Hauled my first trailer today

Geoff Lock wrote:

On 16/01/2011 9:19 PM, BT Humble wrote:
Geoff Lock wrote:
...
Now, the trailer is rated at 45kgs max and I estimate I have about 25kgs
onboard (beer was 15kgs, my bag was about 8kgs, and meat and veges was
about 2kgs).
...

If you have a sturdy rack and panniers, it's very possible to carry a 25kg
load entirely over the rear wheel (I did just that on the GVBR a few years
ago, and I've lugged a 25kg back off feed wheat for the chooks 16km home
on several occasions[1]).

It makes the handling a touch top-heavy, but you're gonna be riding slow
anyway...

Having the load sitting directly over the rear axle would logically give
much much better stability and superior handling over my el cheapo
trailer setup.

One would think, though, that the carrier/pannier rack(?) would have to
be permanent features of the bike to have them secure enough. Would be
too much of a hassle to put them on and take them off everytime one
wanted to use them.

This is on my commuter bike. I just recently upgraded to a decent rack
and mudguards (which made it stop raining).

http://www.humbletown.org/budgetbike/index.htm

BTH

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