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Trailers - Two wheeler or Single wheeler?
Does anyone have any experience touring with a trailer? Which type do you
prefer, single or double wheeled models? Thanks |
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For a trike a two wheeler is safer. A heavily loaded Bob can tip a trike
over on a downslope corner. For 2 wheelers, as they say, I have no experience. Paul W |
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Les Sires asked:
Does anyone have any experience touring with a trailer? Many trips over many hundreds of kilometers. Which type do you prefer, single or double wheeled models? I've used both, and each has its own advantages: the single-wheeler is lighter and handles better, the double-wheeler packs/unpacks easier and holds more. -- "Bicycling is a healthy and manly pursuit with much to recommend it, and, unlike other foolish crazes, it has not died out." -- The Daily Telegraph (1877) |
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Thousands of miles with a BOB behind my LWB 'bent - some near fifty miles
per hour. "Les Sires" wrote in message ... Does anyone have any experience touring with a trailer? Which type do you prefer, single or double wheeled models? Thanks |
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Dual Wheel
You can carry more stuff, greater weight (single wheel trailers are like 70 lbs. max). The only downside (unless you are using a trike) is that sometimes you forget the width of the dual wheel trailer and clip objects that do not move i.e. lamp posts, parking meters, trees and on really bad days as your turn, you clip cyclists going in the opposite direction. Other drawback is if the road or trail is uneven and one trailer wheel drops suddenly, also riding on sidewalks and one wheel drops down at the curb, with luck your axle breaks, without luck your bike is pulled off the sidewalk & onto the roadway. Still I prefer the dual wheel trailer/ I use a BikeBox Trailer and I never leave home without it (actually it holds my (6) 12V batteries, so without it I have to use those metal things that spin on metal bars...oh yeah Pedals). Joshua ****** "Les Sires" wrote in message ... Does anyone have any experience touring with a trailer? Which type do you prefer, single or double wheeled models? Thanks |
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"Les Sires" wrote in message ... Does anyone have any experience touring with a trailer? Which type do you prefer, single or double wheeled models? Thanks I've used a two wheeler with a bike friday. See it he http://tinyurl.com/4r3nt I've used it mostly for urban errands and shoping. It is versatile. The cargo box is a Rubbermaid Action Packer available at discount stores in a large or small sizes. It's tough, waterproof, and lockable. Fold the bike back and it acts as a kick stand. Easy to load/unload. Easy to walk with. Goes through doors. Stands up for storage in a closet if need be. It can be used for touring and the bike friday suitcase can be fitted if needed. I've seen one these trailers with a flat bed hauling a folding kayak I've done weekend camping trips without problems. In normal riding you can hardly tell it's there. If it's loaded for touring and you are in the mountains your awareness of it increases dramatically. It is possible, I suppose, to hook a wheel on something or to let a wheel drift off the road, but I've never managed to do it. |
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Having used both plus a nice set of Arkels panniers I'd have to
say...it depends. I sold the BOB because I believe it puts undue torque on the frame and is a bear to manipulate at a standstill. My Quick-Pak trailer is really terrific, especially if you've got a lot to carry. We'll use it this coming summer on NYS Bike Route 17 as my son, daughter and I ride it for a self-contained 650 mile fortnight. Unlike the BOB which puts 50% of the weight on the frame, the Quick-Pak is more like 70/30%, trailer/frame. The Arkels were perfect for my solo tour last summer, especially since I had to "hitch" across a non-pedestrian bridge between Detroit and Windsor. Hmm, what will I take on a transam in 2006? BentJay See my tour journal at: http://aroundthelake.crazyguyonabike.com |
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"Les Sires" wrote in message
... Does anyone have any experience touring with a trailer? Which type do you prefer, single or double wheeled models? Thanks My wife and I used Bob trailers on our 19,000 km around Australia trike tour and loved them. They exceeded our expectations by far, and we exceeded the limits, both weight and speed with excellent results. We would recommend them. regards Andrew http://www.geocities.com/andrewhooke...leTouring.html |
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This one works well for me and I would reccomend it for ease and volume,
it's also pretty light which is important for touring. http://www.ice.hpv.co.uk/reference_picture_gallery.htm click classic "owners" It' s a Burley Nomad. Regards SW "Les Sires" wrote in message ... Does anyone have any experience touring with a trailer? Which type do you prefer, single or double wheeled models? Thanks |
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Paul W wrote:
For a trike a two wheeler is safer. A heavily loaded Bob can tip a trike over on a downslope corner. Whilst not arguing that this couldn't happen, I've frequently zoomed down the only steep bit on my route home from the supermarket with my shopping-laden Bob Coz on the back of my GTO and safely negotiated the sharp bend near the bottom without so much as lifting a wheel. Of course, I'm not exactly speedy. -- Carol "I was just being a little teapot. It's a bad habit of mine" - Wyvern, Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased). |
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