturer
may be a dog trailer with small capacity
Denis

"Denis" wrote in message
...
| Is it safe to put a BOB trailer behind my road bike ?
| If I put about 40 lbs in the trailer,
| must be ok ?
| I'm little concern about the torsion and torque
| put on the rear triangle of a road bike
| Thanks
| Denis
|
|

Hi,
I'm searching a small ( smaller than a BOB ) trailer
light, one wheel, can carry 40 lbs
,will not break my road frame and
can ride at 40 mph downhill
Denis

"Denis" wrote in message
...
| Hi,
| I've seen smaller trailer years ago
| don't remember the manufacturer
| may be a dog trailer with small capacity
| Denis
|
| "Denis" wrote in message
| ...
|| Is it safe to put a BOB trailer behind my road bike ?
|| If I put about 40 lbs in the trailer,
|| must be ok ?
|| I'm little concern about the torsion and torque
|| put on the rear triangle of a road bike
|| Thanks
|| Denis
||
||
|
|

Denis wrote:
Is it safe to put a BOB trailer behind my road bike ?
If I put about 40 lbs in the trailer,
must be ok ?
I'm little concern about the torsion and torque
put on the rear triangle of a road bike

Yes. You can't really put any twist on a frame with a BOB because it's
single wheeled, it just flops side to side. That also limits the load
you can gracefully carry, the low speed handling gets a bit wobbly.

Denis wrote:
Is it safe to put a BOB trailer behind my road bike ?

No.

A man of few words
Denis

"SMS" wrote in message
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| Denis wrote:
| Is it safe to put a BOB trailer behind my road bike ?
|
| No.